Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Nice, Lluis. > > For those who may not make the connection, the Atocha station is where > Islamic terrorists killed 191 people on 11 March 2004. It would have been > much worse if they had got the timing "right" so that the bombs detonated > inside the station. Is it was, the trains were just outside, so the damage > was confined to the trains themselves and the people who were in them. > > During 2003 and 2004 I passed through Atocha frequently, on my way to or > from Seville (it was often more convenient to fly to Madrid and take the > high-speed train down to Seville). I was there precisely one week after > the > attacks, and that was my PAW for week 12 in 2004: > > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_12alt1.jpg > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_12alt2.jpg > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_12alt4.jpg > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_12alt5.jpg > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_12alt6.jpg Thanks for the story and photos. I have been to Valladolid (a city in the north of Madrid) for work recently. And I visited a little Madrid, and have been to Atocha station, but I didn't know the story of this place (I didn't know where the attacks had been). Madrid is a nice city, and I'll probably upload a few pictures from Madrid later when I have them scanned. I also took a few pictures in Valladolid, while eating some tapas at night with colleagues, and going to a bar : http://n0x.org/pg/valladolid_200910/ Unfortunatly, I didn't take more photos in Valladolid, sometimes I'm too lazy to take pictures. Nicolas -- http://n0x.org/