…Sitting on the beach, drinking fine wine, all with beautiful rolling hills behind me…
O, hello. I didn’t see you there. I was just daydreaming about the wonderful country of Spain and what I believe will be the most AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL country we will visit. The history of Spain is very ancient and complex because it dates back very far:
Under the Roman Empire Hispania flourished and became one of the empire's most important regions. During the early Middle Ages it came under Germanic rule. Later, nearly the entire peninsula came under Muslim rulers. Through a long process Christian kingdoms in the north gradually rolled back Muslim rule, which was finally extinguished in 1492. That year Columbus reached the Americas, the beginnings of the first global empire. Spain became the strongest kingdom in Europe in the sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth centuries but continued wars and other problems eventually led to a diminished status. In the middle decades of the twentieth century it came under a dictatorship, under which it went through many years of stagnation and then a spectacular economic revival. In 1986 it joined the European Union and has experienced an economic and cultural renaissance.
But enough about this intriguing history lesson, and let’s get back to the number one thing that I want to do while in Spain. There is not just one thing, but two. Number one: CHILL… and simply that. I want to relax and enjoy the fine countryside in comfort, as much as you can have when you’re going broke and only with a backpack. The second is to go see a bull fight. An intense, teeth clinching, real bull fight. Since I have been advised that I am not allowed to go to The festival of San Fermin, or the Pamplona bull running as it's more commonly known, I feel that Spain would not be complete without seeing an event with a bull.
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