What I really love about an event like Gay Pride is that the people take over the streets. There is no better metaphor for revolution than that. The Doobie Brothers knew it, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas knew it, when the people take to the streets the social order is over-turned. Here in Madrid, the people took over the streets and there was hardly any room for the parade, in fact, the parade had to force its way through the crowd. This is a picture of the Grand Via, the main artery through Madrid. There are roughly 3 million people in this city and 2 million of them, plus thousands of gay tourists from around the world, are right here on the 4th of July.
-Gregory
About Me
- Madrid 2009
- We are spending the summer in Spain and hoping that this simple blog will keep our friends and family informed about our activities. Of course, if you want to follow this in chronological order, you have to start at the bottom of the blog. Also, by clicking on any of the blog photos you should be taken to a Flickr page with additional images of our trip.
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