Everyone leaves Madrid in August and the city is vying for the 2016 summer Olympics (against Chicago), so there have been a lot of works projects this summer. The upper picutre is a sign for the Olympics on the out side of the Banco de Espana. It translates roughly to "I feel it in my bones." The bottom picture is what all of the city looked like when we arrive. Everything is closed even the news stands and as you can tell from the date on the picture (August 30th) the venders do not arrive back punctually.