· Spain is NOT France
· Spain is loud, bright, colourful, noisy, energetic, in your face, hot, exciting
· French shop assistants are positively fawning compared with Spanish shop assistants
· A building cannot have too much decoration or colour
· Spanish churches are dark
· Spanish churches have side altars that have never heard of “less is more”
· A side altar cannot have too much gold, tizzy decorations or floral tributes
· Spanish wedding dresses are completely OTT.
· A wedding dress should have at least an eight metre train comprised only of frills
· A bride should have a diamante tiara that is at least 20cms high
· Spanish beggars do not work hard. Apparently you can make a living by just lying on the ground, step, or even park bench and holding out a plastic cup.
· After eating out in Barcelona, there is no money left for pickpockets (or lazy beggars)
· You can have tapas on La Rambla and you can have tapas in an authentic tapas bar in a side street that you probably could never give directions to find again– there is no comparison
· Sangria is fantastic
- Barcelona does not have pickpockets, or perhaps we look too tough and scary or poor to be robbed
Loved your insights on spain.
ReplyDeleteOne observation is that the weather looked great, unlike Vietnam where Julie, john and co
are holidaying. They were meant to go to a beach side location but have been advised to stay put in hanoi as a massive typhoon is on its way. Will keep you posted