La Noche en Blanco Photo: Jose.Madrid
Summer takes a while to end in Madrid. Tanned and relaxed post-vacationers start reappearing around town during the first weeks of September, but many of the city's inhabitants take vacation until 15 September, which is generally when classes begin again at most city schools. By October, however, workdays resume their normal length (many offices do an intensive summer schedule) and kids are in school for full days, too. Life returns to the more serious pace that exists beyond the summer months. Days alternate between crisp with blue skies or gray and rainy, and night begins to slowly creep further into the afternoon. But none of this gets the madrileños too terribly down; there are plenty of events to keep people's calendars full throughout the fall months.
