I thought it would be a great idea to cover some history of the Spanish flag seeing as the start of the working week is so inspirational. Monday is lunes in Spanish which is similar to the English word lunatic...just saying. To cut a long post short I'll just give you a link here to the explanation of the coat of arms because it is a lot longer than what I previously thought and my hopes of some quick research was mercilessly dashed on this fine lunes. I'll give you a low down on the colours though. The red and yellow stripes don't mean anything. They have always been part of Spain and this is evident throughout their history on shields and flags of all sorts of kingdoms, organisations, royal seals, blogs, etc. One story is that it represents the bull fights. Red for the blood and yellow for the sand but that's all very romantic in a violent gladiator kind of way that only men will get. The other is that the Spanish king apparently adorned his armada with the colours to easily differentiate them from the others. That makes more sense to me. "¡Hey Pablo! Stop shotting at us, we're on the same team. ¿What do I have to do? Wave a big red and yello...I just thought of something."
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