I was not expecting that - Small towns in Spain 03 🇪🇸

[@Tet-Offensive1968]

Hi Stu, thanks for the video.

[@highflyer1965]

Thanks Stu for another really interesting insight to a small local village like this one. Please keep this series of videos coming our way. All the best, John.

[@kendale1707]

I really enjoy the videos where you explore these interesting little towns around Madrid. Having spent lots of time exploring little towns and villages in Galicia and Asturias, these little places are indeed fascinating!

[@welshtoro3256]

Very often they are shit-kicker villages and small towns but these places are part and parcel of the make up of Spain. Madrid and Barcelona are only a minor representation of Spain. These places are the real Spain (whatever the real Spain is 😵‍💫).

[@DarthFurball]

Love the town walks Stuart. Please keep these coming.

[@maste3423]

Thank you for this lovely visit to Villaconejos. I live in a community in California that is a couple hundred years old and keeps tearing down old buildings to make new ones. It's a treat to see the architecture in Spain that has a lot of history. I hope the "Old folks" there get access to the internet soon so they can see your videos.

[@debbiegarza1287]

Very nice episode. Loved the interaction with the older people & shop keeper!

[@welshtoro3256]

I enjoyed it too but that's pretty day to day stuff in Spain.

[@erikawallace3404]

When I lived in Madrid, more than 30 years ago, I did quite a lot of touring and I remember Villaconejos I went especial there for the melons. They were delicious! Hope yours eas as good.

[@BurtReynoldstash]

Loving these walkabouts round Spanish towns. We enjoyed three weeks in the bay of roses in august. Watching these videos brings a bit of the Azul blue skies back for me

[@AdventureElliot]

Hey Stuart if you ever wanna do another collaboration I'll bring you to a gypsy neighborhood where I know all the "patriarchas." At this point I've sorta made a niche out of it on my Spanish channel (Aventurero Elliot en Español) along with visiting the strange and lesser known places in the country. Most English speakers or tourists couldn't fathom the state of some of these barrios that exist in Spain, so there's not much of an audience for that type of content in English just because people have no idea those places exist. Nonethless, great content, and I love how you constantly strive to make new types of varied content - a testament to your versatility as a creator. By the way, I was in Ceuta this last weekend and I got to dive into the border life culture and the apparent "most dangerous" barrio of Spain, el famoso Príncipe, Ceuta.

[@welshtoro3256]

I appreciate that you say 'most English speakers' Elliot. I've been involved with Spain since 1982, I have a home in Spain and I'm married to a Spaniard. I'm not the average tourist but there are quite a lot of English speaking people that fall in to that category. Many British people have a profound knowledge and experience of Spain.

[@taxenco]

Grande Elliot!! Me gusta mucho tu contenido. Saludos desde la fria y lluviosa Manchester :)

[@andrewmeasures2312]

Another great video Stuart. Very interesting. I love these small towns and you meet real people who are generally very open and friendly. I feel they've not been corrupted by the fast, don't give a damn, modern world. Thank you for sharing your visit with us and enjoy the melon. Saludos, Andrew.

[@andrewherd4951]

I think stu this series is a stroke of genius because small towns is interesting alongside the history in Northern Ireland we have our town centres to the north and south also with countryside looking forward to more small Spanish towns in the future all the best

[@enriquearaujo7653]

A very interesting glimpe at off the beaten track "hidden Spain". Thanks!

[@kenwarburton2578]

Very interesting video Stu showing typical life in a small Spanish village. Keep them coming please.

[@rebjorn79]

Very exciting. The moment when the villager confronted you about filming was the highlight of the video. My heart was racing.

[@alunjprice]

The tension was unbearable, wasn’t it, the undercurrent of violence was palpable.

[@rebjorn79]

@@alunjprice I was half expecting some ninja moves from Stuart but who knows what happened off camera!

[@youssef-way]

Omg, y'all are waaayy too soft. The "villager" was just curious. Nothing agressive about it. Are y'all the same type of people who complains about the current generation being too soft on everything? lol

[@alunjprice]

@@rebjorn79 The old boy can thank his lucky stars Mia wasn’t there, she would have had his throat out.

[@rebjorn79]

@@youssef-way We're just horsing around :)

[@GrantFrankBurton]

Most of those market's are the same people that go from town to town.... I did it for a while. Normally the day of the market, some of local sellers/artist (the people from the town your in) have a stand too. sometimes it's more like a flea market. In Siero on Tuesday, one part of the market is exactly like the one you were in there but. in the middle of my town there is another place with vegetables, flowers, cheese, chorizo, etc. Also there's a livestock auction in the livestock market, it's really huge but I've never been inside. (hundreds of animals) The women with the hair I seen before, I think in Leon but it could have been the Rototom Sunsplash in Valencia.

[@seanflewin9803]

Some more local street art for our perusal well pointed out sir, keep up the good work

[@rafaelh2504]

Thanks! Enjoying these videos!!!

[@gabrielemcnicholl6174]

Intresting ! Nice Video. Thank you for doing all this. ❤

[@lucieteal7201]

Another great video. Thank you love the small towns where technology sometimes is not as visible. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Ottawa

[@rossbonesteel6913]

Thank you Stu for another really interesting video, away from the center, learn a little something and I thought a good conversation with the local gentleman, well done, otra vez!

[@scottamartin2518]

Another great video, Stu! I'm enjoying the series. I'm American and have been living/working in Madrid for about 18 years.

[@PAULFOX-zg1oq]

The chats with the locals of these towns are fascinating ………

[@welshtoro3256]

It's great but that's just the normal way of life and nothing unusual.

[@Ulysses1707]

So many small towns in Castilla y León, Castilla la Mancha and Comunidad de Madrid like this. Ageing population, lots of abandoned businesses and a market selling old lady clothes.

[@welshtoro3256]

Absolutely. Check out my comment. You might lime it.

[@iknownothing-49]

Food prices are up everywhere so we just have to suck it up. Love the variety of videos you are making.

[@kristinegallagher6588]

Another interesting video. Thank you.

[@pm1104]

Melones……….I love them ………buen provecho.! 😊

[@peteymax]

Un buen vídeo Stu, gracias. Always buy local when you can! Great advice. Un saludo a ti.

[@ElizabethBidinger]

It was still worth seeing.

[@harriettt9857]

This is a typical small Spanish town away from tourist areas or the coast . Life is slow with only elderly people about enjoying the sun or meeting a few friends . The lack of trees always shocks me and no effort by council to make towns like these pretty and attractive for business with flowers fountains etc . However , it was clean and tidy . And the people were quite friendly and wanted to engage in conversation. Hope the melon was good . BTW I love melon with jamón Serrano . It’s delicious

[@joseluisluque449]

Recuerda, el melón, de Villaconejos

[@welshtoro3256]

Exactly; Fairly regulation small town Spain.

[@goldgeologist5320]

Fantastic video! Enjoyed it very much.

[@PiperStart]

Really great viewing, thanks.

[@joseantoniodavila2752]

Sort of sadness. I hate to see all the small towns dying slowly. The elderly still post handwritten letters, buy newspapers and don't have idea of what internet is. The only youngh has no idea about melons on the other hand

[@welshtoro3256]

So true. I have some very elderly neighbours in my village in Malaga and they can't even read or write. The TV channel is set to Canal Sur and that is it. I've been to hundreds of these places though, especially in Castile and La Mancha. This particular example isn't that bad in comparison to some. The population in many of these places is just a few hundred people as I'm sure you know. I've been to places even smaller where the population is even below 100. I actually enjoy sleepy, small town Spain. I think tourists that only visit 'event' places such as cities really miss out. However, I understand why most of them don't visit towns and villages like this because they are usually very restricted for time. Oddly enough, the young influx into cities has driven up prices so much that I observe many going back to towns and villages because of lower house prices and commuting. That's in Andalusia at least. The demographic collapse in Castile and other regions is really diminishing these places like you say. I don't know if you saw Almodovar's Parallel Mothers but there's a wonderful scene which encapsulates what you say about young and old. It involves the older and younger mothers who are preparing a tortilla. The young woman, who is a whizz with social media, has to be shown how to peel a potato by the older (middle aged) woman. Social media addiction is widespread in Spain and many young Spaniards are, I believe, becoming disconnected from their past (a very complicated past) except in a shallow and superficial way. Cheers. WT

[@teddydavis2339]

Thank for sharing, Stu.

[@floydmarshall9001]

Stu thank you. I took the train up from Sevilla to Lora Del Rio to visit the cemetery and honour the war dead from the civil war last November. Very disappointed The town was so depressing Couldn’t wait to get back to Sevilla. It’s not what I saw in the 80s on my first visit to Spain. I will always return, however very sad. I’m afraid the world is changing even here in Canada. I been many times to Spain and will return again in December. Keep up the good work. Floyd

[@hughkelly9638]

Hi Stuart, I'm enjoying your small town videos in the Madrid Community , I am at the moment in one myself, Fuente El Saz de Jarama, just north east of Madrid, visiting our daughter, love this little town. Can't believe how hot it still is but at least not as humid as where we live on Ibiza. Just spent 4 days in Salamanca, what a beautiful town. keep up the good work, maybe one day we will meet in a street somewhere for a beer, just not a midi in Hillarys Boat Harbour or Mindarie Keys, 😂🤣😂🤣

[@robertmagalski7520]

Hi Stew, another great vlog outside!!! Keep them coming. Also, good for you as much as for us viewers curious of local lifestyle and future expats. Seems like you need to need hit a gym or more walking vlogs. I've been there myself, after 50 it gets harder. I really like your vlogs as much as current updates from your office but it doesn't looks good when you get tired grasping for air after few hours walking flat terrain. Get out of the office more often. All the best, take care amigo!!!!

[@duncaninglis3806]

Youshoob. That's sweet. The old bloke trying to understand modern technology. I am almost envious of those who don't know about this stuff.

[@AdamSahr-cj4kf]

A few young families from Latin America would be right at home in these abandoned and dying towns, but would they be welcomed with open arms?! It is sad to see life in a country like Spain being reduced to life in the major cities almost entirely!

[@joseluisluque449]

Adam Sí vienen con papeles y a trabajar, si, serán bien recibidos. Si vienen a cortarse el pelo unos a otros, a robar, a crear bandas latinas y poner a tope de volumen su música de mierda, no, no serán bienvenidos

[@Enterao]

All towns in the community of Madrid have fiber optic coverage, and 100% 4G coverage. you didn't go to a lost town anchored in the past because an elderly man does not use the internet

[@carmendiezcarrera9962]

1a😊

[@Ulysses1707]

Don't generalise please. I'm pushing 70 and I know lots of people my age and older who are tech wise. We're not all dinosaurs.

[@jp13119]

Her hair was beautiful and if you notice, she had it in a rubber band at the end because it must've hit the ground! Very interesting tour. Thank you.

[@harriettt9857]

No comment !

[@123seanaway]

Great video

[@diegodejuan4825]

After watching the video I am craving for melons now! Stu, in your opinion was the mochuelo variant tastier than others? Does their fame live up to expectations? I might stop by Villaconejos and buy it. By the way, wild rabbits made a big comeback, around Madrid there are so many now. I know a fine restaurant that serves wild rabbit, but as it is wild the meat is rather sinewy and tough.

[@catherinelarman1995]

Nice video, thanks.

[@dnavid]

5.14 amazing rejas!!!!

[@joseantoniodavila2752]

0:48 those are hand made long ago the old way, the true stuff and for sale quite cheap I'm pretty sure guessing

[@dnavid]

he missed them completely, only noticing the older run down building next door! He needs to slow down during these visits@@joseantoniodavila2752

[@KINGTIGER1981]

I'm hoping there are many more of these little tours to come. My son went crazy on watermelons in Benidorm. He loved them. But he didn't enjoy going to the toilet every five mins afterwards, lol.

[@ElizabethBidinger]

Lovely town! Thanks Stu. Will you make it to Pinto?

[@shivalidhillon]

Hello Love your videos… can you make a video about llucerene del sib a small municipality in Valencia… It would be great for the community here.. Thx n once again thank you for showing Spain n telling various facts about this beautiful country..😃

[@mikeandcheryl]

We've been walking the camino de santiago for the last 4 weeks and have come across lots of these type towns especially in the Meseta. I assume the towns are dying because the youth have left and the older houses are falling down

[@SunJetViking]

Love these videos of small towns and talking to the people. Do they still sell the national lottery tickets in stands like before or has that changed now? Haven’t seen one since 2017 i think. Cheers from Sweden

[@joseantoniodavila2752]

It's still the same as always, You haven't really seen ONCE. ONCE stands for National Organization of the Spanish Blind people and the guys selling the lottery in those stands are blind running their own business. The name of those stands is "el kiosco de la ONCE"

[@CL-man]

The rabbits are used in the paella that they cook in Spain. Maybe that's why you could see any.

[@MichaelNewman-q5n]

Living in Puente Genil Cordoba I believe your wife is from here. Its time you brought her home. Get a free tapas with every drink. Two large vino blancos and two lage beers for 8 euros.All large supermarkets and masses of bars every where. We even have a Michelin restaurant. It's time to visit Puente Genil.

[@yanassi]

This was fun. What is pork crackling? Fried pork rind?

[@harriettt9857]

Yes fried pork rind !

[@Elena-Immaculata]

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS TOWN MORE THAN MOST OF YOUR VIDEOS THAT YOU HAVE DONE. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I LIKE ALL OF THEM BUT "VILLACONEJOS" HAS MORE ACTIVITY. THANK YOU...

[@El_Carrito_del_Helao]

Ha, ha, the guy did not have a clue about what "YouShoob" might be. Poor fella, he wanted to wacht your videos on national television. Tienes que llevar algo pa los viejos también, Stuart 😂.

[@rsnankivell1962]

Villaconejos is statistically the municipality in the Community of Madrid with the lowest income per capita. However, their melons are delicious, the best.

[@anacasanova7350]

Los mejores melones de España y del extranjero son de Villaconejos, Madrid, España. 😊😅🇪🇸 No es el sur de madrid sea más pobre es que hace mucho calor en verano y la sierra Norte tiene la sierra de Guadarrama, con nieve y fresco en verano. Madrid, esa zona no es pobre porque tiene mucha producción agrícola y las máquinas hacen el trabajo. Ver economía de Madrid.

[@Lacteagalaxia]

Creo que les dara igual tu explicacion a los extranjeros van a su bola ; saludos de un compatriota.

[@realcalgal1150]

@@Lacteagalaxia No es cierto. Yo soy de California y pienso que es bueno entender la verdad cerca de la economía de la área. Cuando uno no conoce una área lo que miran no entienden. Gracias a la primera persona por su información. Stuart es de Australia y el esta explorando comunidades cerca de Madrid.

[@TravelonlineWalk]

Alicante is nice too

[@catherinemori4496]

Mostly, the buildings look in good nick…to me! Also, streets are extremely clean.

[@anacasanova7350]

España siempre está limpia, salvo excepciones. La limpieza no tiene que ver con la riqueza en mi país. Se aprende en la familia, es cultural. No es necesario ir a la Universidad para aplicar la limpieza y la higiene.😊

[@anacasanova7350]

No me extrañaría que las tropas de Napoleón destruyeron parte del pueblo. 😢

[@gustavopalmsprings2061]

​@@anacasanova7350y lo estupendo es que no se ven horribles graffiti...

[@catherinemori4496]

@@anacasanova7350 no decía que necesitaba ser rico o ir a la universidad para que un pueblo esté limpio….comentaba sobre lo que he visto. Es un pueblo simpático…🤪

[@mariscal012]

If you understand what the old harmless villains have been, you will possibly understand what the Spanish are. Their children are still lions and are sowing in South America, South Africa, etc. (whether it is spring) the adapted seeds from Villaconejos. The Spanish consumer will not settle for anything that is not as sweet and delicious as a "piel de sapo" melon from Villaconejos. This town of 3,000 inhabitants has been the Epicenter of the climate crisis this summer: The melon harvest was lost!! Nobody will tell you anything, neither where those melons are from, nor when the harvest was harvested: It is the economic wealth of that small town

[@alunjprice]

Barking dog on a balcony, nothing more Iberian than that

[@joseantoniodavila2752]

10:03 "The rastro". Is rastro English? It's the trail or the track or something like that in Spanish. What a bloodhound follows. Oh well

[@anacasanova7350]

En este caso equivale a mercado de la las pulgas, pusses, pero son cosas viejas ,usadas. Los mercadillos en España es de cosas nuevas, no se llaman , rastros.

[@joseantoniodavila2752]

@@anacasanova7350Puss sounds to pussy to me. Mi inglés no es muy bueno. No estaba hablando de un flea market. Es que dijo "rastro" y no lo entendí ni sé si es ingles o español o qué

[@harriettt9857]

Rastro is not an English word . Flea market is the word in English for old (bric a brac ) objects , used, second hand (or more ) .

[@mariabarco7226]

It’s not abandoned, you’re being dramatic. It’s early in the morning for business! Specially if is Sunday

[@davesandico4272]

Great little vlogs these are ! Thanks. … I know there are laws about filming people in Spain .. but how come Stuart you are the only you tuber who sticks to law? Others film people, markets, even chat on camera with random passers by ?! It’s a shame as it can spoil the flow of your small town antics ! 👍😎

[@spainspeaks]

Hi Dave, it's pretty clear: The Organic Law on Data Protection prohibits the publication of images of people who have not given their consent , even when they are in public places.

[@davesandico4272]

@@spainspeaksThanks Stuart, it just seems unfair as I’m in Ibiza now and so many bloggers filming everyone and everything … just seems unfair for your efforts, but thanks anyway great work. 👍😎

[@coffermartin77]

I'll give you credit where credit's due, it takes some big COJONES to go around these small Spanish towns on your own with a camera, filming and giving commentary in English. Your Spanish is exceptional too plus your people interaction skills. Just out of curiosity, have you had any trouble from locals when you got out on your filmed tours?

[@harriettt9857]

Well you certainly don’t know much about Spain ! Nobody is going to attack you nor mug you for filming in their small towns . People are just curious and want to engage in any conversation with whoever passes through the town and is willing to have a chat .

[@welshtoro3256]

This is Spain not Honduras (apologies to my Honduran brethren). Why do you need 'COJONES' to walk around with a camera and talk in English? You can talk in whatever language you like in Spain.

[@coffermartin77]

Are you Spanish?@@welshtoro3256

[@coffermartin77]

Are you Spsnish? Yes or No?@@harriettt9857

[@ribe3434]

Is there a reason why you mask people’s faces? Is it illegal to show people’s faces in Spain? Curious.

[@realcalgal1150]

Yes, you have to have their permission to show their faces. Without permission you are supposed to obscure their features. Spain has strict privacy laws about filming in public.

[@walterbraun3731]

Utterly depressing!

[@nickaustin8334]

You don't much like Spain, do you cobber?