2002
The village is in ferment: you don't host the Royal family and the Court every day! The people floods in, the clergy sing hymns of praise, the soldiers take good care of the public order. The Ayuntamiento, the Town Hall, shines for the special occasion. In front of the nearby building - it must be the local office of some foreign empresa - they profit from the presence of a crowd to make some business, some negocio; good mixing heads sell like hot cakes, these days of the year: the inventor himself makes sure that the King, Ferdinand of Aragon, gets the latest version while he personally brings flowers to the Queen, Isabel of Castilia. The Royal Highnesses have just arrived in the harbour's square: it seems that the Major will raise a nice fountain to celebrate this visit. The project is ready, measures are being taken, but they still miss the funds. Who knows? Here below, in the Astillero, the rudders for the new ships are manufactured. It seems that, made in Polyurethane - yes, in wood-imitation - they last longer and cost less. Folks, if we continue like this we'll see all-plastic boats soon! What a world.