This is How People Live in RURAL & FORGOTTEN Spain 🇪🇸

Rural Spain videos:
@RealLifeLore Did a video on population and demographics in Spain so I thought I'd go an adventure Northern Spain to find out for myself. Bald and Bankrupt is always showing Eastern Europe, but in this video I bring you to the abandoned ghost villages of Western Europe - this time in Northern Spain. It's hard to believe there are places like this in Western Europe (Asturias Spain) in 2022.. Whilst on the Camino de Santiago I discovered several desolate and empty ghost towns/villages where some people still inhabit the villages.

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Adventure Elliot is a bilingual travel vlogger (English and Spanish) with a particular interest in the Spanish speaking world. I enjoy taking adventures - big or small - and my goal is to show the Spanish speaking world 1 video at a time.
The goal of my channel is simple yet complex: I want to document and share authentic & educational content of anything related to Adventure Travel, Geography, & Language in the Spanish-speaking world. It's kind of a loaded topic, but it allows me to never exhaust my creative outlets. The truth is, I've always been extremely passionate about what I'm doing on my channel, but I never properly documented it when I started adventuring as a younger man in my college years. I've made over 150 Youtube videos in both English and Spanish, and I have aspirations to make 1000s more. If that sounds interesting to you, join the community and follow me along the way.. After all, we're just getting started.

[AdventureElliot]

I made a few mistakes in the video.. 1) I said 300-400 centuries. Obviously I meant years.
2) I said people live for free or next to nothing. What I meant to say is that people live cheaply and most people have owned their houses for generations, and if they rent, it’s very cheap.
3) Apparently I spoke in the “tú” form too much which is informal. However, since living in Spain, it’s easy to get used to saying “tú” as opposed to “usted” which is only used in a formal setting or with elders. In Costa Rica I used “usted” for almost everyone as it’s a custom there, but if you do that in Spain it’s a bit odd. Honest mistake..

If you want more rural Spain videos and curious places, check out this playlist: Rural Spain
I hope you liked the video. More to come!

[DaniRunds]

I'm from Spain and I'm not sure why, but when you were talking with Maria Luisa (not Mariela) something triggered in me and I had to weep, people from this generation are the most honest, humble, friendly and hard working people you can ever imagine, after the civil war they built almost from scratch an amazing country for their children and grandchildren (like myself). Soon this generation will be gone forever, and with them one of the main aspects which makes Spain so wonderful and unique.

[jiveturkeeymc]

Being from Northern Portugal, this was beautiful to watch for the fact that northern regions of both Portugal (Viana do Castelo and Porto) and Spain (Asturias and Galicia) are extremely similar in terms of culture, mannerisms and way of speaking. Love my brothers from Spain!

[emiliosanudoortiz]

Cuando el señor dice que no le gusta la capital, no se refiere a Madrid en exclusiva, él está haciendo referencia a las ciudades o poblaciones grandes en general; en Asturias "la capital" se trataría de lugares como Oviedo, Gijón o Aviles. Normalmente la gente mayor de las aldeas o pueblos de Cantabria, Asturias o Galicia, se sienten muy a disgusto en las ciudades "grandes".

[christiana.v.w]

I have been abroad for long, but I am Asturian; and when I saw this video, it was like I could smell our fields again, and the accent of the 85 years abuelina, my eyes became wet.

[spam]

As someone with a lot of family from Appalachia who's studying in Spain, Asturias reminds me a lot of Appalachia. Beautiful nature, nice people, small mountain towns, but very few opportunities forcing most of the young people to leave for bigger cities. It's sad to see an area be so beautiful but with no opportunities for growth. I haven't had an opportunity to visit Asturias yet, but I have visited Basque country and it was the closest I have felt to home since moving to Spain

[davidtaylor-hgbz]

We bought a house in the hills above a place called sotrondio, the best thing we ever did. Asturian people are really friendly and hard working and have welcomed us into the village with open arms😊

[nickh]

Seeing the 82 year old Tino is so amazing, full of wisdom & literally a wise old gentleman & is at peace with life. So humble 🤗🇪🇦

[TravelAddictGuy]

You did a wonderful job of showing how life is in a pueblo in Northern, Spain. That was fantastic!

[georgecosta]

The first woman you spoke with broke my heart? When you left there was a sadness in her face? It must be challenging to be in a small village, never having left or ventured about the world.
My mother, who’s 94, is from a small town in Galicia and the paisaje is very similar.
We lived, in the U.S, for over sixty years and this video brought back some great memories from my childhood. Thanks for sharing this video.

[xalau]

So proud of my asturian people, always friendly

[kevinadams]

Great job, Elliot. Love your style and your respectful way with these people - unlike many other 'travel bloggers'. Stay the way you are and continue with these videos. You are a great ambassador for our country when such people are greatly needed!

[nick_playzvr]

I love it. I’m Cuban and my grandmothers were from Asturias, from Buelna de Llanes. They came to Cuba in 1917. My dreams is to be able to retire there. Thank you for sharing this

[Explode-Arena]

This video deserved more views! Thank you for showing us the rural areas of Spain!

[privatepilot]

I spent 6 months in Spain when I was in the Navy, in Rota. I loved the Spanish people! So much culture!

[yossarianmnichols]

This is the first European travel video I have seen that actually stimulated my desire go there.

[alexdetrojan]

Wow that 85 year old lady you talked to was so sweet. I wish i could speak spanish, i could see myself living in that area no problem. Glad i discovered your channel. 👍

[tedrzepski]

Glad I stumbled on this film. Glad to hear an American speak Spanish competently. We walked part of the Francis route right before covid. The local people were also nice. I'm going to vie your other films about Spain. I'm particularly interested in the effects of the Spanish Civil War. Thanks

[KettleCamping]

Fascinating to see these remote and near-ghost towns. The people whom you meet and speak with add such a rich dimension to the experience. Thanks for taking us along! Cheers desde 🇨🇦!

[rupertsimmington]

I'm from London originally but have been living in Galicia for nearly 25 years . . . Moving here was one of the best decisions I ever made . . .