Spain Travel

Please let me know how Spain was to travel in and any recommendations are
greatly appreciated..so much to do so little time....

Please let me know how Spain was to travel in and any recommendations
are greatly appreciated..so much to do so little time....

Read a guidebook about different places to go, to match what you might
enjoy.

Train is handy for larger cities, but car is great for exploring areas more
intensively (true anywhere).

Distances can be very long--it is a big country. Plan your route
thoughtfully in advance.

For some reason, I can understand virtually anything in Italy (and France)
and can't understand ANYTHING in Spain--though I have studied Spanish in my
youth, and been exposed to it in different forms much of my life. People
there talk fast.

Keep valuables secure from petty crime (e.g. money belt); leave nothing in
parked cars.

Don't expect natives to fall over themselves to be courteous and friendly
with you.

Expect dull food. Then you won't be disappointed when you get dull food
(as Rick Steves wrote: they eat to live, whereas the French or Italians
live to eat).

Douglas W. Hoyt wrote:
Please let me know how Spain was to travel in and any recommendations

are greatly appreciated..so much to do so little time....

Read a guidebook about different places to go, to match what you might
enjoy.

Train is handy for larger cities, but car is great for exploring areas more
intensively (true anywhere).

Distances can be very long--it is a big country. Plan your route
thoughtfully in advance.

For some reason, I can understand virtually anything in Italy (and France)
and can't understand ANYTHING in Spain--though I have studied Spanish in my
youth, and been exposed to it in different forms much of my life. People
there talk fast.

Keep valuables secure from petty crime (e.g. money belt); leave nothing in
parked cars.

Don't expect natives to fall over themselves to be courteous and friendly
with you.

Then again there were several folks who went out of their way to help me
maneuver my car out of the depths of Toledo where the parking signs had
directed me. FFM

Expect dull food. Then you won't be disappointed when you get dull food
(as Rick Steves wrote: they eat to live, whereas the French or Italians
live to eat).

Following up to Frank F. Matthews

Don't expect natives to fall over themselves to be courteous and friendly
with you.

Then again there were several folks who went out of their way to help me
maneuver my car out of the depths of Toledo where the parking signs had
directed me. FFM

When I was lost in Sanlucar (having neglected to get a sreetmap
:-( ) a white van man spotted us circling the town and asked
where we wanted. He then led us to our hotel in his van.
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
UK walking & photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Spain,cuisines and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Hi Douglas, I don't agree with You, Spanishs are very open and very
nice talking to anyone, food is the best !!!!

Maybe because I'm from Argentina, same language and similar cultures
than american...

You can find nicer people in the south of spain rather than north, go
to Andalucia Province - Granada City you won't regret it. Ask for
"Tapas".

Gustavo.

"Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote in message ...
Please let me know how Spain was to travel in and any recommendations
are greatly appreciated..so much to do so little time....

Read a guidebook about different places to go, to match what you might
enjoy.

Train is handy for larger cities, but car is great for exploring areas more
intensively (true anywhere).

Distances can be very long--it is a big country. Plan your route
thoughtfully in advance.

For some reason, I can understand virtually anything in Italy (and France)
and can't understand ANYTHING in Spain--though I have studied Spanish in my
youth, and been exposed to it in different forms much of my life. People
there talk fast.

Keep valuables secure from petty crime (e.g. money belt); leave nothing in
parked cars.

Don't expect natives to fall over themselves to be courteous and friendly
with you.

Expect dull food. Then you won't be disappointed when you get dull food
(as Rick Steves wrote: they eat to live, whereas the French or Italians
live to eat).

Following up to Gustavo Ariel Schurman

Hi Douglas, I don't agree with You, Spanishs are very open and very
nice talking to anyone, food is the best !!!!

Si !

Maybe because I'm from Argentina, same language and similar cultures
than american...

No, they are nice to Brits too.

You can find nicer people in the south of spain rather than north, go
to Andalucia Province - Granada City you won't regret it. Ask for
"Tapas".

Gustavo, I don't agree. The Galicians are very nice. OK Castille
is a little more serious, but still friendly. Not as warm and
happy as south americans maybe, but still nice!
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
UK walking & photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Spain,cuisines and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

On 5 Nov 2003 20:19:12 -0800, (Gustavo Ariel
Schurman) wrote:

Hi Douglas, I don't agree with You, Spanishs are very open and very
nice talking to anyone, food is the best !!!!

Maybe because I'm from Argentina, same language and similar cultures
than american...

You can find nicer people in the south of spain rather than north, go
to Andalucia Province - Granada City you won't regret it. Ask for
"Tapas".

Gustavo.

Well, I agree that the people are nice. But I don't agree about the
food, which is pretty poor by Mediterranean standards. Well, the
cheese and wine are excellent.


Mason Barge

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"Mason Barge" escribió en el mensaje
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But I don't agree about the
food, which is pretty poor by Mediterranean standards.

I know this is a matter of taste, but I'd say that you were extremely
unlucky with your choice of restaurants.

Well, the
cheese and wine are excellent.

What about the seafood in Galicia, the roasted lamb and suckling pig in
Castile, all the sophisticated cuisine in the Basque Country, the battered
fried fish in Andalusia, the many rice-based dishes in Valencia, the
vegetables in La Rioja and Murcia, the typical-Mediterranean food in
Catalonia, the cured Iberian pork products in Extremadura, ...? Not to
mention the modern cuisine chefs as Arzak, Adria, Subijana,...

Following up to José M. Malo

But I don't agree about the
food, which is pretty poor by Mediterranean standards.

I know this is a matter of taste, but I'd say that you were extremely
unlucky with your choice of restaurants.

Well, the
cheese and wine are excellent.

What about the seafood in Galicia, the roasted lamb and suckling pig in
Castile, all the sophisticated cuisine in the Basque Country, the battered
fried fish in Andalusia, the many rice-based dishes in Valencia, the
vegetables in La Rioja and Murcia, the typical-Mediterranean food in
Catalonia, the cured Iberian pork products in Extremadura, ...? Not to
mention the modern cuisine chefs as Arzak, Adria, Subijana,...

We went to Akelarre this year, excellent.

Anyway, mojo potatoes, fabada, 'a la sal, gazpacho, kokotxas.
bacalao al pil-pil, txangurro relleno, marmitako, Pimientos de
Piquillo Rellenos, Pisto Manchego, arroz negro, zarsuela,
escalivada, empanada............

Perhaps he went to a German package tour hotel?
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
UK walking & photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Spain,cuisines and walking "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

"Douglas W. Hoyt" escribió en el mensaje
...
Expect dull food. Then you won't be disappointed when you get dull food
(as Rick Steves wrote: they eat to live, whereas the French or Italians
live to eat).

=:-O