Post by Charlie: We started walking around Toledo. It is an old city with lots of twisty little passages, some too small even for one car to go, some where cars should not go but are allowed anyway. It is about 7pm and we are walking from the main square and there are a lot of people all going our way. In Italy, every evening, they have the pasiogiata (or some spelling like that) where people stroll in the evening. Spain has a similar thing that (maybe) is called the paseo. This seems to be one so we go along enjoying it.
Then a group of young people comes along with red flags and chanting slogans, not usual for the paseo but the Spanish are a spirited group. We turn the corner and see hundreds of people in the square with lots more red flags. We finally figure out this is a rally in support of the general strike.
We hang around for a while being supportive. My “Power to the people” experience at UCLA in the 1960s proves useful. It gets pretty crowded so we wound our way out.
