Summary: Photo of Ávila, Spain Matias, the superintendent of my apartment building, always has a smile and a positive attitude. He genuinely likes his job and helping people. When I initially asked him to do an interview, he said yes, but then wanted to back out when he found out that I would be recording his voice. He thought it was going to be a written interview. He was very nervous about being recorded, which I guess is only natural since a lot of people don't like the sound of their own voice. Anyway, to put him at ease, I told him that we could talk about whatever he wanted to talk about. So in this short interview, he tells us a little about his beautiful hometown, Ávila, one of the best preserved medieval cities in Spain, and then talks about four places he loves in Madrid. They are: La Plaza Mayor, La Plaza de Oriente, Santiago Bernabeu (stadium of Real Madrid), and el Barrio de la Concepción. The interview is brief but I think Matias did a good job and I don't think his nervousness comes through in the audio. ¡Gracias, Matias! Photo: Santiago Bernabeu, la casa del Real Madrid, by Pedro Solorzano
