So many good things to say about Spain and Portugal.
- 1492 was a very bad year for Spain, plummeting them into hundreds of years of decline. (It was also a bad year for the indigenous Americans for different reasons.)
- Separation of church and state is a good policy.
- Franco was a terrible dictator. Is there such thing as a good dictator?
- The trendy glass shower enclosures that cover only half the shower don’t work.
- Extra large bath towels are nice.
- Strictly enforced traffic laws not only decrease fatalities but make driving and walking near streets comfortable.
- It is fun exploring areas knowing that there are no (or highly controlled) guns nearby.
- Excellent affordable health care is possible.
- Learning the opening motif of Vivaldi’s “Autumn” from the Four Seasons on the harmonica does not satisfy my need to make music.
- One can tire of touring churches, palaces, and religious art.
- Spain and Portugal have reliable internet service.
