Monday, February 25, 2008

Spanish Elections, post 1 of tons...

So, Dr. Baldridge told me that I should start seeing some stuff, election flyers, etc, soon, because the elections are coming up. She said here that there's only like 2 weeks before the election where they campaign. And she was quite right.
Here in Segovia it sprung up overnight, flyers plastered all over walls, windows, and public bulletin boards. Not just like one flyer, but several feet of the same exact flyer, like wallpaper or something. This happened Thursday night.
The newspaper said that at midnight Thursday, so Friday, they were allowed to sort of charge the city putting things up. And they did charge the city.

I went to Madrid yesterday, on Sunday, and the street that runs in front of the Prado museum was so full of political stuff. There were flyers plastered all over power poles and lights, and hanging from the lights lining the street...like how at home, at Christmas, there are always snowflakes and other decorations hanging from the lights, here there are political flags. The entire street had flags for the same person/party, the PSOE I think was which one they are, the flags are red. And there were these buses going up and down the street with people screaming out of them, vote for such and such, etc, one right after the other, each a different party. It's so different to what I am used to, and how it came up out of nowhere really surprises me. I've taken some pictures, I'll post them later, of the signs and such. I haven't really heard anyone talking about it yet, our families or anything, so there is still a lot to discover.

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