1) To check out Retiro Park. Retiro Park, or Parque De Madrid, is made up of some gorgeous, once-upon-a-time-palace-gardens. I ate lunch, wandered, read my book, and had an amusing walk along the man-made lake with a gaggle of Irishmen.
2) To have a look around the current protest camp in Puerta Del Sol. For those who haven't heard about this, I suggest watching the video at the link - but basically, the protests stemmed from public anger at the political response to the economic crisis in Spain. This anger led to hundreds of people (known, in Spanish, as 'The Indignant Ones') camping in one of the busiest places in Madrid, the Puerta Del Sol square. The camp has grown to become a media-attention-grabbing voice against many of the big issues in Spain; political corruption, sexism, homophobia and universal lowering of salaries, as the main exmaples. For the huge politics nerd that I am, it was so exciting to walk around, and to chat to some of the protestors!
It was another amazing and fascinating day, and I could go on and on with stories.
However, a picture speaks a thousand words, apparently. So here's 9000 words about my Saturday!
es una pena que no han logrado su obectivos, pero la lucha continúa ...
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