I’ve been there before. In the 70s, we sailed (well, steamed) out of Cadiz and Rota and were restricted to the base unless we knew enough Spanish (or went with shipmates who spoke Spanish) to keep out of trouble with La Guardia Civil. My best friend on the boat was a Texas border resident Spanish speaker and I had a couple junior high school years of Spanish, and we enjoyed the locality… another command lost a crewman who snuck out and met La Guardia and got shot.
I’ve been there before. In the 70s, we sailed (well, steamed) out of Cadiz and Rota and were restricted to the base unless we knew enough Spanish (or went with shipmates who spoke Spanish) to keep out of trouble with La Guardia Civil. My best friend on the boat was a Texas border resident Spanish speaker and I had a couple junior high school years of Spanish, and we enjoyed the locality… another command lost a crewman who snuck out and met La Guardia and got shot.