Spain Tips Into Depression.

[PassingFair]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6228390/Spain-tips-into-depression.html

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Spain is sliding into a full-blown economic depression with unemployment approaching levels not seen since the Second Republic of the 1930s and little chance of recovery until well into the next decade, according to a clutch of reports over recent days.

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I think I'M tipping into depression, too.

[mwb970]

1. Sorry to hear this.

Spain is my favorite country to visit. I wonder what the effect of this on tourism (and vice versa) is.

[izquierdista]

3. Go spend money there

I know I want to. I think we'll both be welcome.

[imdjh]

2. I can get depressed, I just don't have the attention span to stay that way.

[orpupilofnature57]

4. Good one

[PassingFair]

5. I think I've developed tunnel-vision lately.

Its hard to be positive when you live in Michigan....

our real unemployment rate is almost as high as Spain's.

[imdjh]

8. No, I'm serious. I really do have a short attention span.

I can't stay angry with people very long. I can't carry a full on grudge, even if I will let you know now and then about the grave injustice you caused.

That's why I read encyclopedias as literature and adore the internet and COPS. Short vignettes of new information are my style. I rarely forget anything, including details, but I don't dwell or concentrate. I often joke around even with someone I am truly angry with, because the humor is distracting from the point. I think I have ACDC.

[Kahuna]

6. I think we have a DUzy here.

:applause: Well done.

[CTyankee]

7. My trip to northern Spain in the fall of 08 changed my life!

I went to Madrid, the Basque country and Barcelona.

I have to say that the Prado and the Reina Sofia in Madrid were totally fabulous. Then, we travelled to Bilbao in the Basque country, a city transformed by modern art. The Guggenheim, the newly redesigned subway system and a major bridge, were transformative art projects. It all was just amazing. I was glad to be there and be part of it!

I was disappointed in Barcelona as I found it crowded and a place that just had become too overrun by people wanting to be "trendy." I didn't dislike it; I liked a lot about it. I just found it so full of people in such a much smaller space than Madrid (which I loved!) that I felt squeezed. But I am getting more crowd averse as I get older so that could color my thinking!

[orpupilofnature57]

9. My sister in-law went last year and thought it was the best part of Europe

Especially the Art.

[CTyankee]

10. An incredible country. I want to go to southern Spain, Seville, Granada and Cordoba.

At some point I'll get there (don't know when).

[CurtEastPoint]

11. That is exactly the itinerary I want to do...soon! I have been...

reading up on Sevilla, Cordoba, Granada. I want to see Madrid but I can bypass it this time. Barcelona... maybe later on.

[CTyankee]

13. The art in Madrid is just too outstanding to bypass IMO.

But then, I am batshit about art and can spend DAYS in museums, as long as I have evenings with fine food and wine...

[FedUpWithIt All]

12. I stayed with a family in Madrid, for three weeks, in '90.

Wonderful city, wonderful people.

This news in the OP really hurts me.

[CTyankee]

14. Three weeks! How great. You are blessed...

I absolutely LOVED Spain. Wonderful, diverse country. Everything you would want, beach, city life, museums, culture, food. You must have had a wonderful time! Tell us about it...