We are Spanish and live in Andalucia, the land of exaggeration and overstatements (sorry about the cliché) and the ideal place for superlatives. Seville, being the biggest town and its capital, is well known for that and for the superlatives that its inhabitants often use to describe it. But before going into superlatives, let's consider the other side of the story, that of those people who decided to come to our country as visitors (or even decided to stay among us).
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SOME ADVICE
Advice about traffic in Spain for British nationals from
Click on the picture, read the advice and then think about an answer for the question:
Do we seem to be the best drivers?
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HOLIDAYS IN SEVILLE
Worst vacation day ever: an American "tourist" tells about a bad experience in the province of Seville. Click on the picture and read the experience and the comments other people write.
What do you think? What was wrong from your point of view? How could you make it better next time (considering there is a next time)?
I definitely want to go back sometime: Fortunately, there are people in the same community of travellers, who were luckier when they visited Seville:
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MOVING TO SPAIN (AFTER A HOLIDAY?)
From Norwich to Gran Canaria. This is an excerpt from a BBC local radio programme in which a citizen from Norwich (Norfolk) tells his experience after living in Gran Canaria for 15 years. He made his decision after a holiday:How can I move to Spain for a couple of years? Click here and read the full question, the basis on which Inatizzy (nickname) made his/her decisions and the advice received, especially that from Librarylis (nickname again). What do you think?
Do you think he is considering the possibility of going back to the UK?
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FINALLY, THE SUPERLATIVES
For this purpose, I have chosen Ben Curtis, a British man who has lived in Spain and loves it, something he shows in his blog "Notes From Spain". Click on the picture to get there:
What do you think? What would you add?
It's nice to hear praise but let's go now to the negative superlatives. If you decide to click on the next link, be open-minded and consider what you might include in the list of
In his blog, you can also read about :
The 10 most annoying things about the UK
The 10 best things about the UK
Now you can compare both countries, but do not forget that those are personal opinions which might coincide or not with yours.
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SUPERLATIVE SEVILLE
Taking into account Ben's experience I will not go into negative features, in case someone might feel offended. So,
which do you think are the 10 best things about Seville?
Send your answers by clicking on "comments" below.