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From: srradia@watmath.UUCP (sanjay Radia)
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Subject: Re: Information on Spain Wanted
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 09:36:11 EST
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> Having been to Spain, I can honestly say that I found it a 
> complete waste of time. Of all the cities I was in, Madrid
> was least worthwhile. Barcelona is a whole lot nicer. And
> San Diego is a whole lot nicer than either of those, which
> is why I went there during the semester break instead. 
> 
> If you want to go to Europe, and are not particularly hung up
> about Spain, I would recommend Lugano,Switzerland and Monte Carlo,
> Monaco, both of which I found to be worth the trip. Unfortunately,
> the same cannot be said for Madrid.

This depends on what you want. I lived for a year and a half in
in Paris and Lausanne (switzerland) and visited a fair part of
the continent.
Indeed Spain and Italy were my favourites becaused they were not
"so damn civilised" as Switzerland, Northern Europe and North America.
But I found something interesting in almost every place that I visited
because I always took my time to enjoy the places and their people.

If you go to Spain visit Toledo, Granada, Seville (sp??) which are
not very far from Madrid.
When we were in Spain most of the towns and cities were worth about
"One and a half days of touristing" (ie seeing museums, monuments etc) but
we spent atleast 2-3 days in each city and visited a lot of the non-tourist
part of the towns, eating/drinking in restaurants and bars visitied by
the locals. We also had the opportunity to walk into a local community festival
in Seville and a wedding in another town (the name escapes me). If
you are in Seville pass through the old cigarette factory in the center of
the town which has been converted to a university. I had beer (dirt cheap)
and lunch with the local students (by the way this factory is the one
in the opera Carmen ).  We had  fabulous time in Spain.

If you are in europe, and have the time, visit Paris. It is my city
for many many reasons.
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		sanjay
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