11M – A Notes in Spanish Vlog
Today’s video looks at two monuments in the center of Madrid that commemorate those that died in the March 11th 2004 Madrid train bombings. Forgive/spot the occasional Spanish error, I’ll always be learning too!
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Posted in: Notes in Spanish L!VE, Videoblogs in Spanish | Comments: 9
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Comment from gary
A great videoblog – you are clearly getting the hang of iMovie!! Its great that you are in the shot whilst recording – I find it much easier to understand what you are saying because I can see you speaking.
Comment from ben
Glad you enjoyed it Gary and Juan Carlos. And yes, iMovie is great!
Comment from Mark
Qué homenaje tan bello, Ben
¿Puede Marina hacer un comentario acerca de los árboles del monumento.? Es un ciprés ¿no? ¿Que simbolismo lleva en España esta clase de árbol? Recuerdo leer un poema (¿Machado?) llamado >. Gracias de antemano.
Mark
Grand Haven, MI
Comment from mafalda
Thanks Ben for sharing your trip to the estacion Atocha! I was Madrid on March 11th 2004 and could not believe my eyes when I saw the news in the subte TV. A day before I just visited the estacion Atocha which is/was so beautiful! Good to see that there have been built such great monuments.
(sorry for my errors in english, I’m still learning english and spanish… 
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Comment from ben
mafalda, your English is great!
Comment from Marina
Hola Mark, en España es habitual ver cipreses en los cementerios por tanto se asocia con los muertos, pero en realidad simboliza la inmortalidad.
Comment from Juan Carlos
Gracias por publicar tan elocuente video, lleno de homenaje y meditacion
Attn desde Chicago JC