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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to think you'd struggle to find a more beautiful country than Spain?

79 replies

autumnlights12 · 10/11/2012 21:58

(obviously I'm not talking about Benidorm)
I've been all around the world, Lisa Stansfield style. to the South Pacific, Asia, the Americas, all over Europe...but they are no more beautiful than Spain which is only a 2 hour flight away. I would move there tomorrow if we could feasibly make a living there.. sigh..

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TidyDancer · 10/11/2012 21:59

YABU imo.

But yeah, it's a matter of opinion.

It's Italy or actually parts of the UK for me.

WorraLiberty · 10/11/2012 22:00

Really?

My MIL is Spanish and moved here when she was 16

She rarely goes back to visit cos she much prefers it here

Different strokes and all that

McKayz · 10/11/2012 22:01

YABU it is about opinion. We drove through the Yorkshire Dales today. Absolutely beautiful.

Onebadbackandalostpelvicfloor · 10/11/2012 22:01

Yabu it's bland and grim. Give me Germany and Eastern Europe any day

Roseformeplease · 10/11/2012 22:02

YABU. You clearly haven't been to Scotland.

OpheliaPayneAgain · 10/11/2012 22:02

I doubt you'd find anything more beautiful than England on a sunny autumn day with all the leaves turning russet and gold. But thats just me.

For sheer vibrancy, latin America, I'd move there like a shot. Mainland Europe never has done it for me.

McKayz · 10/11/2012 22:02

Oooh yes. I love Scotland. And Snowdonia

autumnlights12 · 10/11/2012 22:03

I've been to Scotland, Germany, Italy and the Yorkshire Dales. I still prefer Spain.

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Bluestocking · 10/11/2012 22:03

Do you work for the Spanish tourist board?

autumnlights12 · 10/11/2012 22:04

Nope. Sadly.

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thenightsky · 10/11/2012 22:04

Every country has its own beauty. I love Spain too OP.. especially the Catalan area, towards the Pyranees.

OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos · 10/11/2012 22:04

Beautiful is different things to different people.

Spain to me is not beautiful, nor are the hills and greenery of the UK, I think the beautiful parts of the world are the places with lots of sand and sea.

Follyfoot · 10/11/2012 22:05

England has it all. From the Lake District to the Cotswolds, Northumberland to Cornwall.

Ephiny · 10/11/2012 22:06

I love parts of Spain but can think of plenty of other countries that have beautiful regions too.

Not sure this makes sense as an AIBU tbh, surely it's a matter of personal taste/opinion?

McKayz · 10/11/2012 22:07

I think it would be better in Chat really

autumnlights12 · 10/11/2012 22:08

how many AIBU's strictly belong here though?

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GrimAndHumourless · 10/11/2012 22:09

There is a patch on the Herefordshire/Shropshire landscape that reduces me to tears, TEARS I tells ya

YABNU to have a very fave landscape in the whole wide world

YABU to decide it should be all our faves

autumnlights12 · 10/11/2012 22:11

ok, I agree Grim. IABU to say you should all like the same place as me, as much as I do.

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DorisIsWaiting · 10/11/2012 22:12

No, like anywhere i've been to some bloody awful places in Spain. But yes there are nice areas too. However I now live in south Devon and love it.

MadameCreeper · 10/11/2012 22:22

Yabu but i'll give you the Pyrenees and Basque region.

I left my heart in Transylvania.

CaliforniaLeaving · 10/11/2012 22:29

I think the UK has the most beautiful countryside of anywhere.

WrathdePan · 10/11/2012 22:52

England's Peak District. I'd luuuurve to live there!

Oh hang on......Grin

gordyslovesheep · 10/11/2012 22:55

German Alps? Yorkshire Dales, Snowdonia?

VisualiseAHorse · 10/11/2012 22:58

Scotland is beautiful. I'm so glad I'm lucky enough to live here.

HipHopOpotomus · 10/11/2012 23:01

I see beauty everywhere.

The world is like a giant fruitbowl of beauty. How to say the perfect pineapple is more gorgeous than a perfect grape or mango? I don't need to make such a judgement - just open my eyes and love it all.