Bryce Hendrix

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White dog looks out a window intently at a marmot at the fence line
Classical violinist Isaac Bifet went to a rehearsal this morning at the symphony orchestra in Madrid. But the building was all dark and most of the other orchestra players hadn't turned up because they were stranded with no transport. People without cash were particularly stuck, he says, because online payments systems went down. "I had no cash," Isaac says, "so I went to a café and the owner said: 'Don't worry you can pay me another time.'" Isaac has had no mobile phone connection for most of the day. When he spoke to me, his connection had just come back but he is still not able to charge his phone. He went out and bought a transistor radio, because old-style radios were still working, he says. "It was a very strange day," Isaac says. "The atmosphere in the city was actually pretty nice" he says, "though a little medieval". Now he is at home, drinking beers with friends by candlelight.