Tuesday May 22 – Madrid
After a very long day of meetings (well actually it was only a single meeting) we caught a cab to the hotel, but found as we neared the hotel a very large traffic jam stopped progress which caused us to walk the remaining half kilometer. A very large protest was being held and the police had blocked the street our hotel was on. People were gathering from all around, and heading in the same direction as us, so we joined the protest crowd for a bit (dragging our luggage behind us). The protest was about government changes in the public education system. Due to the financial crisis that Spain is in, the Government has decided to reduce the education budget and eliminate part time teachers.
Dinner in the evening turned out to be another late night - bed after 12.
On a street corner
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