Spain, a land blighted by religion

"When, in company with Mrs. Lewis, I boarded the S.S. Rotterdam on February 6th and sailed for the port of Cardiz, it was not the Spain that had been so cruel to my forebears that I cherished visiting, but romantic Spain, a country of charm and beauty and song: of beautiful seniority’s ands brave caballeros; a Spain of magnificent castles and brilliant sunsets; of moonlit nights with reflection of the stars glittering like myriads of diamonds upon the matchless blue of the Mediterranean."