#124 Streets of the Basque Capital (1) 巴斯克首府街头（一）| 摄影月旦评

Hello fellow Steemians, in this post and the following ones, I’m going to show you some parts of Vitoria Gasteiz. It is the capital city of the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain.

各位周末好~ 在这几篇帖子里，请跟我一起来看看西班牙巴斯克自治区的首府 – 维多利亚市的几处街头景象。对，巴斯克就是北边老是闹独立的那块地方~

Like many non-European tourists, except for those famous Spanish destinations like Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Granada and some islands, I only knew Bilbao and San Sebastián in this part of Spain. I never heard of Vitoria Gasteiz until my road trip to northern Spain, and it turned out to be a huge gem. It was awarded the title of European Green Capital in 2012 and it is consistently ranked as one of the 5 best places to live in Spain.

维多利亚市在国际游客当中没什么名气，却连年被评为西班牙最适合居住的五大城市，还是2012年的“欧洲绿色之都”。我去西班牙北部之前也根本没听过这个地方，除了全国那些个耳熟能详的大城市，北部我也只知道美食之都圣塞巴斯蒂安和古根海姆博物馆所在地毕尔巴鄂。这次去了才发现，这维多利亚原来还真是块宝地呢。这篇先发几张街头摄影，后续会更详细地介绍这座城市。

^{I witnessed these kids playing on the iron bench with the poor statue, and captured the scene with my camera. I found it pretty amusing - the statue’s serious face versus the kids’ having fun. =) You can’t expect naughty children to behave like adults - sitting next to the statue on the bench. Are they being creative by sitting on his shoulder or are they just damaging public properties? What do you think? :)}

^{我很喜欢抓拍街头的小孩子，因为儿童一般比较活泼，会呈现很多生动有趣的瞬间。我从这条街走过时，看到这尊可怜的雕像被几个小孩轮番折磨，他那紧锁眉头却又无可奈何的样子和孩子们的开心快活形成有意思的对比，让人忍俊不禁。不知道我是该夸奖他们坐得高看得远的创意、不走寻常路的思维，还是应该声讨他们破坏公共财物的无礼行为呢？你怎么看？欢迎留言分享喔！}

Here are some more street shots from the same city:
下面还有几张这个城市的街头随拍：

^{Happiness is simple. Sometimes it is just a basketball and a little space to play.}

^{只要一只皮球和一块空地，童年的快乐就是这么简单：}

^{How would you title this photo?}

^{如果当时有三脚架，可能会考虑让这姑娘两边的人流迅速穿梭一下~}
https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfDrLKEWrg8TYz9hGQdAYhG5xrCRR4wdwLQEz6g7iThb3/IMG_5741.JPG

^{Feels like paparazzi when shooting this one ;)}

^{下面这张是不是有种狗仔抓拍明星的既视感？ ;) 我很钦佩这些上了年纪依旧精心打扮的人们，虽然我自己常常是素面朝天、休闲舒服地就出了门，除非心血来潮或重要场合，一般懒得花时间多加修饰。我不是提倡妆容精致或穿着得体，而是欣赏他们浑身上下散发出来的不放弃人生的那股正能量~ :)}
https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSRsCbKS618kEaYtTn441oXKHETKn5k7JNnp1BxE63xA1/IMG_5635.JPG

^{Looking at each other:}

^{深情对望：}
https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQme1eqmmyceABph7vyj3dYBazG8g9J6yoja5tWKoWStxg8/IMG_5748.JPG

Here’s a photo of the grass city name of this green capital. :) More about Vitoria Gasteiz in the coming post. Stay tuned and see you soon… =)

最后一张是我在市中心广场看到的草皮做成的维多利亚市名，估计是因为“欧洲绿色之都”的美名吧。下一篇中会奉上更多这座独特巴斯克首府的照片~ :)