Spanish Troops Receive New Year Morale Boost from King Juan Carlos

As 2007 drew to a close, King Juan Carlos of Spain boosted morale of the Spanish troops serving in Afghanistan by paying them an early morning visit. While in Herat, he inspected the troops and cheered up patients at the base hospital. Afterwards, the king rang in the New Year at the Spanish Embassy in Kuwait incorporating Spain’s tradition of eating twelve grapes at midnight.