Charlie: We have talked to several people about the economy in Spain. They are all pretty unhappy about how things are going. It has been going down steadily for five years. Angela Merkel in particular is quite unpopular. It is sad to see how many people have been affected by the long downturn. Lots of blame to go around but I think we can all agree that the banks are evil.
Wynette: Above photo is of brother and sister who own shoe store in Estella. I bought shoes from them. Don’t they have sweet faces? They gave me such good service. I had fun speaking to them in Spanish and they had fun practicing their English with me. They are struggling to keep their business open and talked about some things Charlie mentioned above. And they said “oh well, we have a saying: after it rains the sun will come out”, or something like that. They are trying not to let it get them down.
