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“Création catalane”: the craft of sandals
“Création catalane”, whose workshops are located right next door in the former “espandrilles” workshop, is our next appointment. The small shoe factory also closed in 1955 but was reopened in February 2008. To produce this comfortable, colourful shoes, only the fabrics of “Toiles du Soleil” are used.
“Création catalane” is one of the last handicraft companies in the east- ern Pyrenees. They specialise in “espadrilles” and the traditional Catalan sandals “vigatanes”, which became world famous because they were once worn by the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
The small shoe shop in front of the workshop is full of people. We hardly have a chance to get to the shelves. Of course, we not only want to lis- ten to the explanations during the factory tour, but we also want to shop shoes. The decision is not quite easy, with this amount of colour, but then at some point everyone has a shoe box in their hands. And for those who couldn’t decide on a model on the spot there is fortunately the online shop: www.espadrille-catalane.com
On the way back we look up, the clouds hang like candyfloss in the blue sky. The bumble bees buzz around the purple flowering thistles. Slowly the sun disappears behind the horizon. The late summer in the Costa Brava region and the Pyrenees near Girona is simply fantastic.
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aussi acheter des chaussures. La décision avec tants des couleurs n’est pas facile à prendre. Mais à un moment, tout le monde a une boîte des chaus- sures à la main. Et pour ceux qui n’ont pas pu choisir un modèle sur place, il y a heureusement la boutique en ligne : www.espadrille-catalane.com Sur le chemin du retour, je regarde en haut, les nuages pendent comme de la barbe à papa dans le bleu ciel. Les bourdons fredonnent autour des chardons à fleurs violettes. Lentement, le soleil disparaît derrière l’horizon. La fin de l’été sur la Costa Brava et dans les Pyrénées est tout simplement fantastique.
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