Very well, if you are thinking in terms of Spain, then find out everything about it that you possibly can before heading in that direction. If at all possible, make a preliminary tourist trip to investigate the country before making your big move. Your public library should be able to supply you with books on Spain. If your town is a small one and there is little travel literature in the library, ask the librarian if it is possible to secure additional books through the larger library at the State capital by mail. If not then I suggest that you buy at least one good thorough travel guide to the country in which you are interested, Spain or otherwise. The following series of travel guides are excellent: Sydney Clark's All the Best guides which cover in separate volumes, the Caribbean, Central America, Cuba, England, France, Hawaii, Holland, Italy, the Mediterranean, Mexico, Scandinavia, South America, Spain and Portugal, Switzerland, and Japan. Any one of these volumes costs about $15 and is well worth it. The Fodor Modern Guides cover, in separate volumes, Italy, Britain and Ireland, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Spain and Portugal, the Benelux countries, Germany, France, and Austria. Fodor also puts out an excellent guide to all Europe in one volume but obviously this is not as detailed as those books devoted to individual countries. The Fodor guides cost $14 to $14.50. I have no connections with either of these publishing houses, and my recommendation is sincere. Besides these guides I suggest you get in touch with the tourist offices of the countries in which you are interested. The addresses of these particularly recommended in this book are as follows: Mexico: Mexican Government Tourist Bureau, 8 West 51st Street, N.Y.C. Spain: Spanish Tourist Office, 485 Madison Avenue, New York 22, N.Y. France: French Government Tourist Office, 610 Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C. Italy: Italian State Tourist Office, 21 E. 51st Street, N.Y.C. Austria: Austrian State Tourist Department, 48 E. 48th Street, N.Y.C. England: British Travel Association, 336 Madison Avenue, N.Y.C.
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