Abroad in Spain: Travel Blog

As you can see from the above picture, it’s Christmas time in Spain and even the Corte Inglés is getting into the “Christmas Spirit” with a makeover of holiday lights. It seems to me as though Spaniards start a little later than we do in the USA with regard to “decking the halls” and all that jazz. Of course, us Americans start preparing for Christmas extremely early – I know of department stores in the USA that start putting out Christmas merchandise in September and October – so maybe the Spaniards have the right idea by just starting now.  Continue reading this post…

Well, as you can see in the above picture of a popular pedestrian street here in Burgos, the leaves on the trees are changing colors and it is starting to get colder here. Fall has arrived and soon it will be Christmas.  Continue reading this post…

Now that the election in the USA has ended, I thought it might be interesting for me to write a post with what Spain’s reaction to Barack Obama’s victory has been like. As you may or may not realize, the Presidential Elections of the USA are followed quite closely in Europe and in other parts of the world because the decisions made in our country often affect those everywhere. In fact, as the election in the USA grew nearer, more and more Spaniards began to ask me who I would be voting for and what my thoughts were on the subject in general. Later, when Obama won the election, I was bombarded with questions about whether or not I think he will be good for the country and whether or not I am happy with him as president. Just as I’ve formulated my own opinions about Obama, Spaniards, of course, have formulated theirs. Here’s what many are saying.  Continue reading this post…