We Visit Europe's Only Desert & It Rained | Motorhome Travels Spain

[@findingxanadulife]

What a blast we had this week. Wild West in Spain, who would have thunk it..?!? The pool was exactly what we needed to end the day, but I (Alison) will never forget my interaction with the Leopard. What a creature...! 😍 The Almería fiesta was on a grand scale. 60 men to carry the statue. Our little home village only has 8 men, although we do have 2 statues. Call us greedy. 😬 And that castle....Wowsers. It was a great week. What part was your favourite..?!? 💜🤟

[@Winterbiker333]

The Castle looked amazing, always amazed those things are free!

[@findingxanadulife]

@Winterbiker333 It was a joy to visit, that's for sure and even more so being free. 🤪💜🤟

[@summer189414]

I met Lee van Cleef in our hotel there when I was a child while he was filming one of the spaghetti westerns. He bought me egg and chips and a coke ... very sophisticated 😂

[@findingxanadulife]

@summer189414 What an amazing claim to fame. Absolutely love it. Sounds like he must have been a top bloke. 😍 Thanks for sharing that with us. We love quirky bits of information. 💜🤟

[@amitashetty5956]

Hey there, it's Amita after a long time. I just want to say your videos calm me down from my over thinking. Thanks tc God bless

[@findingxanadulife]

Hey fan girl, we missed you..! What a lovely comment. We are both very much over-thinkers and we're so glad to be able to help you. It must be steaming hot when you are right now. Stay safe, stay cool. Much love as always, Alison and Darren 😘😘💜🤟

[@amitashetty5956]

@@findingxanadulife I missed you too, I feel travelling & doing creative things cuts down a lot of over thinking, so one of my desires is to travel the world &keep travelling. I have a friend who is an over- over-thinker so he has tattooed "be present on the now " based on some book he read. He says that's how it reminds him to be in now . The weather where I live is rains so it gets gloomy and then sunny, and then sunny and then gloomy coz it rains anyways keep travelling tc byeee

[@findingxanadulife]

Aaaaw rainy gloomy weather is tough to deal with. The rain will stop. We're sure you will be able to travel when the time is right. Keep smiling sweetheart. Much love 😘💜🤟

[@martinoryan6582]

You are so right the nose and happy people love life. We can't wait to get back thanks again 🤟🤟

[@findingxanadulife]

How long have you got to wait Martin..?!? 😘💜🤟

[@Katubemeow]

Yeehaw! That was unexpected for Spain... 🤠 I am glad they repurpose that film set. I don't think they have something like that here in the states. At that scale and with live shows🤔 The procession at the Cathedral was nice. The castle water ways look so relaxing. Belated happy birthday to Sebastian 🎂🎊! Sebastián es un Quinceañero.

[@findingxanadulife]

There are actually a few in the area. About 4 I think. Oasis Mini Hollywood is the largest. We chose that one because of the reserve (and the human swimming pool..! 🤣) The procession was huge. Much larger than we are used to, but then Almería is the regional capital, so it's to be expected. If it hadn't been so hot, we could have happily sat in the castle grounds for hours by the various waterways, they also had a small pool with water lilies that was lovely. We really enjoyed filming this one and we made an enormous fuss of Sebastian. He was very spoilt most days to be fair. 😘💜🤟

[@Katubemeow]

@@findingxanadulife Awesome, I will try to visit the region if I can.

[@findingxanadulife]

@Katubemeow With Tabernas being the only 'desert' in Europe, it's worth going to. If you are able to hike, there are some stunning areas called the 'Badlands'. Unfortunately we couldn't get Perse off-road enough to visit and it was too hot to hike it. 💜🤟

[@Katubemeow]

@@findingxanadulife Thanks for the tip.. I like hiking. I will check it out.

[@findingxanadulife]

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[@garethroberts68]

Always remember growing up in the 70's and early 80's. Growing up there would always be a spaghetti western on the telly. It was only when I got older I understood what spaghetti western even meant. Basically cheaper to film them in Europe than in the US. Great video guys. 😎🤘

[@findingxanadulife]

Oooh Gareth..! I (Alison) never knew why they were called "Spaghetti Westerns" although I was subjected to many during my childhood as my dad adores them. It makes perfect sense now. 🤯 Thanks so much for your awesome comment. Much love 💜🤟

[@garethroberts68]

@findingxanadulife Note to self, never comment when half awake. 🤣 Just had to edit my original comment. Shocking even for me. Cheers Alison. 😁

[@findingxanadulife]

Haha no worries Gareth. I knew what you meant. 😬🤪💜🤟

[@anacasanova7350]

Jajaja, ahora están en Arizona !😂 cuidado con los coyotes !😂❤

[@findingxanadulife]

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[@anacasanova7350]

​@@findingxanadulife yo dije coyotes ! No jaguares 😂😂❤

[@anacasanova7350]

La ciudad está, limpia, solo que alguien ha estado tirando en algún rincon basura por la noche y no ha pasado aún el servicio de limpieza . 😢 Almería fue un Reino Taifa, Moro.😊

[@findingxanadulife]

Eran hermosos. Trabajar con ellos debe ser asombroso.😍💜🤟

[@findingxanadulife]

El Moro parte de la ciudad era realmente impresionante. We loved it. 💜🤟

[@Gareth_NocturnalGarage]

lovely guys, how warm was it ?

[@findingxanadulife]

Hey Gareth, It was between 30°c and 34°c when we filmed this, avoiding the heat from home, which was 37°-41°c, but the 'feels like' temperature was a lot hotter, with the full sun. Thanks for your comment. 💜🤟

[@barryweeks6037]

The combination of the zoo and Western town looked awesome! The surrounding landscape looked stunning. Knowing your love of animals and always looking out for their welfare, I imagine that they looked well looked after? The food is going to be what it is in a theme park, but, the prices seemed excellent for somewhere like that? Sarah wants me to take her there ........ tomorrow ! 🤪🤪🤣

[@findingxanadulife]

Honestly, the 'reserve' could be bigger, the space was certainly available and I felt for the bear being on his own, but I guess they are solitary creatures anyway. Overall, they all looked healthy. The horses were certainly well cared for. The white horse had the most beautiful blue eyes. The prices for food were too be expected at the theme park and the food wasn't dreadful. It was better and cheaper than somewhere like Terramitica that's for sure. Sarah would love it. Darren had to tear me away from the leopards and the sand cats, I could have sat there all day, just with them. 🤣🤣😘💜🤟

[@HeidiPriest]

Oh what did we muss, we had holiday in roqueta and thought about a drive to Oasis wished we did now, oh well onto the next trip maybe in November,

[@findingxanadulife]

Hey Heidi, It was a blast. We may well go again when it is slightly cooler. We wanted to take the short hike to an actual Oasis nearby, where they filmed Lawrence of Arabia, but it was just too warm. Let us know if you go in November. Much love Alison and Darren 💜🤟

[@comealongdear]

Oh now this made me wish we had gone to one of those wild west places now! We didn't think we'd like it as we're not too knowledgeable on westerns, but that looks great fun and so much to see. Hopefully the animals seemed well cared for? I loved the saloon and the dancing show. All very kitsch 😁 Absolutely gobsmacked at that castle being free 😍 Utterly beautiful. Almeria looks to have a very Moorish influence, you'd believe someone if they said it wasn't even Spain. Perhaps we can visit properly next time instead of just waiting for our exhaust to be fixed 🙃 Oh and ignore the pathetic troll who offered nothing of merit, just spewing up mindless, worthless bile. We get them too. Have you ever looked in comments held for review? Dear god, we havent had that many, but the ones I've seen there are another level 😂🙈 Shelagh is a pitiful villain by comparison, she can't be trying hard enough. Anyway onwards and upwards, looking forward to catching up on the next one we missed ❤ Much love to you both ❤🤟

[@findingxanadulife]

Hey guys..! I (Alison) grew up with lots of westerns, but you really didn't need to know anything about them to have fun at MiniHollywood. I wish that we'd had the time and money to check out the others. Maybe on the way back. I wished the show had been longer, but the saloooon was awesome. The castle was incredible, we concur. The Moorish influence is everywhere. Hopefully nothing else will need fixing when you go to visit either. 🤪 Yes, we eventually stumbled upon the 'held for review' section. We had some absolute corkers on our Benidorm video. I have the mouth of a sailor at times, but a couple even made my hair curl. I did like the fact that our video should inspire such passion in people, to comment negatively, with such flourish. I wish I could remember them all, but one of the softer ones said we were 'pompous' male body parts. I have always loved the word pompous, so they got extra points for that. 🤩 Happy catching up. Much love as always 😘🥰💜🤟

[@comealongdear]

@findingxanadulife well I'm glad it's not just us, I think everyone must get those comments once you've put enough videos out there. But yes, at least the creative ones deserve a clap for such vitriolic passion. You're welcome to be unpleasant in the comments, but please put the effort in properly if you do 😂

[@findingxanadulife]

@comealongdear Absolutely. We want them to make us laugh with their unusual and interesting use of the English language, not just stick to boring 4 letter words. A 5 year old child could do that. Try throwing in a Shakespearian insult or three...🤣🤣💜🤟

[@comealongdear]

@@findingxanadulife 😂❤️

[@findingxanadulife]

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[@1650million]

I know most KZbin videos have a significant delay before you manage to upload them, but it you´re stll around the area, I would recommend to visit in Almeria "The sea of plastic", or "Europe´s Garden" (depending on how you want to market it), which is one of the very few human-made structures than can be seen from Space, other than the the Great Wall of China. I recently watched a video about it (whose name I cannot recall), but it´s truly impressive. Best!

[@findingxanadulife]

Hi..! We drove through the area. The strangest thing about it, was that all the greenhouses seemed empty when we were there. Nothing growing in any of them. Very bizarre. Did the video that you watched, say what they normally grow..? Thanks for your comment. 😘💜🤟

[@1650million]

@@findingxanadulife No idea why they looked empty when you were around. Or maybe I do, since it´s basically a gigantic area where the crops are grown inside, covered by plastic, so even if you looked around, you probably couldn´t see much. I wish I could tell you the exact name of the video I watched, but anyway, I know for a fact there´s plenty of vids about it. I just remember it was a vid by a KZbinr with many subscribers which was released a short time ago. Anyway, the point being if it´s calle.d the "Garden of Europe", it´s because the extraordinary amount of fruits and vegetables produced in that area, which are regularly consumed in the UK, Germany, Norway, etc. Certainly not the nicest area to drive around, but hey, they´re working... ;) Best!

[@findingxanadulife]

@1650million As we drove through the area, we could see into the growing areas and it looked like there was nothing planted in the ground. Just wooden posts to hold the roof structure or maybe for growing plants on..? We have driven through a similar area in the Alicante region and could see all the fruit trees under the covers. We kind of expected it to be the same. We'll have to have a look for a video on it. It may not be much to look at, but it's still interesting non the less. 👍 💜🤟

[@JoFin123]

@@findingxanadulife We just watched a KZbin video about the "Garden of Europe" yesterday. If I remember correctly, it's just too hot to grow crops in the in the summer months. Spring, autumn and winter are growing seasons. 🤟

[@findingxanadulife]

@JoFin123 Perfect Jo..! Thank-you. Freaky coinkidink again..! 🤪💜🤟

[@shelaghmoore-h4f]

OMG It gets worse and ., AlMeerria. Motorways. You are unintentionally the saddest/funniest people on YT You told me to watch more! So I did. It is still painful., You lived in Valencia. Benidorm is in Valencia?! You really need to get your act together. This is embarrassing to watch.

[@findingxanadulife]

Oh well, thanks for giving it a go 🤟♥️

[@shelaghmoore-h4f]

@@findingxanadulife Hahaha. So no in intention to improve then. I see you have 63 views. th last time I looked. Wow! That must be the entire 2 families! And the parrot!

[@shelaghmoore-h4f]

@@findingxanadulife Hahah. You are consistent. I will give you that. This had 63 views, the last time I looked, That must be both sides of the family and the parrot. Well done. My point has always been you are crap at this. It is Dull, uninteresting and is boring as hell., So you went to a place that most of us did 30 years ago You can't even pronounounce things propoerly "ALmeeria" Even th Pogues got it right. You are wandering around like 2 Benidom Bennies who have just rtealised Spain doesn't begin and end there. It is embatassing to watch. . I assume you are doing this in the hope of making money? At the mnoment opu need to be paying Us. You are totally clueless, have nothin g of value to say and woander about like 2 people who haver been abandoned by their nurse It is DULL. and I have beter things to do with my time

[@jaymuller1369]

@@shelaghmoore-h4f Wow what a hater you are!

[@findingxanadulife]

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