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number one the first thing I noticed when I got to Spain is that no one is in a hurry no one's
in a rush to do anything really people there just don't really have a sense of urgency or
a sense of anxiety rather to get stuff done yeah I found this don't make sense of urgency they've
been a great they've gonna grab your head no bro I don't even know how to structure this properly but
if you say sense of urgency they're gonna probably think you're trying to be rude but um you know you
got to put that in a different terminology because they gonna get your ass because I do understand
that she's just saying that they don't live life in a rush whereas Americans would go by day day by
day and they just like oh my gosh and everything is just panic mode gotta you know crunch crunch
crunch Work Hard Die Young type stuff they just take it slowly and just do what is necessary
really free another person who struggles with anxiety a lot and I feel like in America we're
always driving fast we're always walking really fast trying to get to the next thing but in Spain
you'll notice that people even walk slower in Spain I appreciated the pace of the Spanish
life the walking got to me a few times because I'm so tall and I'm naturally walk really fast
that was an adjustment but I really appreciate how Spaniards do take their time America is very much
built on convenience convenience and getting things done as quickly as possible whereas in
Spain things take a little bit more time but it's a nice it's a nice change of pace number two PDA
wow um they're not afraid to show it there I went to there's a park called
and I would go there all the time with my friends and I saw a lot of things there
um people are not afraid to show affection which I appreciate but it's just very different by the
end of the year I was numb to it and it was normal to me but I remember I went on
what the freak is a PDA man what is a pedia hold on let me let me let me let me check it out
PDA
that's a PDA
yo what is a PDA I'm getting a lot of drugs here
but these are all stuff about Finland like bro I live in Finland right now so everything that
I pop up on the internet to search for is gonna be a freaking finish and like not a Finnish language
but it's going to be related to Finland and I'm getting a lot of like drugs type stuff
like you know like the freak is a PDA bro ate with a guy in that Madrid and we got this bar
and people were like making out there and stuff and I was like is this allowed like
is is this coach or is this okay I mean I mean why wouldn't it be allowed though
what I mean you do what you got to do just don't get too deep in it man or are we kicking you out
kids here yeah they're just kissing like it's just very different in the states people might
be like hey guys like relax relax get out here like go home whereas in Spain it's just very
it's very normal people are very touchy number three high volume is very normal
so people in Spain just tend to talk louder I remember when I was a teaching assistant all
the teachers at my school talked really loud to where you really couldn't hear yourself in
a room if you weren't projecting your voice really loudly I wasn't used to that but it was fun to see
that it was just a normal thing it's not because people were mad it's just the volume that they're
used to talking at number four physical touch is highly valued in Spain when you greet people
you do the kisses on their cheeks and it's not actually on their cheeks it's just on the side
but it's such a cute um such a cute greeting and people are just very touchy and in an appropriate
way but it's different like Spanish people will stand closer to you and that takes some getting
used to I remember the teacher that I worked for she was almost like motherly to her students she
would braid the girls hair and do give them a lot of hugs and I just thought it was really sweet so
physical touch is a huge thing number five one of my favorites the party never ends in Spain
how do people survive in clothes bro with all them flashing lights good God man I've been a
little homeboys day one day two day three day 500. it's crazy I ain't gonna hold you if you
party party hard but um not me I can't do it and that's the reason why I live in Finland right
when it comes to partying there's always a theater going on my friends and I One Time decided to
go to the club and we got there at 3 45 in the morning and it was fully packed there was still
a line outside to get in and we ended up leaving at about 7 A.M and the streets were full of people
pets who were partying from the night before so I did get really tired my circadian rhythm was
absolutely destroyed after a year in Spain but it was just so much fun to always be with people and
I could walk home at like five in the morning and feel safe because there was so many people in the
streets that I didn't have to worry about like walking down the street by myself it sounds to
me like New York like with all that you know uh lifestyle like y'all don't know what it's like to
be in New York I'm telling you that you do not know right and I'm telling you it's it's it's
different like I don't think there will be ever anywhere in this world that I could possibly visit
or go to or live and actually experience a similarity like to New York if I ever say a
places like New York I'm simply saying that it is comparable uh to other places and when it is
uh compared to other places the end result is more of something like New York rather than something
like uh you know freaking suburb where ain't nobody there outside if you know what I mean
you're good
about Spanish culture I would be walking around maybe at like nine at night and
there would be a lot of older people just sitting out on their tadasana their Terrace
drinking wine on a work night and I just thought that was so cool that
you'll find that even you know middle-aged people will go and take like dance classes
at night just because it's fun having fun is highly valued in Spain and there doesn't have
to be an efficient purpose for everything you can just do something because because you enjoy
it other countries do that too but I think it's it's more highly valued in Spain for sure number
seven the fences around the houses this one really shocked me now I lived in the center of foreign
what's your favorite Crush bang Crush dime it's good time it's good in an apartment so I didn't
see this until I got outside of the city to other parts of Spain most of the homes that I
saw had fences where you couldn't even see the house you could see the roof basically I think
that Spaniards really loved to be together but they also value their privacy which is
a good thing and I asked a mom one time like why is your fence so high she was like I like
my privacy like I like my neighbors but I don't want them to see what I do and I was
like okay there's this thing in Spain meaning that we are together but we have our individual
space I like you I want to be alone too I like that so nah I like that that reminds
me of something that you would have here in Finland it's a culture where you know space is
there but incorporate you know the family type stuff so I like you but get out of my property
fences like that before number eight men are a bit more forward in staying when
it's like dating if you're going out with your friends chances are a man will probably
ask you to dance I found that more more men approached me in Spain than they do in the U.S
American guy she said she was tall and I think there's a thing with American guys they're not
necessarily um you know confident in certain situations whereas like if it's a woman who's
taller or a woman who seems like you know a certain type of uh you know I don't know how to
explain it but maybe they get intimidated by you but um in Spain not so much I guess but definitely
I think American dudes will definitely step to you a lot um if a Spanish man likes you he's going to
let you know obviously there's some shy people but the majority I just found were very forward
very to the point like I like you I want to take you out I want to show you the city obviously they
knew I was American but I found that Spanish men also really took pride in their home which
I loved like it's very fun to see someone else's home and most of the times when I went on dates
with Spanish guys they'd be like let me show you Madrid let me show you the city I want to
take you here and they're really proud of their home but yes definitely more forward
I found that people on the metro public transportation in general definitely stared
longer than I was used to they'll just look at you not because they're angry but they just
think that something's interesting maybe they're thinking about your hair or the shoes that you
have on or the coat or they're wondering what your life is like I don't know but staring is
kind of a normal thing there it's not really considered super rude from what I found maybe
I'm wrong but it was very common whereas in the United States if you stare at someone
it's like hey what are you doing trying to do but in Spain it's pretty normal today number
10 most Spaniards are really great at speaking English but none of them think that they are
they all think that they're bad at English but the majority of Spaniards that I met were really
good at English or at least new common words and phrases and were able to carry a conversation
maybe some of the older folks I met only spoke Spanish which is fine like most people did know
some English though however none of them felt confident and that made me a little sad because
they were really good at English but they just didn't believe in themselves maybe someone has
told them that they're not good at English English is also highly valued in the school systems
children are taught English from a very young age so definitely leave me a comment if you live
no that was a beautiful video I think I think I like her positivity and you know attitude towards
uh Spain I can't wait to see more videos of her uh in Spain if she has any more and uh
other people videos so uh if you all want to leave suggestions in the comment section down
below feel free to do that I really appreciate it but for now guys I gotta get up out of here so
um yeah you know talk to me in the comment section but for now guys I'm out of here peace