Never been to Alicante - too many Brits ;-)

LOL!!! Sounds like Agios Nikolaos in Crete. All you see are signs for full English breakfast and Fish and Chips <g>. Well, that's not all. That is the thing with Brits - they don't really want to leave home. All they want is some sun.

I fantasize about living in Barcelona - but of course that isn't Spain - that's Catalunya.

I did not like Barcelona much at all - it is my least favorite place in Spain that I have been to. Las Ramblas was cute and the Gaudi architecture was interesting, but that was it. As a matter of fact, it is the only place that we have traveled that someone actually tried to rob us.