India, April 7 -- Spain has the longest network of motorways in Europe at over 15,000 km and many of Spain's motorways, called the Autovia, have been built or improved in the past two decades, thanks to money from the European Union. While I have driven in Spain in the past, they have mainly been short loops around Barcelona and I have always wanted to drive through the Iberian Peninsula. Coupled with my desire to knock off another major historical monument from my bucket list, which was the grand fortress of Alhambra in Granada and the Nasrid Palaces inside, I zeroed in on a drive from Madrid to the province of Andalusia, and after being offered a car from Ford, the trip was a go. I was travelling with my mother and we would cover over 1...