[Tozzie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

That's not the point I was making though. The point I was making was that alot of British in Spain do all the stuff that they accuse immigrants in Britain of doing but they always have excuses of why it's ok for them to do it (ie not learn the language, not integrate, form ghettos, not only don't learn Spanish but actually expect the Spanish to speak English etc etc )

I lived in Spain for two years and I learned the language, I wasn't very good but I got by and the Spanish people always smiled and were friendly towards me when they saw I was at least trying. Yeah, I have a friend who went on holiday to spain and came back playing pop about the spanish not speaking English, what the hell? Most ex pats live in English communities which I think is wrong they should integrate, I lived in a very Spanish town inland, the doctor didn't speak English and when I look back I don't know how the heck I managed, but I did. The Spanish respect you more if you at least try to speak their language. They don't seem to take much issue with the Brits to be fair, in my experience anyway whilst I was there.