[fmman107]

My thoughts on Spain. I spent a week touring Spain very quickly. Barcelona great, as you get out to more rural areas forget it if your Spanish is bad. Never went to Madrid, but expect it to be good as mentioned earlier. The Canary Islands Tenerife, Gran Canaria is where even the Spanish go for their holidays in winter. It has a fair amount of immigrant Latinas from Venezuala Colombia, etc. Some from Brazil. Plenty of Brits, Irish girls on holiday, a new lot every week and easier lays. The Spanish economy is improving so less young people are leaving. That said I did know a really really cute Spanish girl at work and she was lovely. Spain is no longer cheap to live in or holiday in but if you can afford it perhaps it is a better and safer idea than Columbia or Brazil. Personally I found Gran Canaria too hot as a Brit..