We leave Spain for Berlin now. Spain was a great experience. It is so beautiful - I will miss the scenery, the cities, the old preserved parts of the cities, the people who are so warm and friendly, the food - especially the suckling pig. I won't miss; smoking in restaurants and bars, witnessing the abuse of planning laws and too many housing developments in scenic places - the bribes to planners in order to gain permision to build must have been extensive.
The mix of cultural influences in Spain has left a rich culture that remains very strong and distinctive. It is even possible to still see in the faces of the people the mix of races that go to make up modern Spain. Moor, Jewish, Romany, Goths. The further south we went, the more we saw in the faces, the arabic and jewish past.
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A Blog to record our Big Trip overland from London to Penang. We will travel through France, Spain, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia-Penang. Our flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smeetravel
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