Originally posted by: Nupur9
Ok girl you asked for it.......don't blame me it if comes out sounding a swagger........
Lets see with Spain....always remember that your past is always your shadow....you cannot ever get rid of it.
Spain was always the downtrodden of the European nations....it's royalty always the poorest and then to top it all it was reigned by moors, the muslims who attacked them from Moroccoa and ruled them for good 300 plus years.
That said, the mentality there is very uneuropean.
Coz rest of the europe was filthy rich.....the Hamsburg in Austria and Germany...
The Louis's of France...
The Charles and Elizabeth's of the Britian et al.....
When you go to other part in Europe there is opulance and culture.......Urbanity & sophistication, there is taste and discernment.........
Spain had the disadvantage of being ruled by a culture & religion contrary to theirs and hence it's big hotch-potch.
They have this beautiful Mosque and right on top of it they built a gothic church.......see where I am going.
Now that said.....let me see.....my all time fav.......hmmmmmm
Paris-Nice & Provence in France
Melk Valley-Salzburg & Vienna In Austria
Black Forest & Berner Oberland in Germany......*toot toot* ππ
Prague In Czech Republic.......
Florence-Cinque Terra-Siena-Umbrian Countryside-Venice.....in Italy
May I keep blowing the trumpet........and have you had enough of the braagador!!!!ππ
I am a veteran, my work took me to Europe a lot....but before that when I was studying in US, I backpacked to Europe for 48 days........hence I consider myself a true European travller!