No, this is not a still from the movie Aliens. Nor is it a new species of tree still in a winter outfit. Neither is it the skeleton of a Carnaval puppet. It’s a sculpture from the open air museum of sculptures of Leganés (Museo de Escultura de Leganés). This is one of the sculptures … Read more
From the very young to the oldest, there is no Spaniard who can live without a mobile phone. On the street, they keep the phone in front of their mouth, the sound on speaker mode. So as everybody can follow the conversation. Or, like secret service agents, they wear earplugs and a white cord slapdashes … Read more
By now it’s clear to our regular readers that winters in Spain aren’t much different from those in North-European countries. From the end of September to the beginning of May it’s wet, cold, and windy. And only gradually do the temperatures rise as well as the hours of sunshine. So if you think of spending … Read more
Bad news for the fans of Club Deportivo Leganés. Today they lost at home from Valencia with one goal. In the Primera Division (La Liga) they fell from 12th to 14th place. Although Leganés is an autonomous city, it’s totally incorporated in the urbanized area of the city of Madrid. A city which is very … Read more
The week before I left the Netherlands my computer loudspeaker failed. There are hardly any apple stores in the Netherlands with their own repair department, so in the short time I had left, it was not possible to get it fixed then. During our stay here in Spain, we weren’t in the neighborhood of an … Read more
Zarzaquemada is a densely populated district in the city of Leganés. It has been built in the Seventies of the last century and consists mainly of uniform apartment blocks. Several parks line the district and between the apartment blocks, you can find childrens’ playgrounds such as in the picture. As soon as the sun comes … Read more
In 2004 Adrián Carra finished a sculptural work in Leganés which he called Plaza de los Gatos. It’s a square, like an open patio. On the square walk, sit, and crawl several, bronze, fairly big-sized cats (gatos). The funny thing though is that mice (ratones) have been carved in the bricks where the cats are … Read more
The sun is doing its best and if you see those snowy mountains north of Madrid and Leganés you can understand why the wind stays cold. We are lucky: the playground is in between big apartment buildings, and out of the wind the weather is gorgeous. So the children can play outside all day today! … Read more
Here in Leganés, there are many fountains. On roundabouts and on squares. When the sun is low, the image of light and shadow is beautiful. There is one thing I don’t get. I haven’t been able to figure it out yet. Why are the fountains not working between 2 pm and 5 pm? Do the … Read more
In Spain, there are supermarkets on every corner of the street. Some of the supermarkets, specifically some of the bigger chains, are well equipped with organic food. In most other countries we visited this is hardly the case. And nowhere but in Germany and the Netherlands, we’ve seen a chain of organic supermarkets. In the … Read more