"very rude locals that refuse to speak in english" ... say that again, but slowly. They are Spanish. They live in Spain. They speak either Spanish or Catalan a

"very rude locals that refuse to speak in english" ... say that again, but slowly. They are Spanish. They live in Spain. They speak either Spanish or Catalan and have no obligation to speak English to you. It's "very rude" of you to not try learn some basic Spanish. I'm native English and live in Poland. My interactions with Poles (who mostly speak English and are happy to do try) are vastly different if they can see I am trying also: starting the conversation in Polish before transitioning to English is a much warmer experience than just starting with English from the beginning. It's the same in Spain as well. Start with "hola" or "buenos dias" and then something like "podemos hablar Ingles?" or "perdon, no hablo Espanol" and suddenly 99% of these "very rude locals" will be incredibly friendly to you. You don't need to, and most don't expect, that you can fluently speak to them in the local language. But they do expect that you respect them enough to try.