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05-21-2009, 12:15 PM
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Greetings from Spain!
Hi all! Posting from Spain. I´m almost 60, lawyer (not practising) laid off from a shipbuilding company. Happily married, one son with independent means. Currently I´m living in the countryside. Hoping to get good pen friends.
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05-21-2009, 12:17 PM
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Welcome Vincente. We would love to hear more about you and your life in Spain!
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05-21-2009, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by haha
Welcome Vincente. We would love to hear more about you and your life in Spain!
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hi there! Seattle mmm. The weather in your State is very much like where I live in Spain.
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05-21-2009, 01:48 PM
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Welcome to the forum.
I live in TX....but don't hold that against me.... 
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05-21-2009, 01:53 PM
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Welcome, I'd like to hear more about your life in Spain as well.
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05-21-2009, 02:42 PM
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Welcome to the forum.
I live in TX....but don't hold that against me.... |
I won´t hold it against you. Being from Texas you are sure to have a gun... Ha Ha
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05-21-2009, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Trek
Welcome, I'd like to hear more about your life in Spain as well.
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Pretty tedious. I don´t want to bore you sooner than neccesary...!
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05-21-2009, 06:31 PM
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Tell us what place we should visit in Spain that hardly anyone goes to, is safe, relaxing, and not too expensive.
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05-21-2009, 07:02 PM
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Hi Vicente, Welcome.
If the weather where you live is like Seattle's you must be living in northern/northwestern Spain, no? Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, even perhaps Basque country?
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05-21-2009, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by vicente solano
I won´t hold it against you. Being from Texas you are sure to have a gun... Ha Ha
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Well, yes I do. But when company comes, I put my gun away. 
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05-22-2009, 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by mark500
Tell us what place we should visit in Spain that hardly anyone goes to, is safe, relaxing, and not too expensive.
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It ´ll depend on how important is sun, beaches and what is absurdly considered as typical Spanish stuff, which by the way I mostly hate. Bearing in mind these there conditions any place Niorth or North West would suit you fine. Great food, wild beaches, hiospitable people and reasonable prices.
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05-22-2009, 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by FIREdreamer
Hi Vicente, Welcome.
If the weather where you live is like Seattle's you must be living in northern/northwestern Spain, no? Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, even perhaps Basque country?
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Pretty accurate! I live in Galicia. From what I´ve read less rainy/cold than Seattle. By the way, beautiful city.
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05-22-2009, 06:21 AM
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Welcome Vicente. I took a cycling trip in southern Spain last November and loved it. I will have to try the north in the future.
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05-22-2009, 08:20 AM
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Mmmm if you say so... Against my better judgment I´ll take a chance with you. That, despite your very provocative avatar. Anyway, do treat me kindly, I´m learning your language....!
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05-22-2009, 08:23 AM
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Welcome Vicente. I took a cycling trip in southern Spain last November and loved it. I will have to try the north in the future.
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I too try to cycle every day....on an E-bike. And when I do I wish I was in the South too. Here in the Northwest is rather cloudy/rainy/windy. But the scenery....
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05-22-2009, 09:25 AM
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Welcome, Vicente,  . You say you are posting from Spain, were you also born there?
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05-22-2009, 09:51 AM
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Hi, Vicente. We have been to Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Sevilla, Segovia, and Toledo, but not Galicia. Spain is a wonderful country to visit. I have been telling all my friends about the wonderful time we have there. We definitely will make a return trip to explore other regions of the country.
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05-22-2009, 11:03 AM
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Welcome, Vicente, . You say you are posting from Spain, were you also born there? |
Thanks for your welcome. Yes, I was born in Cadiz, Andalucia. From 4 to 7 i lived in England. Came back and went on to live in Galicia, Northwest Spain.
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05-22-2009, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by NW-Bound
Hi, Vicente. We have been to Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Sevilla, Segovia, and Toledo, but not Galicia. Spain is a wonderful country to visit. I have been telling all my friends about the wonderful time we have there. We definitely will make a return trip to explore other regions of the country.
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You sure have toured half of Spain! But you´ve seen what I would call the typical Spain. Mind you, in this case most of the best of it. Next time try the other Spain: not so glamourous, but very interesting and genuine. And less expensive.
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05-25-2009, 08:07 AM
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Hi Vicente,
Welcome from someone rookier than you are. My wife and I loved Cadiz. Spent a long weekend there after a visit to the Visteon plant. There was a restaurant with tapas and drinks only, very near the hotel and we'd go there every evening. for some reason the restaurants wouldn;t serve food until evening, only drinks. We were also surpised to learn that Cadiz is possbily the oldest town in Europe, or something of the sort. That's a place where time goes by really slowly, what is another millenium after all?
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