Aaaah you have to love the Southern European culture. Loud conversations so that everyone else can hear one another and compete for the loudest voice, a disorganization that somehow flows and works because everyone expects it, coffees are recognized as higher priority than anything else (thank god for that)...
Being in London was fun, although I felt reminiscent of my own culture and yet somehow felt as though I am half Spanish now...somehow I am in both cultures and I'm not sure how to rectify that. Or if it should be rectified. In any case, I'm now home in Madrid and the sun is out / it almost seems as though spring is here! I'm happy to be back home where beer and food isn't expensive, where the weather is pleasant, and the people are curious about your wellbeing!
Mar 13, 2011
Mar 5, 2011
UK train v Spain train experience
My first few minutes at Heathrow airport and I'm already in culture shock...
1. Silence in a full room! Odd!
Nobody yelling? In fact the Spaniards and Italians stick out like a sore thumb due to their bountiful voices
2. The guy on the intercom was so nice as to announce someone lost their ticket
3. Sitting down on the train, everyone sits by the window so as to allow others to sit by them
(In Spain since everyone prefers the aisle, they always sit down at the aisle and make everyone else jimmy into a window seat. I've even noticed this at the movie theaters)
--- Sara June
Mar 1, 2011
Smoker's section
Nice adhoc way of putting together a "legal" smoking section right outside the restaurant.
A sign that Spain is dealing with the new law, slowly but surely!
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