Get up, stand up...

Nope not an indignados post. More of a transport related rant.

One thing I don't understand about Madrid is people’s (read Madrileños’s) unwillingness to give up their seats to elderly people or pregnant women. I’ve often been the only one on the bus or metro to offer my seat up and it surprises me that no one, not even the men, seems to think anything of it. Not cool folks, not cool. Granted the percentage of the population over the age of 65 is like 20% (note: this is a made up statistic but genuinely is around the 15 – 20% mark) so if you offer a seat up to every one who deserves it you’ll never sit down but that’s how it should be so cop on.

Ok, rant over :)

Belated Sol post

The protests in Sol are trickling to a close. Only the hardy few remain and I reckon they'll be gone by week end. Here are some pics I took during the first week when Sol was full to the brim. It evolved into a little village over time (mainly hippy types though, hard pressed to see a pijo about) and now it's finally coming to an end.

Not sure what they hope to have achieved but at least attention was drawn to the Spanish situation. Should shame politicians into doing something. That said, I feel pretty strongly that young Spaniards as a nationality lack 'get up and go' (huge generalistion but still...) Where I work, its not unusual to have late twenty somethings coming in with their parents for advice. Or parents coming in asking for advice for their 'nino' (of 20 something years hmmmm...)

Cut the cord and go abroad if the situation isn't better, apron strings have to be untied eventually.