WOW!!!!!!!! If you can, GO TO multimadrid NOW!!! Seems today must be a holiday in Madrid/Spain (because the camera is usually offline after 8am local time on weekdays)!

There's some kind of ceremony, prosession, or something going on in the Plaza Mayor at this very moment! I see (Royal?!) horses?!! CLICK HERE for the image I just captured. How insteresting, but click the multimadrid link above to see for yourself the current images.

Saludos, MadridMan

P.S. Seems the above was a single image capture and is no longer live (at this moment). Maybe he'll connect from time to time to give updates of today's ceremony, whatever it may be. Hope so!

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Wow, Jeremy's website is going to get addictive (as if this addiction wasn't enough :p). I, too, am keeping an eye on what's going on in the Plaza. (When will I get any work done?) What's happening? It looks so impressive!! It looks like he's set it on this morning's picture, so you can see it now still. The rest of the website is great, too - lots of pictures!! Having both Madridman and Multimadrid to visit is making me feel extremely spoiled. What talented, dedicated people are out there, doing such wonderful things!

I can't believe the view Jeremy has from its apartment-what a place to live, with a view that seems to be made for a king! Good for you, Jeremy!

Hi all, Wow!!! What an outpouring of support. MadridMan, sorry about that self plug, I forgot you were not into that, glad you are flexible though.
MM: to answer your post about the Royal Horses and Carriages, I was abotu to leave to do some errands and I heard the faint pitter patter of hoofs on the Plaza Mayor. Since my mother in-law was not visitng at the moment (oooohhh!!! good thing she does not even know what Internet is!!!, I ran to the window and started to record the amazing site which I will be putting up on multimadrid a in the special events section as "Ambassadors in Madrid" sometime in May. I got some amazing shots and videos. Well, I was confused as to what was going on (since it was not a holiday) and after streaming a Real Video I connected to the Internet and put the cam on for 10 minutes (when special things happen and I am at home I connect out of the normal operating schedule) so that anyone who visited my web would see that image instead of the sunrise that can be seen every morning when the camera takes it's last shot until 6pm when it goes back online. To the point, what was happening was that 4 or 5 nes ambassadors to Spain were being officially commissioned. Whenever there are 3 or 4 new ambassadors to Spain (they don't do every time a new one is appointed due to the extremely expensive ceremony), they are commisioned and driven in Royal horse drawn (and escorted) carriages from the Ministry fo Foreign Affairs to the ROyal Palace where they are greeted by the King (Juan Carlos I) and then they go back to their embassies in their diplomatis cars. Usually they only pass through the Plaza Mayor on their way but since the streets in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a mess due to construction (putting in another underground parking, yuckooo!!!), they could not use the Ministry building as a departing point so they decided to use the Plaza (thank God for "Obras"). So, we got a real treat. I recorded all of it!!! It was a very long ceremony because they had to bring about 5 ambassadors and their spouses from the Plaza to the Royal Palace in only 2 carriages and they made a seperate trip for each one.
Hi Eric: Thanks for thanking MM for allowing me to put the post up. Of course he has known about it for months, he is up on these things!
Hola Connie: Thanks for the complement. Truth is I still feel as if I am living a dream living here in the Plaza and will wake up at any moment, sleeping pills anyone?
Hey Diana: Go ahead, spoil yourself to death!!! I am very happy (as I am sure is MadridMan) to bring you all that this AMAZING city has to offer. People like you are my inspiration to work tirelessly and keep on improving the web.
Hope this string was not too long. Bye, Jer... :p
p.s. MadridMan, congrats, this new message board version rocks!!!

WOW! You just made my day! I Absolutely adore Madridman and I am so hooked! Now, I don't know how I will be able to keep up with these two sites! I loved seeing the Plaza Mayor. And I totally agree with Diana that your creative work and dedication to these sites are awe inspiring! Thank you MM and Jeremy for all of your hard work. It really is too good for words.

Hola Hope (Esperanza): I am sure you can find the time to be addicted to both!!! If you g find yourself with poco tiempo, just quite your job and surf the www 24/7/52, je, je, je!!! You are sooooooo very welcome. When you love something as much as I (we) love Madrid, it is easy although the hours are very looooooong!!! ¡Viva Madrid! (España). Jer...

FWI: As we were talking about the (Madrid) Plaza Mayor cam earlier and the ceremony that was taking place a couple days ago, I see Jeremy has posted his photos and video of the event through the link under the Plaza Mayor Cam . Enjoy! The plaza is so bright this afternoon and full of people!!! What a sight!

Saludos, MadridMan

HEY!! When it rains, it pours!! Seems Jeremy and www.multimadrid.com has a little competition! (only a little)

Hotel Tryp Fenix has installed their own live STREAMING cam overlooking Plaza de Colón on the Viapolis Webcams website.

It's not a true LIVE cam, but seems to only be 15-30 second loop that gets played over and over like some of the others. You can, however, choose the previous hour of the day to see each hour's 15-second video though. Curses! Oh well. Hopefully Telefónica will get it's A** into gear and install them on every corner of central Madrid someday. (DOUBT IT!)

Saludos, MadridMan

P.S. From there (above), you can choose other short, hourly streaming cam clips of cities like Barcelona (Placa Catalunya), Granada, Valencia, and many others.

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Je, je, je!!! Thanks MadridMan, actually, I am a big fan of the Viapolis website. As you said, they are loops that record about 15 min per hour and then play over and over but are cool nonetheless. Anyway, that new ColonCam (ouch!!! sounds like one of those unsavory medical procedures) only makes me drive even harder to improve my web, "Viva la Competencia".
Jer...

OK, so now I can visit Plaza Mayor without leaving my desk thanks to Jeremy's awesome site, and I can visit other cool cities in Spain thanks to Viapolis. This is my idea of Reality TV! Jeremy, THANKS for putting up such a great, informative and entertaining site. And, of course, thanks to MM for giving me (and us) a place to find everything Spain ( at least on line).