I am American

You can never truly appreciate your country until you leave it for a significant amount of time. This is how I feel. There were things about the US that I didn´t even know I loved until I didn´t have them any more. So this post will be about the differences I have noticed between Spain and the US, or just observations about Spain in general. I´ll probably keep udating this throughout the next few days, as I return to the US and notice more things.

1. Spaniards are NEVER on time.

2. Spaniards have long days and even longer nights.

3. Spaniards do not know what customer service is.

4. It is acceptable to smoke nearly wherever you want here in Spain.

5. Spaniards are always smoking.

6. There is no free water in Spain.

7. Dinner is commonly served around nine or ten at night, and it´s not uncommon to see people eating at a bar at 11:00 at night.

8. "Breakfast" means coffee.

9. Mid day naps are acceptable.

10. Air conditioning is not common in a lot of buildings.

11. Beggars will come up to you and they will shadow you.

12. Trash is always all over the street and parks.

13. There is no concept of personal space here in Spain.

14. Spaniards are completely impatient when it comes to the metro.

15. Don´t expect to find many businesses open from 2pm to 5pm.

16. Don´t expect any business other than some bars and restaurants open on Sunday.

17. Spaniards drive like crazy people.

18. French fries are very common here in Spain.

19. There is a lot more art here in Madrid.

20. There are two sides to an escalator: the standing side, and the walking side.
21. Spaniards do not use mustard.
22. Restaurants don´t give free refills here in Spain.
23. English (especially American) music is popular here. Real popular.
24. There is much more PDA here, especially in the metro.
25. Bathrooms never have paper towels, and some never have toilet paper.
26. They only have roll-on deodorant here. Ew!
27. They don't like peanut butter!