Wednesday 29 April 2009

Modes of transportation

The corner view project at Spain Daily looks at life around the world: This week's theme is modes of transportation.


Cars are the major mode of transportation around here. I have a car myself, but no photo - it is just a small silver grey thing. In fact, I prefer to be transported rather than to drive myself. Finding parking is really a stress factor.

Every morning when schools open, we have a heavy traffic of parents dropping off their children - traffic chaos rules for about 20 min. and you should see how some park throw their cars anywhere in the road in panic not to be too late.

The custom down here is that it is perfectly ok to leave your car in the street obstructing the traffic if you just have your emergency lights flashing ...

I rather prefer to be transported by train. We have the local railway, Renfe Cercanias and then we have the AVE - Fast train to go to Madrid and Barcelona in (almost) no time.


During the annual festival - Ferias de Malaga - in August the number of horseback riders increases significantly ...


And finally, the motos - there are lot of them down here. The postmen and -women ride yellow ones :-)

Here are the participants for this week's corner view. Check them out!
jane, ian, bonnie, esti, sophie, modsquad,caitlin, joyce, ani, couturecoucou, kim, a day that is dessert, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t., jeannette, outi, schanett, ritva, dongdong, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana, denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, ruth, dianna, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, jenna, skymring, elizabeth, audrey, allison, lise, cate, mon, victoria, crescent moon, erin, otli, amy, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, samantha

6 comments:

  1. WOW I am missing something. I need to get to Spain! I love how you can have such modern looking trains and then horses. Beautiful photos. I will be back!

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  2. Very cool. I would rather be transported too. Thanks for sharing your corner!

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  3. Oh, those trains looks amazing!! Love these photos!! So great!

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  4. "The custom down here is that it is perfectly ok to leave your car in the street obstructing the traffic if you just have your emergency lights flashing ..."

    So true!

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  5. I choose horses ;) Nice report !!!

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  6. Hey Dorte! This is such a great post. You really get the feeling of Malaga. Thanks for posting! And sorry to arrive so late. Un beso-Jane

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