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As a person who emigrated from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, birds are not the only ones indeed :) Most of the German/British tourists seem to come dur
by embedding-shape 20d ago
As a person who emigrated from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, birds are not the only ones indeed :)
Most of the German/British tourists seem to come during the summer though, in contrast to the tourist birds who come during winter. Smart of the birds to avoid all the tourists!
- lukan 20d ago"Most of the German/British tourists seem to come during the summer though" That never made any sense to me. I also go rather go with the birds north in summer where it is cool and to spain in winter when it is still warm.
- alistairSH 20d agoSummer break from school. Now that there’s no kid in my household, we do travel more in winter (or whenever).
- bromuro 20d agoSpanish winter is very cold too - it’s not the tropics.
- pantalaimon 20d agoIt's not exactly freezing
- lukan 20d agoIt can be, especially in the mountains. But the very south is pretty mild.
- embedding-shape 20d agoIn some places, it definitely is, we go skiing in Spain in the winter :) Besides, even around Barcelona we get snow every 6-7 years, although it's not like in the north of the world exactly.
- darkwater 20d agoThat was true years ago, even in the Pyrenees (excluding the 2025/2026 exceptional winter) the snow is more lacking than present.
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- embedding-shape 20d agoWell, your way makes no sense, I visit cold places when they're the warmest (their summer) and make sure to stay home in the summer when it's the warmest. Almost like some people prefer a "cold" life and others a "warm" one, and that's OK :) Not more than preferences, doesn't have to make sense.
- lukan 20d ago"I visit cold places when they're the warmest (their summer) " Which is also what I said? But otherwise I do prefer a temperate life. Not too hot, not too cold.
- embedding-shape 20d ago> Which is also what I said? Well, "spain in winter when it is still warm" would not be "when that place is the warmest" in my mind. No foul, no harm though :)
- lukan 20d agoYou visit "cold places when they are warmest" - spain is usually not considered a cold place, but scandinavia is.
- alistairSH 19d agoJust asked Google... Madrid's winter temperatures aren't far off my local (DC, USA) temperatures. Valencia is a bit warmer, but not quite "swimming in the Med" warm. But, DC isn't exactly Oslo either. For me, a week in the Caribbean in Jan/Feb is a nice treat. And if I'm visiting Rome or Athens, I'll try for a shoulder season trip - not too hot, not too cold.