Funny enough, I think photos do a phenomenal job of depicting what they literally look like.
The thing that you can never prepare for is the visceral, caveman reaction you have in your spine, gut, and soul when you’re looking up at the sky and seeing exactly what you’ve seen in photos. That shit simply should not be in the sky and your amygdala knows it. 10/10 experience.
I'm not a religious person at all, but seeing that, you'll understand the feeling of staring God in the face. Best way I can describe it. I truly pitty anyone who doesn't have the chance to experience it at least once.
It seems that you didn’t have enough breathtaking experience to motivate the cost. I saw one in Hungary in 1999 and I thought it was fantastic but I wouldn’t say it’s the most important memory of my life.
So worth it. The penultimate one was only a few hours from where I lived and I took the day off to go see it with my daughter. Huge bonding experience. Much less planned. Ended up pulling off onto a country road in a corn field and it was just us two.
The this last one, it was a little further away and decided to rent an Airbnb for it in the mountains of Arkansas (happen to catch the Airbnb before the prices raised due to the eclipse). This had more planning and we found a spot to go to beforehand at a scenic lookout at the top of the mountains. Much more people.
One of my kids was 3 and an eclipse landed in the middle of her nap time. She was a grumpy person and I really regret not finding a way for her to enjoy it. It was cool for me though.
If it won't bankrupt you, or destroy your retirement, this will probably become a core memory for your kids, and they will think fondly on it long after the event. I hope you have a great time! Plus, Spain is a great country!
I wnat to do it too.
But it's the south south south.
Long tavel time, even from France.
And ther's only like one city in it this time, meaning prices will be sky high :/
It happened where I live this Summer(yes, also Spain). I live on an area where it was a 100% total. It was cool, I saw it on the country with my family. But honestly, if you live far it is not worth it to spend a lot of money just to see it. The cool part last like 1 minute and that's it. What made it amazing to me was seeing it from my family's house in which I spend the summers, seeing it all suddenly go dark while the neighbours were making a barbecue and my little cousins and the cats were around
Yep, worth it. We were lucky that the 2018 total eclipse in the us went right through our town. Total darkness and the crickets chirping for 2 minutes.
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u/Spiritual_Heron_77 8h ago
The number of people who have said this is making me feel better about spending a small fortune to go see the eclipse in Spain with my kids.