Spain

Spain (España in Spanish) is 47 million people country in the southwestern part of Europe. It belongs to the European Union (EU) and it's surrounded by France, Andorra, Portugal, Gibraltar and Morocco. The population has a mostly Catholic Christian tradition, the official language is Spanish (with Catalan, Basque and Galician as official languages in their regions). The official currency of Spain is the euro (€). Spain is one of the most touristic places in Europe and in the world, with 48 sites placed in UNESCO World Heritage list. The main city, and the capital city, of Spain is Madrid, with other important cities like Barcelona, València, Seville or Zaragoza.

What can I visit in Spain?

Spain is quite big so it'll be divided the touristic places among regions. Check them out and find out the ones you want to visit.

History

The first inhabitants


Unforgettable experiences 

This places and experiences are a must if you want to discover and understand Spain

Planning your holidays

These are some possible journeys you may do in Lithuania so visit parts of it or discover it all.

What can I eat and drink in Spain?

Lithuanian food has Polish and Ashkenazi influences and their meals are usually based in barley, potatoes, mushrooms, rye and beets. Cepelinai (potato dumpling stuffed with meat, cheese or mushrooms) is the national dish and is usually used as starter. There are other varieties like kukuliai (similar to gnocchi), koldūnai, virtiniai or auselės. One of the most common dishes in Lithuanian cuisine are soups, with many kinds like cabbage soup, cucumber soup, sauerkraut soup, lapienė (greens in a cramy broth), barščiai (hot beet soup), šaltibarščiai (cold beet soup) and the popular vištienos sultinys (chicken broth). Lithuania is also rich in blynai (mixture between pancakes and crêpes), with some examples like kėdainių blynai, žemaičių blynai and lietiniai. Talking about regional food in Lithuania, the regions with more food personality are Dzūkija and Samogitia. In the former some traditional dishes are juka (blood soup), kugel (potato pudding with an Ashkenazi origin) and buckwheat pancakes. In Samogitia region it's typical the kastinys (sour cream forming a soft spread). Another ethnic minory like the Karaites have their own dishes like kibinai (pastry with mutton and onion). The most common bread is ruginė duona (rye bread).

Some other typical dishes are the Lithuanian šaltnosiukai (dumplings filled with lingonberries), įdaryti kiaušiniai (similar to deviled eggs), įdaryti pomidorai (tomatoes filled with savory stuffing) and Lithuanian curd cheese. Some of the dishes with meat are lašiniai (pork underskin fat with little or no meat), vėdarai (pig large intestine with potato), šiupinys (stew made from variety of ingredients), balandėliai (cabbage leaves stuffed with meat), dešra (typical Lithuanian sausages), skilandis or kindziukas (pig stomach stuffed with meat and garlic and cold-smoked), suktiniai (beef or pork very thin, filled, rolled up and braised), kotletai or frikadėlės (minced meat and/or onion patties) and šaltiena or košeliena (aspic or meat jelly)
In desserts the most popular one are Lithuanian-style cakes (pyragas) but others are žagarėliai (deep-fried pastries with sugar), kūčiukai or šližikai (tradicional Christmas dinner roll), ledai (ice cream), spurgos (Lithuanian donut), šakotis (Lithuanian baumkuchen), tinginys (Kaunas typical dessert), manų putra/košė (semolina wheat pudding) and skruzdėlynas (pastries stacked on top of one another).


 Talking about drinking, the most famous Lithuanian drink is the beer (alus) throughout all the country, usually drank with piršteliai prie alaus (puff pastries served with beer), yet not the oldest one, having midus (mead) that honour. As in many other northern countries, there are many other kind of stronger spirits like trauktinė (strong herbal vodka), degtinė (rye, wheat or potato vodka) or krupnikas (honey liqueur). There are other non alcoholic drinks like gira (similar to kvass), arbata (tea) or kava (coffee). 


Learn some Spanish

 Spanish, sometimes referred as Castilian, is the official language of Spain, together with the co-official languages in some regions. It was born here and is currently spoken by 483 million people aprox, being the world's 4th-most spoken language. Spanish is a Romance language (quite close to Latin) whose vocabulary is mainly formed by Latin words and Ancient Greek, Arabic and French borrowings. Visitors who can speak languages such as Portuguese or Italian won't have problems of communication. In case you can only use English, it's more likely to find people who speak it on touristic areas and large cities. These are some basic words in Spanish:

Spanish
English
Spanish
English
Hola
Hello/hi
Por favor
Please
¿Cómo estás?
How are you?
Gracias
Thanks
Adiós
Goodbye!
Sí
Yes
Buenos días
Good morning
No
No
Buenas noches
Good night
No hablo español
I don’t speak Spanish

Useful links

 In case you want to look for more information about Spain (https://www.spain.info/en/) or its regions, here there's a list with some pages to get it:

 
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