La Plaza de Solución

Well, it's been about two and a half weeks since the protests started here on May 15th, and as far as I can tell there is no projected end in sight. I'm horrible with understanding most things political, so I can't give a very good account of what's been going on, but I think the wiki article gives a good, broad summary. It's an interesting time to be in Spain.

I live a couple of miles from the center, so I actually hadn't been over to the Plaza del Sol, where people are still camped out (literally, with tents). I was in the area today, so I decided to walk through and take a look. It's not exactly the prettiest of sights but it's also not as dirty as the news has been claiming. I was probably also there at a relatively quiet time; not a whole lot was going on. I'm really curious to know how much - if at all - the protests are being covered in the news in the US. I haven't seen much on the NY Times online, and the fact that no one from home has mentioned it to me or asked me about it makes me think there's not a whole lot, but I obviously can't watch the news on tv.

Entrance to the metro, covered in signs and posters

"Now or never"

"There isn't enough bread for so much chorizo"

"Something beautiful is sprouting"

Reactions to high unemployment rates

So many posters

Plaza de ‘Sol’ución