It's a nutso time to be in Spain

Another big strike today in the province of Andalucía. This time it was in the education sector (teachers, all university and high school students over the age of 16, and most students under the age of 16 too) protesting deep budget cuts in education and teacher's pay. So for the second time this spring, I had a day off because of a strike. I slept in late, went to my private classes in the afternoon, and then grabbed The Mister and headed over to watch the protests raging in the streets.

I'm not sure what the number was, but it was several thousand, by far the biggest protest we've seen in Málaga this year. The central arteries through town were cut off to traffic when protestors flooded the streets, although it was peaceful (they are mostly schoolteachers, after all).When everyone began marching, the mass of people was at least two miles long.

  

We kept running into people we knew: Málaga is a small place already, and since we've collectively worked in four city schools over the past two years, we have lots of friends at the education protests. Below are some shots of us with our coworkers (also, the official color of the protest was green, hence the matching color palettes).

Crazy times.