We decided to drive just an hour north of Merida for dinner and see yet another one of Spain’s small historical towns. It was a little deserted at first but the time there was only 7:00 pm, a bit early for most Spaniards to eat dinner. So we walked up the hill, following the sounds of bells until we found the old church where they originated. As the sun began to set the people started coming out, and talking to them was one of the most unique situations we have had. The conversations began in a restaurant that had a seductive feeling about it as the lights began to come on. Everyone was so receptive to us too and it started with our waiter. With David interpreting, we had a very informative conversation with him. We learned that Spain does not allow their people to own guns and that their crime rate is very low. He said “I have a knife and that’s all I need!” He also proceeded to tell us “what big balls” our president has and that they admire him. Then later, we got into another conversation with a man and his family from Egypt. Again, he was saying how our president is a businessman whose own pockets are full so he doesn’t need other countries to fill them with bribes. He thinks he’s really doing a good job of trying to straighten things out for our country, trying to get industries to set up there and giving them incentives to do so in order for more Americans to have jobs. He continued to say, “your president means what he says and will do everything he can to do what he says,” again saying how much he admired him. I’m not used to all this positive talk. On Facebook and in the media all the time you hear how bad Trump is doing, pointing out the bad and not letting go of past things. It was a fun and informative dinner, conversations that none of us were expecting.
Interesting to hear their perspective on American politics. Thanks for sharing.
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I was delightfully surprised!💃
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Thatnks for sharing this, we do only hear the bad things anymore and it’s refreshing to hear a totally unbiased
view, very interesting. Maybe we only do get “fake news”.
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I was so proud and a bit surprised too!🇺🇸
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What a lovely place! Glad you had a good time and ate some good food, etc. what an experience!
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That is so awesome to hear!
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I thought so too! And it was two separate conversations!!👍
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Your stories are so delightful, miss you but so glad you are having such amazing experiences! Love you dear friend, be safe and enjoy!
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Miss you too. 💕
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Sharing this with my family! We loved hearing about your visit and conversations in Caceres! Glad to hear their assessment of our President! 🙂 Your trip sounds so awesome. I’m glad you inherited your parents’ love for travel and learning and getting to know people. ❤
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My parents did enjoy their travels and always shared their experiences with anyone that would listen, it’s also fun knowing you are going along with me on this journey! Thank you for being that forever friend!!💕
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