Spain from an English perspective

Who knew there was a difference between bullfighting in Spain and bullfighting in Portugal?  Well there is, and it’s huge!
So, in Spain, the fight is divided into three acts.
Act 1: Is designed to size up the bull and wear him down.  With help from his assistants, the matador (killer) attracts the bull with the shake […]

Castles, forts, walled towns and cities, watchtowers… Spain and Portugal are strewn with mediaeval and later military buildings and structures. The fall of the Roman Empire was followed by centuries of warfare: barbarian invasions; the regicidal reigns of the Visigoths and Suevs; the Moorish occupation of Spain and Portugal; tension and feuding between the bickering […]