Between Galicia and Spain

Few weeks ago I came back from Spain where I was on Erasmus. I spent 4 months in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of the region called Galicia. Honestly, I can assure that it's one of the most beautiful and pictueresque regions in Spain situated in the northwest part of the Iberian Peninsula. Lots of Spanish people say that Galicia is not Spain. Are they right? The truth is that Galicia differs a lot from the general idea of Spain, which we know from leaflets and giude books. The location of this region by the Atlantic Ocean causes that the climate is different than in the rest of Spain; the air is fresh and humid. The temperature in summer is much more bearable than in the rest of Spain, but during winter the humidity is so high that the average noticeable temperature is much lower than it is in the reality. I know what I'm saying, I spet there 4 winter months and the weather was awfull. It was raining all the time, what confirms the well-known stereotype that in Galicia it rains a lot. If the weather was so terrible, why I still claim that it's one of the most marvelous places in Spain? It's because of the views. They can compensate even an awfull weather. The landscape seems to be taken from a XIX^th century novels. In the landscape predominate small hills and large rivers. The green of the plants influences people's mood soothingly. Coming back to the differences between Galicia and the rest of Spain, apart from weather and landscape, also the language is different. The most of people who lives in Galicia speak Galician, which is similar to Portugal. Galicia isn't a typical Spain, it's much more. Galicia is not only sun, beach and party, it's a place where you want to come back.