I've read a lot of people say that the Spanish don't mind the British influx at all, but I've had a few of experiences in my limited travels in Spain so far that suggests to me thats not entirely true.

For example, I was getting my bag x-rayed in the entrance to one of the museums in Madrid and was slightly flumexed when spoken to in rapid fire Spanish. After picking up my bag when it came out the scanner one of the security barked nastilly 'Learn Spanish'. That was a bit unpleasant as I spend 2 hours each day learning Spanish and have no intention of being the type of Brit who has no wish to integrate.

Mayby I'm oversensitive or mayby I've just been unlucky but I'm a little bit worried after reading about the Lewis Hamilton affair. I'm not a PC fanatic but there are some legal and social protections against racism in Spain aren't there?