European Impressions

On this blog, I will talk about my personal experiences in Europe, and how I view and compare the things that make us the same and the things that make us different. I am a native New Yorker of dominican descent, who lived in that caribbean nation for the last 15 years or so. I've spent the past 3 months in Europe, starting in Amsterdam, then onto Madrid and am currently in a lesser known spanish city named Zaragoza. It's in the Aragon Region, and one it's assets is basically being about the same distantce from Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and other spanish cities.
I'll reflect on my times in this city, the people I've met, the food, the wine, the music, bars, beers and of course the city itself.
Spanish Politics is not of particular importance to me but I will focus on some key issues that keep coming up, specially now that Spain finds itself at a delicate crossroad, where many regions are gaining greater autonomy and the threat of ETA has a real chance of coming to an end.

Soon I'll post some of my first impressions. I've already written them on paper but want to reflect on them, before I post them, edit and expand on them because they have to do with a very delicate issue, racism and immigration.

welcome.