Spain…mmm, I don’t know nearly as much about Spain’s history as I would like. Visiting might be an excellent chance to learn, though, eh? Spain is also just supposed to be spectacularly pretty, the locals very nice, and the weather very pleasant. It would also be a great place to get some practice with my spanish.

fun fact: Phoenecia was an trading empire based in modern-day Lebanon that stretched all along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and which also spawned many colonies as far away as the Iberian Peninsula (modern day Spain/Portugal), including the colony of Carthage, which was located in modern day Morocco. Eventually Carthage became an empire in its own right and challenged the Romans, who conquered their progenitors, the Phoenecians. Carthage spread into the Iberian Peninsula, and its influence can still be felt today… For example: the city of Barcelona is named after the Barcas, the ruling family of Carthage, the most famous being Hannibal Barca who took his armies from northern africa up across the Strait of Girbralter, along the coasts of modern day Spain and France, through the Alps, and all the way into the italian peninsula…at which point his army was too weak to directly attack Rome itself, so he just kind of caroused about there until he died if I remember correctly. Anyway, sorry for the tangent, but it’s just fascinating how an ancient empire on the opposite end of the Mediterranean sea had effects on Spain that can still be seen and felt today.

Okay, I think that proves that I am a history nerd.