Spanish views from a small town

This afternoon, the weather was fine, not too hot and not too cool, so we went for a drive down the coast past Vilagarcía. We went down the coastal roads and streets to Vilaxoán, and Vilanova, past the popular beaches that dot the seaside. During the winter the very same drive is solitary, with clear views to the waves smashing on the beaches. In summer, what you see is a sea of parasols before noticing the water. It's a good thing we hadn't wanted to go to the beach anywhere around there this afternoon, because we would have had to park a half hour's walk from the sands. Not that there was much room on the sands, either. It was just after high tide, and people were very obviously not following social distancing. There were a couple of small beaches with few people, but because they were smack in the middle of town, and without amenities of any kind, right in front of a cannery.  Some were wearing masks, but the majority were not. No, there weren't any police offi...

We're still in January, and the days are still cold and short. It's not good outdoors weather for the most part. So, tourist towns are still servicing their own residents, quietly awaiting the warm weather and the onslaught of the hordes. There are some places, like Barcelona, that have tourists all year, but the tourists of January are not the same as the tourists of July. In July and the other summer months it seems that the black sheep of each house travels abroad. Some areas, such as Magaluf in Mallorca, and Lloret del Mar or Barcelona in Catalunya, seem to attract them like flies. At Magaluf there is drunk carousing almost every night. In Catalunya some cities are copying the drinking free-for-all. A working-class neighborhood in Barcelona has gone on to the next level of sick and tired with all the tourists that rent cheap apartments and travel there just to get drunk and act like uncivilized toddlers. All-night parties that won't let the neighbors rest, and people ...