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The Spanish Siesta Explained
Let’s talk about the Spanish siesta, how it works and why, and whether or not Spaniards have a nap every single day. As you might expect, our stereotypes about the Spanish siesta have some truth to them, but they also drastically oversimplify and skew the reality, which tends to be complex and nuanced. Here are…
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The Polished British Personality
A facet of British life I dislike, and one I only realised was present after travelling a lot, is the false, overdone personality of many British people. It really is true that we are overpolite, over nice, and yet distant, hard to approach and cold. We are taught, subtly and overtly, to present a squeaky-clean…
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The Spanish Don’t Dine at 10
Let’s address a common myth about Spanish eating habits, which is that they have dinner at 10pm every day. The Spanish don’t have dinner at 10pm, at least not dinner as we know it. You see, the Spanish dinner is a bit different. In the US, the UK, and many other countries, the dinner is…
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My First Culture Shock
I’d like to share my first ever culture shock, which happened when I was on holiday with my family as a 10-year-old. We visited Turkey for two weeks on a low-cost package holiday in a run-of-the-mill hotel, equipped with swimming pool, sunbeds and bar, and filled with Brits just like ourselves. You’d be forgiven for…
Author: The European
