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3am last night they were still celebrating on Madrid's main plaza bells. whistles, horns and everything. Today there are probably 100K people congregated at the main road Alcala street in downtown Madrid going crazy. They take soccer really seriously. It's 9 pm there now
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They have a reason to celebrate
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They'll throw a party for every saint and virgin and stop work, eat drink and have fun whenever possible. My son got stuck there on Holy Week and said it was crazy. He was carried by the mass of people, next he knew he was inside a church and everybody was wearing a suit and tie and here is this gringo guy in jeans and a polo shirt. His Spanish ain't great but he can communicate.Sometimes I wish I had a Harry Potter's wand and make people go up into smoke.Comment
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I took my wife and youngest daughter to the airport this morning for a flight to Spain to meet up with my UF teacher daughter that is already over there with some of her students. My teacher daughter went there last summer to do a recon for this year's trip. My granddaughter is with her so they should have a good time together. My wife has been planning this trip for a year and has been studying Spanish for a year with a friend from the gym who is from Spain.
I decided not to go, I'm too beat up. I'm happy here with my dog and granddog and plenty of projects to finish.Comment
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Fuck Spain. I have my reasons for hating that country. And fuck their obsession with soccer. That goes for the rest of Europe as well.Comment
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Well...food is good, wine is good. They don't really like Americans but like any other country if you try to communicate in their language even if it's just a few words they'll treat you right. My son was in the South of Spain a few months ago and said he was treated like shit there, He may have to go back a few times, work related stuff.Sometimes I wish I had a Harry Potter's wand and make people go up into smoke.Comment
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Start work at 10:00 lunch at 12:00 back to work at 13:00 then off to the bar by 17:00 the latest for Tapas. Retvet sorry you had a bad experience but I loved the people and the country. I was in Europe and hooked up with my neighbor where she was attending classes at a university in Barcelona. Played some 'Football' with the locals then they taught me how to do Tapas bar hopping.
Tried to eat meat at one bar and it was tougher than cast iron. It was bull meat from the local bull fight. I spit it out. Fred I can communicate in Spanglish just enough to know when its time to exit a bar over their. "Mata al Gringo"
Tapas are small, flavorful Spanish appetizers or snacks designed to be shared. Served hot or cold, they range from simple olives to complex seafood. Eating tapas is a vibrant social custom: friends hop from bar to bar, standing at counters while enjoying these small bites with drinks. [1, 2, 3, 4]
spain tapas - Google SearchComment
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Food poisoning my first trip for a week back in mid 80's. Robbed during my second trip about 10 years ago. Most of the Spaniards I dealt with had an attitude against Americans.Comment
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My son just got back from sail 250 and he said the Spanish navy guys are a lot of fun and party hard.Comment
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When I was a kid, living in Mallorca, Spain, a group of Spanish kids from the mainland challenged a group of us American and Canadian kids to a game of soccer. They were having fun when they were winning against us. When we started catching up, each goal we scored, they'd throw a fit. When we got ahead of them, they quit. So, then we told them that now we'll play American Football. They started in, "No no no no!" and went home. Pussies.Comment
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REtVet, yes, you have to be careful, them gypsies work in groups and will pick your wallet and take your underwear without you realizing it. It ha penned to my brother in Barcelona and he's been there a few times, he was in the subway and just before the doors closed he sees his wallet being thrown back inside with all the money inside, someone caught the guys and grabbed the wallet from them and returned it. Sorry about your food poisoning, normally they are very careful and proud of their culinary skills.
Garandnut, Spaniards say they work to live, they don't live to work. The open shop at 9 am, close by 1 pm, re-open by 3 or 4 pm and work until 7-8 pm, don't rush them. My wife and I had to sit and eat tapas for a couple of hours until a store we were trying to get to re-opened later in the day.
It's a different life style.Sometimes I wish I had a Harry Potter's wand and make people go up into smoke.Comment
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