What to do on Labour Day?

TheHendersons · #1 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2011, 09:24 AM

Any suggestions? We went to the Feria yesterday..

jimenato · #2 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2011, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by TheHendersons

Any suggestions? We went to the Feria yesterday..

We're thinking of going to the feria today - it sounds great.

Alcalaina · #3 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2011, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by TheHendersons

Any suggestions? We went to the Feria yesterday..

Actually it was Labour Day yesterday ...

Unions issue May Day alert to government over labor reform · ELPAÍS.com in English

Still too wet here to do anything much today, so I'm going to start a new painting.

xabiachica · #4 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2011, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Alcalaina

Actually it was Labour Day yesterday ...

Unions issue May Day alert to government over labor reform · ELPAÍS.com in English

Still too wet here to do anything much today, so I'm going to start a new painting.

we still get an extra day off today, though

mrnkar · #5 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2011, 12:46 PM

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Any suggestions? We went to the Feria yesterday..

Have a day out looking round the sites of Malaga. Port, City walls etc,

Pesky Wesky · #6 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2011, 03:36 PM

"Dos de mayo" is always a holiday in Madrid.

It's to commemorate the uprising of Madrid against the troops of Napoleon

2 May was chosen as a public holiday in the region of Madrid. The place where the artillery barracks of Monteleón was located is now a square called the Plaza 2 de mayo, and the district surrounding the square is known as Malasaña in memory of one of the heroines of the revolt, the teenager Manuela Malasaña, who was executed by French troops in the aftermath of the revolt.
Several memorials to the heroes are located over the city, including the Monumento a los Caidos por España.

Wikipedia