Am back...
... from Andalucía, complete with fake tan courtesy of St Tropez and Clarins factor ten billion sunblock. How wonderful it was. I adore Spain, really love it. Celtic colouring aside, I'm not meant for northern latitudes
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That framed thing in the house was very odd. The place itself was very modern, but quite traditionally decorated. Then there was *that*, which I'm assuming was quite old. What my pic didn't show was the rest of the print, which was a giant cut-out of the Alcázar (commemorating the Francoists' holding out while besieged by government troops), complete with little tabs so you could build a 3D standup model. There were even little cut-out soldiers.
Yet the house was let out to holidaymakers; why would the owner make such a deliberately inflammatory statement? I have to say, I found it pretty offensive; I can't imagine what it would be like for a Spaniard. There was also much religious iconry. In-you-face Catholicism and Francoism still seem to go hand-in-hand, alas. They were all at it again yesterday in the Madrid demos over the same-sex marriage bill, although I have to admit the rhetoric wasn't as poisonously homophobic as I've seen in other countries. One priest I saw quoted said even compared supporting the bill to supporting Hitler. How their tune has changed.
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