1. In Spain people don’t smile much at strangers. You know how in the states, esp. Georgia, you might smile and say hi as you walk by someone- Yeah don’t do that here. Our teacher told us that basically if you are a girl you shouldn’t smile at any guy you don’t know- apparently it means you’re easy. This has been a really funny thing to learn because one of the girls will be laughing about something, accidentally smile at a guy and suddenly realize he thinks she’s coming onto him.
2. You can tell who is an American here by looking to see if they have their nails done or painted. Getting them done here is really expensive so no one does.
3. Guys here are really metro and many are guidos. Our teacher told us that the men here get full body waxes.
4. People really do sunbath here topless, whether they should or not (even the grandmothers).
5. There is zero modesty on PDA here with couples- be prepared to see couples making out everywhere.
6. The time schedule is very different. They start their day more at about 9 or 10am, they don’t eat lunch till 2:30ish and have siesta from 2-5ish. The stores are closed from 2-6ish and then they reopen. They eat dinner some time between 9:00-10:30. And the Spaniards could give the athens downtown kids a run for their money. If you want to go out here you have to wait till after 12 and if you are Spanish you don’t go back home till sunrise.
7. They use mayonnaise a lot here. Also a TON of soup. They don’t really drink soda, just a lot of water. They eat a lot of seafood in this area. The biggest difference is the times they eat, like I mentioned earlier. Lunch is also the biggest meal of the day and dinner is more like the size of our lunch. So far the new things I have tried are: A. shark, which tastes like fish, B. Pea soup with an egg cooked in the pea juice. C. tortilla espanola, which is potatoes and really good. D. the icecream here is to die for…
8. Spaniards can be loud. Especially when you are trying to sleep at 2 am and they are just going out for the night.
9. All the guys here with dogs have little lap dogs, it’s kind of funny…
10. The bachata is not the dance for me…
11. Rallies attract all the same people no matter what country you are in…
12. The daytime t.v. here is really funny- I have seen way too many episodes of a combo of Judge joe brown and Maury.
13. The word here for being picky is: tinky sminky… no joke
more to come….
flat out awesome.
4. gross.
5. words that came to mind when i read this one. story of your life, duh, haha, and ew.
pretty much in that order.
oh and i love 13. rhyme 5, spain, rhyme 5.
we are waiting for more posts!!!! Need them!!!