Жирона: Игра Престолов, поцелуи льва в зад, монахиня-крокодил и проблемы иммиграции

Жирона: Игра Престолов, поцелуи льва в зад, монахиня-крокодил и проблемы иммиграции

There’s a legend for every occasion, there’s always a legend. Hello everyone, this is Rukaveshka, a channel about travel, history, and culture. Today, my friend Lena and I are taking a stroll around Girona. We used to work together in television, and now we live in opposite ends of Europe. On this walk, we’ll discuss emigration to Spain, rationed trash containers, and even registration for the homeless. We’ll look at a crazed lion or lioness, talk about saints, holidays, endless battles with the French, and also why the symbol of Girona is a giant fly on a building. So, shall we get going? Women were washing their clothes in the river right here, and throwing them out the windows right here—I think it was trash. They threw away the bicycle, but it was a city rental bike, as we can tell by its prominent, soapy bottom. Salvador as Saint Narcissus. He was still alive, they were already going to violate him, he understood it. This is a penis. And where are the testicles? And this is a street of flies, basically. Listen, when it rains, water doesn’t get into your mouth. Spewing filth from your mouth. The trash cans in Girona work with ration cards. That’s where the fire is, what shouldn’t be thrown away. And then the French came again. When the French captured Girona again, it’s their tradition. When you capture a city, the first thing you have to do is insult their saint, that’s how it works here. And this is a Jewish neighborhood guard, and right next to here is a museum of Jewish culture. And they call it Dzyubisurki? The city’s mascot was a fly. What a mosey. Why do they drink from measuring cups? And you edit his video? It is. You probably can’t see it in the frame, but we are in Girona. In Girona, yes. No, well, you can see something. So, how long was the delay in the end? There was no delay at all, can you imagine? Oh, he was supposed to arrive on 10:17 p.m., right? Caught up. Caught up like a plane. So, what can we see in Girona while we walk home at night? Well, let’s walk along two aducas, and if we find any, we’ll look at the murals. We arranged for the homeless, there’s a city of homeless people there. Well, because what, it’s warm, nice. Basically, the police don’t chase you away . You can even get yourself registered as a future homeless person. You can go to the police and say, I’m sleeping on the third bench in the park on the right from the entrance. They’ll say, okay, they’ll write down your details. And then… Do you have a registration here too? Yeah. No way. Then they’ll just show up at this bench without warning. If they find you there, that’s it, you’ve registered. And if not, then… Maybe they’ll come again in a month. It’s like a residence permit in Serbia. They might come to check if you live at the address or not. Or might they not come? No, they’ll definitely come, the question is when. It’s a bit random. But without a residence permit, you simply don’t have access to anything. Local government services, right? Yeah, they don’t even provide standard health insurance. Do homeless people have health insurance? Well, the ones who are worried about it. I’m talking about the opportunity. And whether they use it or not, I don’t know. It’s not that hot. It’s not that hot, I’ll freeze. You’ve just acclimatized. I’m perfectly fine. I was just burning, my skin is warm. Your sunburned skin warms you. It doesn’t warm me, I have hair on my back. By the way, about the division of railway property. The bus station used to be on this square. And then somehow it happened that the bus station was built in a different place. This square was given to ADIF, which is in charge of railway stations, terminals, and adjacent territories. And they didn’t do a damn thing here, because why? Why such a huge area here? What to do with it? And just recently… Try to figure out what to do with it? ADIF is for the railways. They built the bus station somewhere else. That’s it, I’m getting stupid, of course. And it’s not even a parking lot, nothing, just a wasteland. And recently they finally agreed to give this area to the city of Girona and they’ll be developing nine promenade areas there. Dinner here is late, 8-9 o’clock. I know the Spaniards generally go to bed late, right? Yes. And they get up early, too. They get up early. Is the work day early? I should ask Natasha. I can just hear the city coming to life. I’m still asleep. And already there, someone is driving somewhere, they’re chatting. It’s already eight o’clock, that’s… And, compared to the baths, that’s still a bit late. I get up at 6:30, and the city is already alive, the bakeries are open, and I leave the house when someone is definitely already sitting in the kitchen. No, well, at 6:30 in the afternoon. There, the bakeries can open at 5. Okay, and this is from Monty Python’s “The Holy Grail.” There was this three-headed character. What do you want? To fight and… Shut up. Nothing, just pass by. I’m afraid that won’t work. I like how these things hang here. Beautiful. Like from Miyazaki. From some really scary Miyazaki. I don’t have anything from Miyazaki, This is Squidward. Someone, I think, inspired me. This is the man Squidward. And then there’s… These masks. Masks? Yes. I see. There they go. Yeah, it’s not really easy to walk here. What’s a woman? A kangaroo. A kangaroo? Yes. Well, judging by the hair, maybe even an African kangaroo woman. The famous African kangaroo. There’s a dude holding it with his hands. So joined. And she’s holding it with something else. Covering it. Covering her face. Isn’t it time for us to turn off? Well, are we going to go further? You want to go home already, right? Well, I have to get up at five tomorrow. I ‘ll go. Yeah, I suspect. I’m not ready to rush around at midnight, of course. We won’t start at midnight, we’ll go all the way. I don’t think the Girona will last midnight, if you go in a straight line. Definitely not in a straight line. But here’s a banana. Together we are, an orchard. You moved here with your child. Tell us the story, how difficult was it, moving with a child in particular? Well, there are different aspects. The psychological aspect. It all depends on each child, each family. And the most worrying thing was… She was six years old then. We were worried about how she would handle such a drastic change in everything. And, most importantly, the language environment and so on. Everything went easier than we expected. Because people here are already prepared to accept migrants. And the school system is adapted to make migrant children feel comfortable. Well, first of all, education is free, but it is compulsory. By the way, it’s not that free; you have to pay some kind of quota once a year. Like, for school materials and all that. But then you don’t have to buy textbooks for a year. For repairs. Curtains for the classroom. You don’t chip in for repairs. Photocopier. There are so-called de-acid classes. It’s like a cozy reception class. Where children of different ages study the language in addition to school. Well, not in a way that would make us copy everything or even cheat. But sometimes in a game, sometimes in conversations. It’s like extra classes for them to feel comfortable. Well, and of course, they learn the language too. And our daughter really likes these classes. Her favorite classes at her school. Well, that is, migrants come, I just can’t understand, they don’t know the language. They don’t know the language at all. Everyone will suddenly lose it, especially in class. And how are they English? English, maybe, too? Well, we’re talking about six years old. About six years old. Six years old is first grade here. And this first grade, it’s in some way similar to our kindergarten. The difference is that there is no nap during the day. This is a fundamental difference. Childhood trauma. But there it’s not like everyone sits at desks. In the first grades, they are mostly in the classroom on the rug or in the yard, they have some kind of activities. At a play level, you can always explain how to play. Children love to play. People play with them, and, generally speaking, everyone is happy. I don’t know how it is with older children who come, where there are actually more lessons like this, requiring some knowledge and so on. I don’t know. In our case, everything turned out pretty smoothly. There’s a large mural, it’s already pretty faded. It’s, as you can see, a crocodile with butterfly wings. It’s dark and bad. It’s a crocodile with butterfly wings. Okay, we’ll take your word for it. But this one looks kind of strange from here. The shape is very interesting. Be careful there, there are cars. And it seems to me the author wanted to combine everything masculine and feminine. Well, maybe it’s a coincidence, I don’t know. And cocaona is one of the Girona legends. Who? Their name is cocaona. Cocodril is a crocodile, and popadena is a butterfly. So, cocaona. And Girona, as a city with a well-developed Inquisition in the past and bygone days, is home to many medieval legends. Here’s a legend that says that a nun lived in one of the monasteries, also numerous, and she fell in love with a guy, but her sisters, of course, didn’t allow this love to come true. They locked her in a dark, semi-basement cell, where it was very damp, and she turned into a crocodile there from how damp and bad it was. She was inspired, she grew wings, and she flew out the window. That’s the story. This is one of the versions, there are several, of what really happened to this girl. My version is this.
Well, if you think this is medieval, then which one? Go ahead. Here’s my version. Are we going our way now? We’re going, yes, your way, we’ll cross to the right-hand road. It’s not far from there. Ooh! That’s it. Trash. Now, explain to me, what is this for? It won’t open. What is this? I didn’t make this up. I can guess. It’s not my fault. But anyway, there’s a trash bin with organic waste nearby. Do you smell a stench? No. I don’t either. Maybe that’s why. I mean, it’s… Let’s explain. It’s rationed. The trash bins in Girona are rationed. As Denis says, I’ve seen a lot of things in my life, but I’ve never seen anything like this. Yeah, not only are the rationed bins rationed, but they also ration different items into that grey container on different days. Oh, damn, I threw it in, anyway… On Monday, glass. Something doesn’t look right. On Tuesday, nothing. We don’t ration anything. In this case, nothing will suit you. On Wednesday, plastic, cardboard. This is general trash that doesn’t go anywhere for recycling. More plastic, nothing again. And it’s open from 7 to 10? From 7 to 10, yes. So, if I go at 6 and make a noise… And those brown ones, they collect exclusively organic waste, but also on specific days. Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Okay, I don’t smell the trash. Natasha and I went to Lidl, and I saw containers that people apparently couldn’t open without a card. And they just threw trash around. Is this even justified? It’s a strange decision, in my opinion. Let’s be honest, Lidl is not in the center, right? So these people weren’t tourists. The question is, why don’t they have a card? In order to get this card, well… No, they could have been tourists. Well, nothing out of the ordinary is needed. Nothing out of the ordinary is needed. There are other containers for tourists in the central areas, temporary, urgent ones. Wow! Wipe the camera. Well, I don’t know. The system is probably inconvenient at first. It’s really strange, I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere. But honestly, it doesn’t bother me. Again. It doesn’t bother me particularly. I don’t see any problems, like, swiping the card and throwing out the trash. Well, that means you’re more for it than against? Well, I’m more for it. It’s just unusual, right? Yeah, it’s inappropriate. I think we could add more days for organic matter, say, in the summer, because everything rots faster in the heat. And, well, it needs to be processed, modified. But I’m watching, I’m walking around Barcelona now, when I go to “Hospitalet de la Brigade”, and I can smell how badly the containers stink. By the way, in Barcelona they have exactly the same containers, but without the cards. The design is identical. Well, not everywhere it’s like “to the right”. We’re to the right, Natasha. Is it possible that this is the future of waste management? Oh, I don’t know. We’ll have to see. It seems to me that outraged residents who don’t want to put up with such inconveniences will prevail over the mayor’s office. And the inconvenience, you mean taking it out on different days, right? Taking it out on different days. It’s somehow, like, a hassle. Because people throw this stuff out there. Without observing these days. And I wasn’t aware of it. For example, I don’t know either Catalan or Spanish. I see a sign saying throw all the crap here, and organic waste here. I came and threw out all the crap, right? Which was. Well, I mean bottles, plastic, everything. Well, that’s the responsibility of your landlord, who didn’t explain it to you. Didn’t explain anything. It ‘s not your fault, it’s his fault. You’re only on your third day in Girona now, and you’re explaining this to me. Well, I think that if apartments are rented out, then in such cases they should fall. Well, you were in the apartment, there were rules posted there, but this wasn’t there. A card and a booklet where it was written. Yes, there was only a card. And I noticed it later. Not even me, but Natasha noticed it. Our culture is sleeping, complaining. Dima. You can’t hear Natasha, she’s without a microphone. She said that she shoved her complaint everywhere. We have different temperaments. Historical environments, different diets. Especially people from St. Petersburg. I’m a very snobbish person. How do you like temperament? Spanish? Guys, I’m not from St. Petersburg. I’m not from St. Petersburg. I was born in Novgorod, which is considered a very ancient, beautiful city, but nevertheless provincial. It’s not considered an ancient, beautiful city? Beautiful is a subjective concept, after all. I think it’s beautiful. Great. Great, yes. And then, yes, in my youth, I was thirsty for action, St. Petersburg, a love for the city, falling in love, and so on. My family life began in St. Petersburg. But somehow I got tired of the big city. And when we moved here, we found this calm, measured life in Girona, which is also considered a provincial city, but it suits us just fine. I no longer want the frantic pace of the city. No, I want it to be calm, comfortable, safe, with all the opportunities for work, leisure , and tourism, among other things. Well, now we live in Subotica, it’s about the same size. We’ve explored Girona for a while. But we’re already longing for the big city. We’re tired of it. Right here in this village, when you’re three streets away, well, you’ve walked for half an hour, and that’s it, the city is over. I’m not bored. When I’m bored, I take the train, go to the next village, go for a walk. And there’s always something interesting there. Even within a radius of Girona, you can… You go there, you come to the mountains, stunning views. You go here, some kind of path. Well, yeah, it’s not like going out into the field. In the mountains, in the forest. And no trains yet. But here, this network of pedestrian greenways and paths, both for bicycles and for pedestrians, it’s very well developed. So wherever you end up, you’ll find this tourist path and follow it. There are signs showing where to go, and that’s it. You won’t get lost. Look, right? What time is it? 11 p.m.? Almost 11 p.m. Halfway there. People are sitting around, not eating dinner at all… I have to eat dinner now, basically, for about half an hour in the evening while studying, because everything is complicated from far away. It’s precisely to eat hot food there. And of course, the Spaniards are all wide-eyed. Are you having lunch? Borscht, right? Like, why are you having lunch so late? I say, I’m having dinner. Why are you having dinner so early? Why are you having dinner so early? What , you don’t eat anything afterward? Well, do you eat at home or not? No, I usually come. And I’ll eat now. So, I’m Spanish. There’s a beer over there. And where do you end up eating? Huh? How do you end up eating? Do you buy it in the store? Well, yes. We always try to shop locally. Tolya loves to cook. Yes, Tolya loves to cook. This is Independence Square. We haven’t been here. Not the independence in Catalonia that they tried to declare in 2017. Yes, we’ve all seen those reports from Barcelona. We’re walking down what’s practically a boutique street in Girona, or Calle Santa Clara. The city is all old; it used to be centered behind the river, which is basically behind these houses. And it was bordered by the river. Then, at the beginning of the 20th century, wealthy residents started building here. That’s our wealthy. Well, yes, you can tell by the balcony. So, it’s like the new Girona. New what year? What century? Early 20th century. Oh, you said it. A zhiloteriya that opens one evening. Well, that’s Rocombolesc. It’s considered one of the oldest companies. I don’t remember ice cream now. I don’t remember them making candies back then. Catalan ones. And they say that if you come to Girona, you have to eat ice cream at Rocombolesc. But no. No. The ice cream is tastier at other zhiloteriyas. So, is that supposedly good management? Good management. It’s just when a brand with a history works for itself. And what about any other? Generally, Spain has delicious ice cream. I don’t remember when that was. It’s rare to find plain, tasteless ice cream. It’s all high-quality and delicious. But I like Italian zhiloterii. One is called Gioconda. And the other is Lettera. They’re half-Italian, half-Spanish. They’re containers. They actually belong to the clinic that’s in this building. I understand it wasn’t just the clinic that was moved out, right? Or is this all from the clinic? Well, I wouldn’t read this to tourists. Kirill, come here. He threw a fish there. Where there’s a picture of a fish, I threw a fish there. Maybe he counter-threw it. It’s complicated. This should really be written at the entrance to the city. We have this system here and a treatise on it. They don’t like the lottery, but they actively buy it. In Serbia too. That’s what they call it Lotto. It’s a whole Christmas lottery event. Orphan boys sing along to each number. They hum some melody. And the whole country watches. Even those who don’t buy these lottery tickets. It’s a kind of national show associated with Christmas. Part of Christmas. Do you buy them? If you win, do you give it to charity? Or do you win and win? What didn’t I get? If you win, then what? Well, for example, you bought a Christmas lottery ticket and won. Do you give it to charity? Oh, no, you don’t have to. It’s just that these boys are on a TV show. And girls, too, for that matter. What do they show there? I was looking at how much swimsuits cost. How much do swimsuits cost? A lot. I don’t buy swimsuits. These are some of the most expensive ones here. This red stucco building. It recently reopened after renovations. It’s supposedly a water utility. Oh, this is the water utility. The local water utility. And since everything was restored with municipal funds. I don’t know, there will be some budget from the engineering university, Catalonia. I won’t confuse things. But what pleasantly surprised me was that when this building was handed over after renovation, the mayor’s office said, we’re announcing open days. But by appointment. By appointment, because with an architect, with an escort. Come, you can walk around inside and see everything. They’ll tell us everything. Well, like all this stuff. The thing that pumps water, there was an engineering solution there. Or what? Not exactly. They were talking there, like, here’s what we did, what was here. We demolished this. We did this here, so that here we have… We’ll be receiving people there. All that stuff. And then come up here, look. That is, they tell us and show how this money was spent. It reminds me straight of Misha’s stories about New Jersey. You go to a special website and see how much a police officer gets, how much a mayor gets. Good luck. I don’t know if you can see it here. I don’t know. Here, in theory, are your containers. And, these are our containers. So here too, you see. And here, without that, without the peak. Well, that’s generally a demerger arrest. But look. With a peak. Like, urgent. I don’t know. Well, that is, everything here is stupid and just organic. Yes. If you need it urgently, here you go. And you explained it to me, but my host didn’t. Around the clock. What if you want to carry the muff all night? What if you arrived at 10:30 PM? A corpse. They’ll find the corpse, you know, the information about all the cards. They’ll read it over. And they’ll start the next revolution. Listen, I understand why the cards. It’s such a thing in St. Petersburg. So that they don’t throw absent-minded people there, like in St. Petersburg. We’ll also install cameras. So that they can see who submitted the card. Exactly. That’s it. So we’ve presented the whole idea, and then they’ll say, well, I know. So. This is a stone bridge. That’s it, we’re on a stone bridge. Now we switch to the day. Oops. How did we end up here? Where’s Natasha? Where’s Natasha? Ah, the mentality. Well, everyone says they’re slow, everything is unhurried. I got so into it. I realized that this is my thing. This waiting for a train that might be late. But they are not that critical, it is a delay. Well, how much? Minutes in total. 47 has arrived. So what? What is there to be nervous about? I have noticed that we Russians are nervous. We are nervous about something. He will come any minute, he will not come. Tranquilla, come on guys, he will come. Well, if he doesn’t come, then someone else will come. Well, in the end then. It’s already late in the evening. So what, late? So what? Nothing can be done, or what? We started to sleep. Home. We are all home. This is all our home. We can talk to someone, we can read books. Well, basically, like in Serpa. They just try to stick to the schedule somehow. Why worry and fret when you can not worry and fret. It’s called mañana. It’s called mañana, tranquila. It happened. Yes. It’s annoying in moments when you need something urgently. You’re used to needing something. Yes, there is bureaucracy with paperwork, everything can drag on for a long time. But I noticed that they still respond. If you sent some kind of complaint there. The same train. It arrived late, because of that I was late somewhere. You can send them a letter. They will respond to you someday. Most likely, they will say sorry, they will not offer money. Your requests are very important. Yes. We have already been to Girona, we have already been to Barcelona. It was a familiar place. Moreover, neither in our past life nor in our present one have we been to any other Spain except Catalonia. And this is also, probably, one of the factors: when you finally arrive, the place is more or less familiar to you. Another thing was the prices for air tickets. Simple as that, yes. Because, well, in fact, there was a significant gap in prices. Barcelona had the cheapest ones. But it turns out you already flew. Via Istanbul. Okay, well, let’s continue our story. You woke up, pulled yourself together. You woke up, look at the midges woke up. Look how they are swirling. Well, if it had been on camera, I would have seen it. Or are you talking about those people standing over there? So, what do we have here? We’re on a stone bridge. Here we have one of those postcard views of Girona. From the other side. Yes, the Onyar River. What? Onyar. Onyar, yeah. In the distance on the right, you can see the Girona Cathedral. And throw that away. Oh, and lower on the left, the San Filino Cathedral. With that chopped-off spire, right? Yeah. There, you can see Mashkara. Definitely. Well, probably. Anyway, if you can’t see it, the party is flying out there. And what’s so good about this bridge? Tell me, please. Or, if you don’t know, you don’t have to tell me. It’s good because it’s wide, with cobblestones. Some days they have a fair here with all sorts of craft goods. And this bridge leads us right into the old town from the newer part. Yeah. Well, if anything, I’ll remind myself rather quickly, because it will be nearby in the video. There’s Bytikovskaya Street. That’s where we lived, where we still live. And so we’re heading to the old one. Let’s go to the old one. This view reminds me a little of the Smolen River. With these two buildings. Add some chicken legs, and it will be just awesome. Well, that’s the first thing I said. Oh, Soviet buildings. So, that’s the flag of Catalonia, right? Those are… Separatists. That is, yes, the flag for the independence of Catalonia. And that star on a blue background is there for a reason. It was there after the events that took place in Cuba. Cuba? In Cuba, is that correct? A cube in Cuba. A cube in Cuba, yes. Events in Cuba, probably. And yes, Catalonia, as it was also oppressed by a large state during the Franco regime, wholeheartedly supported Cuba and its independence. And so they added the star. Like, we want that too. We want that too. But it didn’t work out that well in ’17, did it? Well, it did, yeah. Okay. Revolution in ’17, yeah. This is Plaça de Bi. Trash bins, right? Oh, yeah, yeah, we’re filming. Plaça de Bi, Plaza de Vina. They do serve wine here, really. Actually, this is the main square in Girona. The town hall is here. Listen, it’s so small. It’s so small, yeah. But still, when some ritual events take place, traditional ones. Is it like the movie “Midsummer” here? I haven’t seen it. So, a bunch of people gather here, and everyone’s crammed in. And the main holiday in Girona is the feast of San Narceso, who is the patron saint of the city. And it was just crazy here. Everyone somehow fit in. Maybe you can find a broadcast online and show it. Because, well, it’s… I thought, oh my God, someone’s going to get crushed. No, no one was crushed. Moreover, they installed a screen in that part so that those who can’t walk through and see everything here can see it there. And from this balcony, the mayor, the city administration , and important invited guests are constantly watching. Like those vampires in the meme, remember? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Listen, the square is actually small. It’s literally, like, the size of a St. Petersburg cosmonaut. Really. Well, a little bigger. And Girona didn’t really need that much space. Now tourists are starting to arrive. The city is probably expanding, too. I haven’t kept track of the statistics. The mayor’s office receives citizens on many general issues related to the European Union and some other administrative matters. Here are the ancient gates, 1605. And you see in this church the coat of arms of Girona with waves, because Girona is a city of four rivers. And at the top, there’s a head with a tree made out of a head, biting its tongue. Well, like, guys, we’re entering a municipal institution, bite your tongues. So, the tree of knowledge grows here. There’s a lot to learn, but please, keep your tongue in your mouth. It’s funny. Humorous. Anyone interested in football and who saw the matches against Girona, who surprised everyone last season, will probably recognize these reds. Well, here we go again. Here we go again. You see, the situation. I understand, Misha explained. And here on the corner, we’re walking, walking, and we see these things. So, a sign. Adelbin’s Class. Square 13. I thought, by the way, this was the number 6. What’s that next to it? A little puss. Damn, do you even notice at times like these? A little puss. So, what is this? This is a banetta, that’s what people call it. Well, it’s not exactly known, but there’s a legend. There’s a legend for any case. That this used to be a market square. These arches. They say a lot. And supposedly there was a money lender’s shop in this place. Yeah. And people don’t really like money lenders. Actually. Well, yeah. And these ones, it’s like he’s like a little devil. Like a bunny, I think. Well, it’s considered a banetta, like the one with horns. Ah, that gets the point. And this moneylender has turned to stone on the site of his former shop. And now he’s watching. And those who don’t pay their taxes, he can, you know, punish them somehow . I don’t know how. Shove them somewhere. And this, you know, isn’t the number 6, but this wine. And what kind of wine is this? Catalan? Convenient. What was your first? Your first visit? My first visit, when we came as tourists. I didn’t know anything about Girona back then. We took a look. We were on holiday by the sea in Lloret de Mar. And people wrote things like, “Oh, there’s such an interesting town nearby.” Well, here we go. Well, here we go. And I was very impressed by how much has been preserved . Well, that is, when you walk through the city, you see a house, that it’s there… This house is older than St. Petersburg. Well, being older than St. Petersburg in a historical context isn’t that difficult. Well, it’s still impressive. The historic centre of Girona is protected by UNESCO. And when you climb up the wall and see this carpet of tiled roofs and that it’s not just decoration, it really impressed me. And then, I guess, I was just beginning to think about how, in general, Europe managed to survive during the war because it didn’t suffer such bombing. For example, my hometown of Novgorod , after the war, there were 40 boxes of houses left there. Boxes, because there weren’t even roofs. Well, Krakow, for example, was also bombed here. They stopped it, I think, from scratch. Well, that’s Krakow. And in Spain, during World War II , it was peaceful because there was a fascist regime. There’s an annual festival here , a very beautiful one called Flower Time. When the whole city is decorated with flowers for a few days , for a week . Various shops, organizations, commercial ones, also open their own spaces where they create installations related to flowers. Some have some kind of social message, some are just for beauty. And people in Europe and around the world already know that this is happening. And a lot of tourists come. And, in particular, on this street you can walk around and go right into some private courtyards, houses and look. It’s all free. And this is apparently the widest street in the city, right? Well, I like how there ‘s a little restaurant on the steps there. Anyway, there’s a little restaurant. You could go in there . This is where they keep the so-called capgrosses. These are these big papier-mâché figures that people wear during the holiday in all sorts of ways. And, basically, they go around every some traditional holiday. And a collection from different years for different occasions is kept here . And also, when there are city holidays, the gates open and you can walk around and have a look. This is an ancient building. At different times, it belonged to the same family, but now it belongs to the Caixa Bank. The Caixa Bank is the largest bank in Catalonia. Is that Ш pronounced? Yes, when it’s И plus Ихис. I always read it as Ик. It turns out Ш. Some people say it differently, some say Кача, some say Каша. I see. And they, in short, restored everything here. They made a hall for a free exhibition. Right now there’s one on the theme of the underwater world. A very cool exhibition. Plus master classes and so on. I really like this molded coat of arms, which they restored or preserved. I see. Look, a mug with teeth is peeking out of the window. My God. This is this character. I don’t remember what it’s called. Is it written? The city mascot, or something? No, this is the office of the consortium that runs Catalan language courses all over Catalonia. In practically every one. When you learn it, you’ll have teeth like this. Are you sure? Oh, you’re from Catalonia. I recognize you, I recognize you. I see. I just now thought, why teeth and not the tongue. Oh well. If it had been about the tongue, Lena, it would have been even stranger. Look, someone beheaded it for some reason . And here, apparently, it’s customary to behead angels. It’s a nice city and there are interesting competitions. Yes. Let’s go to the cathedral, I’ll tell you a story. Well, the fact that you come out into a small square. The square is small, but the letters say it all quite clearly. Well, I don’t really. Please explain. Libertat is freedom. Aha. So I guessed correctly. Here we also see the independence flag. Accordingly, there are all sorts of craft beers here . Are you a craft beer fan? Yes. Here, let’s say, three… Well, so. Three for fifteen plus olives 9.90. Why do they drink with such sounds? I don’t know. Well, because it’s like TASS. Here for 0.25. Here for 0.33. Well, something, you know… Well, not cheap, not cheap. Not cheap and not much. If they just have it in bottles, for example, then not bad. And they brew it themselves. While we are walking around here, they are brewing there. Yeah. Well, for what they brew themselves, it seems to me, it could be cheaper. Right, guys? Well, the city center, those are tourists. Yeah. You don’t have to pay for transportation. Yeah. I’ve already transferred, like, a euro from one room to another. Souvenirs. Here, look. Oh, by the way, souvenirs. You can have a little bit of several here at once. Well, this is just a look of the duty officer. Here is that T-shirt with a fly. See? The duty officer’s fly. The duty officer’s fly. Talk informally. Tell me. Tell me. The duty officer’s fly. And the duty officer’s fly is… A fat fly. No, it’s the symbol of the city. Do you know any other cities where the house mascot is a fly? Well, I think… And it’s revered, they’re proud of it, it’s like a sacred animal for them. The mascot of St. Petersburg is probably mosquitoes? They’re not proud of it at all. The smelt is the mascot of St. Petersburg. Oh, smelt, yes. And why a fly? Because Sannarcissus, this patron saint of the city, that’s the legend. Well, he was, basically, one of those who spread Christianity in Europe. And for what, basically, was he killed, canonized Saints. The standard story. And Gerona is buried here, actually . And so, when the French besieged Gerona and captured it, they opened the tomb to desecrate the saint. It’s like when you capture a city, the first thing you have to do is desecrate the saint. That’s how it works here, to suppress everyone. I’ve written it down; I’ll definitely capture the city first. First, capture the city, second, desecrate the saint’s tomb. And when they opened the tomb, colorful flies flew out , fat flies, and they bit all the French. They bit so much that half the army died, including the king. What interesting myths and legends. Well, I can imagine that this was during the plague, and the infection in the tomb could have fed it. Then the flies became colorful. The saints in Budapest similarly shoved the saint into a barrel, who was spreading Christianity. They shoved him into a barrel with nails hammered inside and rolled him down the mountain. People were having a blast. That was with the flies once. Another time they also made fun of him. Come on, you’ll tell me. Or did you want something? Well, I wanted to tell you about Costellers in Catalonia, which is like a human tower. There’s one nearby. It’s a Catalan folk pastime, which is also preserved in Leneschi as a cultural heritage site. They certainly make it all very exciting. At the bottom sits a tapping peasant wearing a traditional Catalan hat called a Baratino. And what is this figure? It’s actually connected to Christmas. They make nativity scenes here every Christmas, and in the nativity scene, they put what is this? It’s a scene from the birth of Christ. And in this scene of the birth of Christ, they put a figurine of a Catalan peasant who, while all these significant events were happening, was simply going out to relieve himself. And I really like that, because it tones down the pathos a little. Yeah, but it’s still there. It’s like Monty Python. There’s something serious going on here, but some crazy thing is happening with the bean. And then the tradition changed a little , and now they say that this Caganer is hidden in a cave , and when guests come, the family gathers there, and whoever finds the Caganer first will be lucky there all year. How wonderful. You want more about the Saint? Come on, yes, I’ll tell you about the Saint. There were times when they took him out of the grave and tore him apart, but some Christian, a carpenter, picked him up, like he put Pinocchio together. He put on a Pinocchio hat. Yeah, they drove out the French, and returned the narcissus to its place. And there was this tradition that on Saint Narcís Day, there would be a procession with this goumia in the coffin, like , look, he’s not doing anything with it, he’s a saint, saints don’t rot. When the French captured Girona again, there was this tradition. Someone would go on vacation, and the French, not the French, were Francoists, of course, the damned Francoists. Who were Francoists? Yeah, they captured it in the 1930s , and they were like, so, what are we supposed to do there, according to the instructions? I saw something funny here, a djebeshut. And this is the Jewish quarter, and right next to it is the Museum of Jewish Culture. And they call it a djebeshut? I think that’s cool. You know, either I didn’t notice it, or it’s some kind of temporary exhibition. Well, yeah, a djebesh, right? The Francoists captured it, they’re looking at this instruction of ours. So, they seized the second one, to desecrate the flower. So, how desecrate? They did it using modern technology, they assembled a large commission with photographers, the press, and historians, and said, “We’re going to open this grave of yours now, this holy one of yours.” More civilized. Let’s see what’s in there.” So, all the photographers are ready, they open it. Well, only part of the face remains, somehow connected to human remains, and the rest was stuffed with cotton wool, these wooden arms, two identical legs, both right ones. So, they made do with what they had, because it was what they loved. When Frankenstein was getting all A’s and B’s. And the Frankists said , “Well, that’s why they worshipped him, wadding, or something?” They photographed it all in the newspaper, printed it, and they were like, “No, well, not enough, not all of our newspapers read it.” Let’s put this coffin on display in the public library so everyone can come and see it. They put it on display. I don’t remember if it was the first night, or the second , or the third, well, the saint disappeared. He made legs. He closed the door with two identical legs. Yes, his whereabouts are still unknown. Well, someone simply stole it, that’s all. Well, they think it was Christians who stole it. And they buried it so no one else would get used to it. And here you can throw out your trash without a notice. And there’s a sign saying you shouldn’t throw out the container next to the cluster . Well, then, they’ll blow up the wall next to the container. It’s all logical, they didn’t explain it. While we’re walking, I can tell you about this postcard view near Chionyar with its colorful houses. It wasn’t always like this either. They took on Girona, to reconstruct it, to update it, to make it a tourist destination. And two Catalan architects developed a color scheme. So, they even published a brochure, in which I don’t remember how many, I think there were about fifty colors. And each color was explained: this color is the color of Girona stone, this color is the color of some building, this color is the color of some grass that grows here. And based on this color scheme, they simply painted all these houses along the river embankment. They only left the house of the architect Maso, because the architect himself knew how he wanted it. Out of respect. He kept the white and blue. Well, the first reaction, of course, was, what have you done to us here, from our gloomy gray Gothic city. That’s it… What, are you asking for details or something? We are serious people here. Yes, we were very indignant. And now it’s precisely this view that attracts tourists. Yes, that’s how it is. Well, shall we go up to the cathedral ? Do we want to find a day? We do. You adore me very much. I adore you very much, Tolyan. Well, let’s go. Let’s go. If you come to Girona for one day— well, we’re not here for just one day, but we’ll go for a walk and take the tram. I don’t know what to expect. Definitely take a walk along the wall. See… See the views. Definitely go to the film museum. The film museum. The film museum, yes. It’s the private collection of a film lover. This man managed to collect several floors of it in his lifetime. A lot is dedicated to the history of cinema, how it all began with simple animated images. It’s interesting, if you want to understand the history of cinema and how it all developed, it’s all very well presented there, and, as I love, it’s interactive—you can touch it, get covered, and look at it. I can say, yes, I consider Girona my home now, and I really want to stay here. But I have work-related issues, and not only do I not know how things will turn out, but I really want to stay here. If someone watches this video and is thinking about transferring, well, they’ll probably do a Google search, for example, and decide to move to Girona, or is thinking about moving to Girona, and then doesn’t know yet what you’ll tell them they’ve moved. Guys, if you, like Anatoly, are looking for action, an active life, clubs, I don’t know, no, Girona isn’t for that. I’d say Girona is a family town. Second, if you’re not ready to learn two languages, Spanish and Catalan, you shouldn’t move to Girona, because Girona is one of the most Catalan- speaking cities. And you won’t hear— well, you’ll rarely hear, in short, Spanish spoken; more often, you’ll hear Catalan spoken. But if it’s important to you to live in a beautiful place all the time , well , I mean, when you go out and it’s beautiful, and you can— or even if you don’t live in the center, but you know you can walk 10 minutes and it will be beautiful. And you can get lost in the streets, or you can get lost in the mountains, but those views, they’re always there. Then Girona is a very suitable option without the hustle and bustle, without the metro, without things that complicate life that aren’t related to covering distance, with crowds of people. Naturally, if you live right in the old town, I think people there suffer from tourists. You didn’t rent in the old town. You filmed in the center, but not in the old town. The old town is where the Gothic district is, where everything is really cramped. But Catalan grandparents still manage to drive their cars through these little streets into their built-in garages . They’re also masters of parking. I’m thinking, really? It’s so narrow , and you need to get in here now. In my geometry, that’s complicated. No, not here. Oh, the Girona cathedral set is beautiful, I adore it. By the way, some scenes from Game of Thrones were filmed here , for those who saw it. His High Sparrow appeared here. High Sparrow? I haven’t seen it, I have no idea what you’re talking about. Well, about the cathedral. It’s completely eclectic. At first, it was Romanesque, then Gothic was added. This façade, that’s Baroque. So, it was rebuilt over many years. And I think they’ll take something else, maybe rebuild it. It might as well not. This is the interior of the cathedral, the largest. And the oil of this cathedral is the second largest in the world. The first is St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. You can’t be taller than the Vatican. With ambitions. It is considered the largest of all Gothic churches . As we already understood a minute ago, this is not quite Gothic. The façade is Baroque, and from that side it looks like Gothic. The interior is Gothic. Tolya, take a closer look. What do you think this is? Well, it’s hewn. And what is this? Some kind of seeds. Is this oatmeal or something? This animal has been petrified. And I thought it was oatmeal. This… What are they called? Clearly fossilized. There’s a word for when they’re found in rocks. I’ll sign. They’re called Mamulites here. It’s supposedly connected to a coin. There used to be a sea here, long ago, many years ago . And these sea creatures from the seabed are fossilized; that’s a specific feature of Girona stone. There were quarries further up in the mountains. They belonged to some monastery. And stone mining, the quarries, were the main industry that formed the city. The city was definitely gloomy. Hard workers lived there. This stone was transported all over Spain, for sure, to France too, and so on. So if you see it anywhere, say hello to Girona. Lots of people walk around, rubbing everything, and you can even pick out some of these animals. As a souvenir, I think. Once they’ve picked it out, they ‘ll add something else to the cathedral. Look, see how they’re messing around. Absolutely nothing, by the way. They’re ripping things out of the cathedral. They’ll definitely add something on. Because this wall, look, begs to be tacked on. A portrait of the leader . What’s the question? There are the mountains, San Cirillo. The gerona is surrounded on all sides by low mountains. Which helped hold out the siege. Because while they’re crossing one mountain, then another. We’ll regroup here and start attacking. Now we’ll go look for the witch. We need a witch and a shitty bear. This is Gothic, right? Yes, it is. The Apostles’ Procession, I think it’s called. Generally speaking, all the common people enter through this entrance, that main gate, it’s only used for ceremonial things. Let’s say there’s a procession on Easter Sunday, some legionnaires dressed up, and the people look a bit like the Ku Klux Klan, wearing these caps—I recommend you find a video of them, too—they’re colorful caps, each color symbolizing each of Christ’s paths of suffering. It’s very beautiful, they go down the stairs, then walk through the city, holding candles. Must-see. There are a lot of memes out there, like, an American tourist comes to Girona, sits there having coffee. And then the Ku Klux Klan starts coming. Anyway, if you didn’t get it, this is the entrance for the common people. I’d like to have an entrance like that. Well, I mean, for the common people. There are often concerts in the cathedral, and not always religious ones. I went to one concert where a countertenor sang. A countertenor is, well, if you’ve heard of the Costrati, they were also countertenors, yes. It also reminds me of “From the Fifth Element.” Yes, yes, yes, “Plava laguna,” when I sang there. There was this guy singing, accompanied by a string quartet, all of whom had Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian surnames. And at the end, he even sang a song to Tchaikovsky’s music in Russian. With an accent? Well, naturally, but still. And it was a completely secular song, not religious. I mean, they don’t always treat things with such equanimity here. We’re in church! God will punish. Yeah, well, that back part—that’s typical. It’s like something out of “Heroes of the Third.” Typical gothic. Cool, that’s cool. And there’s a figure up there. Where is it? That’s it. Yeah, that’s also a very interesting story. So. Well, as we can see, the wings are most likely an angel. Well, maybe. That’s right, it’s the figure of an angel. But this particular angel ended up there not long ago, in the 2000s. Before, there was a winged figure there, but it wasn’t an angel, it was the personification of faith. Then the French arrived again. And here, opinions differ. According to one version, the French bombed the angel directly; according to another, lightning struck. Well, that’s probably the French version. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s not our fault, guys, it was lightning. But one way or another, half of the figure’s upper body was blown off. And this was around 1800, during Napoleon’s time. Napoleon’s army. So, this same figure stood like that until the 1960s. Fine. Until, finally, they replaced it, restored it. It’s the highest point in the city, can you imagine? The highest point in the city. A symbol of faith. Yeah, right. But we’re going to look for a witch, right? Be careful of the steps. And it’s also a weather vane. That is, this angel is made of wind; it changes direction. Got it. I think the wind must be really strong. So, well, Tolya, where is the witch? She should be here? You have to find her. Okay. And isn’t she the one on the walls? Yeah. And why is she walking along the wall? As you can see, she’s not going anywhere. She’s completely frozen. It’s a gargoyle. So, the function is a drain from the roof. Quite understandable. So, this woman was a witch. Witches. Yes. And she threw stones during processions with the image of Christ, threw stones at Christ, cursed. She was simply crazy. At the church, at Christ. By today’s standards. During the Inquisition, you couldn’t do such things at all. Well, you can’t, because what? Because God will punish you and turn you into a stone gargoyle. And you will… Well, be afraid, dove. And you will constantly look down and, instead of cursing, spew filth from your mouth. Well, rats turn you back. And you will never be able to look at the sky again. And what kind of weapon is there? Well, there, basically, is one of the exits… Ah, it’s a sculpture. The sculptor was inspired, naturally, by the story of this witch, but, in fact, there is no historical background. No consequences. Just a fairly modern work on the subject of this witch. So, what do we have here? Who are you? We didn’t invite you. Demons of the plantation. It’s like you’re leading me to my execution. Demons have stolen me. Yeah, sometimes, when I wander around this part , I feel like that… one of the characters in the movie “The Magicians,” who followed the signs and kept getting lost, lost. Oh! What? Who builds things like that? Continuation of the story about San Narciso. It’s supposedly stated there that the remains of Saint Narciso lie in the Cathedral of San Filio. There’s actually an altar there, yes, I think that’s what it’s called. Yeah. But no one tells the tourists that there’s no Saint Narciso there because he disappeared. But, like, the symbol of Saint Narciso is buried there. They’re throwing some kind of Top Gear show here. So, in a station wagon through narrow streets. Is that Hammond sitting there? What’s this? It’s hard to drive straight through. Must be the locals. So. I’m looking right here, the traffic is insane. There’s traffic, yeah, behind, in front, to the sides. Real traffic, yeah, not medieval. Okay, a BMW passed. Yeah, damn , another one. So what? And a BMW too, right? Yeah, yeah. And look how artistically they’ve laid out the cobblestones here. Circles. Yeah. So, will we be able to get through on the fifth try? Yeah. These gates are called something , I don’t remember. Okay. Well, it’s beautiful. Beautiful, everyone says what they want. Ugh. What’s going on? I can’t get anyone out, I’ll manage somehow. That’s a dick. Where is it? That’s a pee-pee. Where are the testicles? Yeah, they’re hidden. It’s just cold. Here’s the entrance. To San Filio. We ‘re not going there. Guys, why are you so sad? Well, if I were a dentist, I’d say their bite is crooked. And these ones, you know, it’s like they have two monkeys sitting there. One with this bite, and the other with that. And one says, listen, when it rains, does water get into your mouth? No, but when a car drives by, yes. Well, there are two of them. Yes, and this one has an advantage too . Something about us all seems to be, seems to be. This doesn’t remind me of Charodeyev, but of Mironov running under the street. No, well, it’ll be okay now . There should be some other prostitute standing here, calling us in. Gypsy, Gypsy, Gypsy. Russo-tourist. The face of morality, right? That’s it, quick. What does she want? By the way, there’s a real problem with prostitutes in Girona. Seriously? I haven’t seen any, I haven’t seen any. I don’t even know. I think Russia has even seen them. They’re hiding somewhere. And I don’t know where they are in Girona. Do they have a normal attitude towards it here? Well, you can legalize yourself, yes. There are legal prostitutes in Barcelona. Just recently , the most famous prostitute in the Raval district died in Barcelona. Wow, the things I recognize. Wow, Salvador. And this is near Figueres, right? Yeah, well, just look at it. Salvador as Saint Narcissus. Yes. Stern. Oh, and it’s all done so well, by the way, in his style. Or rather, not in his style, but they actually made paintings in stone. I don’t know. Did someone reinterpret Dali’s work or did Dali actually create this during his lifetime? Well, I remember this. Like paintings, probably. Because there’s a hotel-museum here. Well, apparently they just cast the paintings. This room is also connected with Narcissus. By the way, he lived here. So… I think Hans Rudi Giger drew inspiration for something else from somewhere here . Only now have I realized it. Holy shit! I fucking adore Dali. So why didn’t you go to Figueres? We don’t have time for Figueres. We’ll go to Figueres again. So what do we see here? We see our friends the Flies. Our friend San Narcís. And this is supposedly his leg. One of the legends. Also. That he was in his cell and the French came running again. That they were all running and running. He was still alive, and they were about to desecrate him. He realized it. He jumped out the window. Well, he jumped, let’s say, like that. And ran in that direction. Like, he fooled everyone. And the trail only went that way. And so all the French made a mistake and ran in the wrong direction. And he saved them. It was some Ivan Vasilyevich who changed professions when they were running from the guards. Here’s a leg, here two legs. Here are the Flies. They attached this huge one a year ago. My God, how scary. This means it’s a nightmare. He also had such bulging eyes. I think that’s too much. These were quite small, too. It happens, it happens. The eyes need to glow at night. Then you’ll definitely have nightmares. And this is Flies Street, basically. This is probably the longest street in the world. In St. Petersburg there’s Moon Cat Street, and here there’s Flies Street. I see. We have Flies. The Russian community. Is there one? Yes. Well, that is… I can’t say I’m a member of a Russian community. I’m in a Facebook group called Russian Girona. Facebook? What is that? Social. Well, I’m just there… I needed to find a massage therapist. They ask, guys, what’s there? They give advice. But there’s no chat room in Telegram, right? We just have everyone there specifically. I’m buying and selling a women’s chat. Well, maybe there is, but I don’t know. You make connections not in chats, but in real life. Since Girona is small, you know one person, and that person knows another. In the end, everyone gets their hair cut by one woman and gets a massage from another man. Basically, everyone knows each other. A Georgian restaurant recently opened. I don’t know, even the laziest one hasn’t told me that their friends opened a Georgian restaurant. Please come. And are you editing his videos? She does. See you on the streets of Girona at night. I understand when we arrive. Yes. Let’s go look at the trash bins. What is that? One of the bakeries in Girona. Buños. Buños are these little donuts. Without a hole. A donut without a hole, like a pie. But they’re actually half the size of what we’re used to. And schus. Schus is a pastry specifically from Girona. What is that? It’s also a kind of choux bun, elongated, with cream. Typically, the custard is creamy, but now they make it in different flavors. They’re not on display. An oversight. Okay. Schus is thicker, essentially. Custard-like. But denser. The cream is thicker. And so, following up on your question, what kind of schus do you have to eat in Girona in one day? There’s a legend about schus, of course. You see a character who looks like Orlikin. That’s Torla. Torla is a young man who, during the plague times, when there was a pandemic and residents on one street were quarantined. The whole street was… He was there to entertain mainly children. A guy could drive by now. And the street is narrow. The windows literally face each other. He would throw a stick from one window to the other and spin around, performing all sorts of acrobatic tricks . So the children wouldn’t get bored. And what does it have to do with the pike? He had a lover. His lover, of course, was married. There must have been a conflict. And then one day he came to his lover, and she was just making some kind of pastry with flour. And then her husband from Orel came by, accidentally inhaled the flour , and sneezed. Like pike-shu. What did the husband hear? There was, of course, a huge scandal, but since then, pike-shu has been the name for a party. Anyway, a bun is actually called a sneeze. Yes. Shchu-shchu. Be healthy. It’s fine. There’s this guy who brought something. He’s running around. Also buns and dough. What did he bring? He brought pastries. Your pastries travel better than mine. Yeah, they love sweets here . All kinds of buns, pastries, everything. Catalans also love to cook. They can talk for hours about cuisine, about dishes, about how they cook something themselves. I’m practically Italian. During my Catalan exam , the teacher asked me if I could tell you about the most unusual dish in Russian cuisine. Kholodets. What is it? They take pig’s feet and boil them. Oh, so we do that too. So what? You get the same jelly-like mass. They use this jelly-like mass in various other dishes. I don’t know what else to surprise you with. Serbian also has aspic. Exactly the same. It’s called pikhtija. The same aspic, only pikhtija. Well, here’s the facade. Where were we, right? No, they don’t look alike, but this is San Filius. Where Narcissia itself is. The staircase is smaller, like a mini-version of the cathedral. But the tower is very different. The tower, yes. It looks like it wasn’t finished or was cut down. There should be a spire there. We come to Europe to look at the spire, right? Well, most likely, there was some wooden spire at one time , which probably burned down during the next thunderstorm . Then they built a stone one. And now there’s a small cross over there. And that’s enough. Well then. Well then, tell me. Tell me. Is it a lion or a lionesses? And how did you figure that out? Well, it looks just like Linchik’s elephant. It’s similar on his face. They’re saying here that this lion is actually because he has hairy mushrooms, and lionesses don’t have those. And it’s connected to the legend of Girona that if you kiss this lion ‘s little bitch, you’ll come back from Girona to hurt him. And many people want to go back to Girona because they fished out his gorge. And they ended up in the hospital with the gamekeepers. There used to be a special ladder here, well, because people would climb up the ladder and kiss. But during the pandemic and Covid, they removed the ladder and put up that sign over there. It says it’s forbidden to kiss lionesses. So they think these are lionesses. Well, there are no mushrooms here. And since there are no mushrooms here, it means you can kiss him, because there are mushrooms there. We got it, we kiss his butt. Well, actually , this isn’t the original, it’s a copy of a pillar that used to stand at the entrance to the city next to some hotel. The original is kept in the Art History Museum. And there’s another copy in the Museum of the History of My Wife . There are three such pillars here. Kiss him, I don’t want to. For the lazy. As we can see by the prominent, soapy butt. You can kiss him here too. I think he doesn’t really like being kissed. Well, what can you do? I kissed him. I kissed this one. We wiped his butt with a napkin. By the way, we kissed him in ’15 , and who were we back in ’23? Well, yes, his face isn’t very happy. Well, as we already discussed, the person who sculpted this sculpture is probably light and didn’t see it. Well, yes. Accurate shots in paintings. Well, in his mind, a lion shouldn’t be a very happy animal, apparently. Then again, why did he climb up there? He was scared. That’s why he climbed that pole. Can you tell me how much a tena costs? It’s fear. This is the most obsessive animal I’ve ever seen in my life. And who scared him? The French again? It’s possible. Flies, maybe. Maybe flies, right? Geron has two problems. A fly bit him on the butt, so we have to kiss him to stop the pain. Well, that’s it, now, in principle, we can cross the river. You can take some more pictures of the views. And maybe we’ll see some fish. Or nutria. A nutria crawled out of our river here. Wow! According to eyewitnesses who came earlier, these houses looked like crooked, rotten teeth. So gray, black. And, of course, women washed clothes here in the river , and threw garbage out of the windows, I think . I don’t think it was the most attractive place. Anyway, it’s hard to be Herman’s god. Yes. There, beyond the bridge, it merges with the Terr River, which comes from the mountains on the other side. Yeah. And further along the Terr River there are all sorts of creatures. There are even wild boars in the bushes. Wild boars. Herons. Herons. Cool. Well, there are places to go. It turns out you can’t go out to the river in these parts . There are no ramps. You just walk around and look. You can live here, right? Well, if you live… Go out onto the balcony. To the river. Clearly, this was a working-class town . There’s no money for a waterfront . Neither is there the desire or the skill… Well, it was a city on the trade route between France and, it turns out, Barcelona. So, a lot of merchants of all kinds passed through here . What were they called? Merchants in Medieval Europe? Merchants. Probably yes. So , the city flourished here thanks to trade . Well, and again, it’s also a strategically important location. Since they also held out for a long time among the mountains. That is, the siege of Girona was always unpleasant for everyone. Well, war is unpleasant for everyone. Oh, fine! What kind of people are they? They threw away the bicycle. And it’s a city rental bike. Maybe he just got tired and lay down? He came from the store with a bag. Oh, you connect the dots? I wouldn’t. Actually, it’s a cool idea that you pay 30 euros a year and you can rent a bike for half an hour for free during that year . And since the city is small… Half an hour for the whole year? No, well, every day, every trip. One bike for half an hour free. From there, the tariff starts to trickle down. Since the city is small, if you need to get from point A to point B, that’s enough. Well, overall, yes, I went to the store. You don’t even need to buy a bike. There aren’t any inside. There’s just a tired bike. Well, yeah. They’re sleeping somewhere inside. Did you see it? No. There aren’t any inside here. What kind of bridge is that, Lena? Lena, please tell me, what is it? It’s a bridge. It literally means old fishermen’s bridge. It was designed by a rather famous architect, actually. His last name was Eiffel. You can imagine that it’s one of the parts of the Eiffel Tower. I might remind you of the design. Eiffel was very fond of metal, right? Yes. What do you mean? Not an architect, but a design engineer? An engineer, probably. Bridge construction. Well, no, the tower is not a motorcycle. Thank you, Lena. Do you have any parting words for the viewers? A parting word? Rukaveshka Canal. Dear TV viewers, dear YouTube viewers, come to Girona, stroll around a bit, and then leave. This is a farewell, I understand. But anyway, yes, if you want, come, I’ll show you around , we’ll stroll around, I’ll tell you about Girona. There’s a song called “Girona makes me fall in love.” Well, I think it’s about this city that’s falling in love with itself.

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Думаете про иммиграцию в Испанию? Рассматриваете Жирону? В этом видео на канале “Рукавешка” мы разбираемся в реальной жизни в этом уголке Каталонии. Это настоящее погружение, которое покажет вам город с совершенно неожиданной стороны.
Вы когда-нибудь слышали про мусор по карточкам? А про то, что в Испании можно получить прописку для бомжей на лавочке в парке? Наша прогулка по Жироне полна таких открытий. Мы пройдемся по городу днем и ночью, и моя подруга Лена, которая живет здесь, расскажет всю правду о том, каково это — быть иммигрантом.
Этот ролик обязателен к просмотру, если вас интересует иммиграция в Испанию. Мы подробно обсудим переезд в Испанию с ребенком:
* Как проходит адаптация детей в местных школах?
* Что такое специальные “классы уюта” (aules d’acollida) для детей-мигрантов, которые не знают языка?
* Почему Жирона — это город, где для комфортной жизни придется учить сразу два языка: испанский и каталанский?
* И в чем главный плюс жизни в маленьком, но невероятно красивом городе?
Конечно, мы покажем вам ту самую Жирону из путеводителей и раскроем все ее секреты! Вы увидите знаменитую лестницу Кафедрального собора, где снимали “Игру Престолов” (да-да, та самая сцена с Его Воробейшеством).
Мы разберемся, почему символ города… нет, это не лев. Это огромная муха! 🪰 Разберемся в главной легенде о святом Нарциссе и о том, как насекомые спасли город от французов. Мы найдем ведьму-горгулью, которую прокляли за то, что она кидалась камнями в храм, и теперь она вечно смотрит вниз.
Мы прогуляемся по мосту, который построил Эйфель, и по Каменному мосту, откуда открывается открыточный вид на разноцветные домики у реки Оньяр. И, конечно, мы найдем главную туристическую традицию — “упоротого льва” — и узнаем, зачем целовать его в попу (и почему во время пандемии это запретили).
Это видео — ваш полный гид по Жироне, Испания. Мы обсудим все: от мрачных легенд, Сальвадора Дали и гастрономических традиций (что такое “щущу”?) до бытовых проблем иммиграции.
Приятного просмотра!
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🕒 ТАЙМКОДЫ:
00:00:00 – Вступление: Легенды Жироны
00:02:12 – Ночная прогулка: Прописка для бомжей в Испании
00:03:10 – Почему прописка (padrón) так важна для иммигранта?
00:07:35 – Иммиграция в Испанию с ребенком: личный опыт
00:08:48 – Школы в Жироне: классы адаптации “де-акулида”
00:11:00 – Легенда о Кокаоне: монашка, превратившаяся в крокодила
00:12:38 – ШОК: Мусор в Жироне по КАРТОЧКАМ!
00:13:13 – Как работает странная система раздельного сбора
00:15:35 – Плюсы и минусы мусорной реформы
00:17:15 – Жизнь в маленьком городе: плюсы и минусы
00:19:37 – Испанский ритм жизни: почему ужинают в 11 вечера?
00:27:05 – Дневная Жирона: Каменный мост и река Оньяр
00:31:45 – Главная площадь Жироны (Plaça de Vi)
00:34:39 – Легенда о ростовщике: кто такая “банета”?
00:38:15 – Фестиваль цветов в Жироне
00:40:00 – Что такое “Каганер” и почему символ Жироны – муха?
00:47:15 – Франкисты и осквернение могилы святого
00:50:00 – Как Жирона стала “цветной”: история домов у реки
00:55:23 – Кафедральный собор (“Игра Престолов”)
01:02:00 – Мрачная легенда: Ведьма, ставшая горгульей
01:06:29 – Где на самом деле останки Святого Нарцисса?
01:09:30 – Проституция в Испании
01:12:17 – Улица Мух (Carrer de les mosques)
01:14:13 – Что такое “щущу” (Xuxo) и легенда о чихе
01:19:29 – “Упоротый лев”: зачем целовать его в попу?
01:23:00 – Река Оньяр: нутрии и кабаны
01:26:11 – Мост Эйфеля в Жироне
01:27:00 – Выводы: кому стоит (и не стоит) переезжать в Жирону
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