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The climate in Spain is temperate. but varied. Galicia, the northwestern area has quite a lot of rain. The mountain ranges have a fair share of snow, there are many ski resorts in Spain..
The south is generally sunny, up to 300 days a year. Inland Andalucía is hot in summer, it can go up to 42º - 44º degrees centigrade. The coast (Costa del Sol) is much more clement. When it's 42º in Seville, here in Málaga we may have a comfortable 34º with a seabreeze! The southeast, around Almería is actually a semi-desert (Many cowboy movies were filmed there because of the similarity to the far west landscape).
Currency used to be the PESETA, but since 2001, and the installation of the EURO in the EEC countries, the euro is common to all these countries including Spain.
The official language in Spain is (evidently) spanish. There are other languages in Spain. These are NOT dialects of spanish, but languages in their own right. They are:
EUSKERA... in the Basque areas (of both Spain and France)
GALLEGO... in Galicia.(northwestern Spain, this is similar to portuguese)
CATALÁ...spoken in Catalonia from the french border all the way down to Alicante on the mediterranean coast. This includes the provinces of Gerona, Lleida, Barcelona, Tarragona, Castellon de la Plana, Valencia and Alicante. Catalá DOES have different dialects, these are spoken in Valencia, Alicante, and the Balearic Islands.
There is one more called BABLE which is spoken in Asturias, this IS considered a dialect of spanish.
The rest of the country speaks spanish, often called CASTELLANO because it originated in Castile.
Great places to shop....
There is a chain of department stores with centers in most of the larger towns in Spain... It is called "EL CORTE INGLÉS".
There are also your typical shopping centers, similar to your shopping malls in the USA. They have many shops, boutiques, and usually at least one "hyper-market" (Carrefour, Alcampo, or Eroski).
As to restaurants...Spain is country of people that enjoy eating... There are cafés, bars and restaurants on almost every street. Many of them fantastic, with typical spanish cuisine. In recent years there has been an invasion of foreign restaurants, everything from french, italian, mexican, indian, chinese, and japanese, to KFC, McDonalds, Burger King and Pizza Hut! You can take your pick... The typical spanish bar or café usually has "Tapas", which are snack size portions of spanish food, everything from paella to fish, meatballs in almond sauce, cheese, serrano ham, etc (I could go on forever!) .
Internet cafés have also become very popular in Spain, you can find several in most towns.. Here they are called "Cyber-Cafés".
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