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5 hours agoDuring that period Cordoba also became one of the first and most advanced learning centers in Europe. The even built sophisticated plumbing and water systems in Granada that was centuries ahead of everyone else at the time. Granada is an absolutely stunning place to visit. And the history of the region is fascinating.
But the modern Spanish are a very proud, conservative people. We met several professional Spaniards who absolutely denied their connection and heritage to Moorish Muslim Spain … they argued that any brown skinned Muslim people were either killed or deported and only pure Christian Spanish were left in their place. We found very people who would agree that at least part of their heritage was connected to Moorish Spain.
You also have to consider barometric pressure and humidity. I find even moderate humidity in winter time combined with low pressure makes it feel miserable, damp and cool … even with a moderate temperature.
20 C in the summer is fine because its moderate humidity, moderate pressure and everything is in equilibrium.
But 20 C in the winter inside a house with a bit high humidity, low pressure makes it feel like the cold is seeping past your skin and into your bones. So the way most people deal with it is to raise the temperature … but it seldom cures the feeling because temperature / humidity / barometric pressure are still not in equilibrium.
The way my family used to deal with it was to turn the house into a literal sauna and raise the temperature to 30 C … I’m Indigenous and this was normal life for me but my wife is non-Indigenous and she gets upset with me if it gets too warm in the house at winter time. I remember camping in the winter time with my dad for hunting / trapping trips in the dead of winter. He’d put on a fire and raise the temperature of the tent or hunt camp up to 40 C or more! I remember one night finding a crack in the wall of a hunt cabin to breathe in cool air because it was so freakin hot inside.