hi guys welcome back to my youtube channel so for the people that do not
follow my channel I'm going to actually put up a number around here or here then
actually start talking about things I was going to be working to paint but if
you like to follow me actually don't live in spain anymore I moved to Asia
about six months ago I want to kind of close the Spanish series life
because it's already over. So if you are interested in hearing any type
of spain video or Spanish please put that in the comments or email me because I
start my asian series lots of fun things going on very interesting things I want
to show you guys okay so let's start the video the first thing I wish I would
have known before I came to Spain was the level of Spanish I came to spain
with no spanish and I recommend people to do it as well but if you are going to
come to Spain get yourself one of those useful phrase books or write down some
useful phrases take classes get your Spanish together get it together it's
going to make your life so much easier Spain it's going to make you feel more
confident to talk to people and just don't everything like it's going to make you
survive a little bit better make your timea lot easier okay the next thing
I wish I would've known was Spanish time time is very similar to black people
time you just have to be patient in spain okay so if you are trying to get
Wi-Fi in your apartment and they say 2 weeks just be ready just be expecting
five weeks okay that just depends on the season if you come in September maybe
even expect six weeks okay getting Wi-Fi your apartment is a very slow process
it's anything and time spanish time and time typically one hi just how long it
be patient you just kind of have to deal with it okay I the next thing I which I
would know what it was bureaucracy I commented this in my other video
but the bureaucracy in Spain is some time to make you do things that
don't really process in our brains why you to like write something in a blue
ink or do certain things or the best way to deal with it is see your things done
early not procrastinate there's just no shortcuts you just have to do it you
have to comply do it as soon as you can and get all the way and in you're
done or you want probably the biggest things I wish I would have kown me
before I came to Spain the bathrooms don't usually have so for toilet paper
so bring yourself some wipes or to let people with you everywhere you got like
everywhere you go I'm not saying Spanish people don't wash their hands
but bathrooms justdon't seem to have soap and when I first moved to spain I thought it was like a
Spanish thing but now that it's been to many other countries I realized that
maybe that's just a Western thing that people just always have soap and toilet
paper in the bathroom I mean not just not like when you go into the bathroom
well you have a toilet when you soap paper paper but many places I don't
have it so bringing your own toilet paper bring down sanitizer something
cover your default is be prepared you kind of have to be very street-smart in
Spain and you have to use emotional intelligence it's yourself through
situation so there's a lot of things that I think are very different really
nice day say once a saying is customer service where people just aren't friendly
if they don't know you know you have to these are emotional intelligence to try
to convince people to want to help you so I mean like that is always smiling
try to use their name try to only be overly friendly even if they're just
having a bad day and with obviously going to help you are like get me
through this day I hate my life you still if you are still really friendly
overly friendly using their name smiling if you want more likely to help you that
if you're getting angry that you were not nice to use your emotional
intelligence and try to make people want to help you when you are lost somewhere
you need to go to bank you go to post office especially when you are speaking
bad spanish and I think it's kind of cute when you're smiling and trying to be lit
up or being like hablas ingles know it's kind of endearing so you've
got to your advantage be happy being positive even if you're just so over
like the last three cashiers or whatever just blew you off is still be overly
happy overly nice and people are in a love you so the next thing is eating
times we all know about the famous siesta from 2-4
everything closes down if you didn't know many restaurants are closed from 2-6
from two to six of they're coming from the European place or other Western places
or really I think in where else in the world except Spain and Italy dinner is
at six but in Spain dinner is not that really so a lot of times you can't
even have dinner that early you know I've been on six o'clock when I wasn't
saying I ain't very late you know sometimes midnight just depends of the
day of the week and I think very late eight o'clock is usually
time nine ten around there the main places are actually don't even serve
dinner at six maybe you go to restaurant a big like
and stuff but dinners into later so be aware that when you're going out to eat
a the same out at lunch party time so I'm from Nebraska and Nebraska pubs
and clubs and bars closed at two o'clock in the morning so to get the most out of
your buzz usually go out around ten o'clock
nobody's partying too much in spain nobody there's not even close open it
unless you're under the age of eighteen just like no you will go to a
bar if you look closer it's not even open yet people don't really get to the
club until 2 am sighs really when it starts going I think people like to take
a lot Metro at one o'clock 1:30 and they get to the club around two o'clock
then you stay until six a.m. and take the metro backhome the last
thing if I the most important thing I wish I went on before I went to Spain is
pickpocketers so when I would just say I'm gonna have a personal I travel I
don't really look into the country very much I just go and check it out for
myself and for my own opinion so I didn't know about the state pocketing
I'm sure if you have written anything about banging or you know about this but
do you want to excuse me for the vital tips and how not a coupon in Spain as
usually watching errors when you're going to Metro or you're into them
complication usually have your phone up like this or something and then and you
text it and you put in your pocket do not do that do not put anything of value
in your pocket ever because these people are so still they go to be pickpocketing
schools to learn how to rob you professionally you will not feel that
you think you will you think you look like you want even the questions you
have there's just a way that they do it it's
just still finding your although like really cute I mean they're called toe
doctors or something when they call that's a zipper pocket and there are
kind of global able to touch your body don't put anything in there going to buy
stuff like doctor you're not tempted to put your phone or a wallet in those
types of pocket I have been to three iPhones in Spain being robbed today
pickpocket in Spain I often do want to say like pick popular in Spain they want
to steal from you without even noticing so if they're gonna leave Ireland you
don't have to worry about it's nothing to be scared of okay it does only need
to be aware of that it happens and vigilance always be vigilant the
collector the second the second you are you put your phone in your pocket
somebody is watching you in the metro you might think there's tons of those
little people hanging out you know there is a lot of people among you sitting in
the vegetables that are pickpocketers and is professional photographers and
they're watching them but it's a foreigner especially you're speaking
less allowing the metro and immediately hardest but not as low more in thought
just be vigilant keep your stuff in your bag it's much easier to keep your hand
over the different but it is to be focusing up
every single pocket of all your stuff so if your man do not put it in your pocket
expecially a back pocket get a man purse you know NASCAR's like it is okay it's
socially acceptable to wear vampers is in Spain that for many packing different
pockets Oh Mexico we are picked on you specifically ought to tell you some
really common ways of people being robbed in Spain and sometimes we only
one time since alors you shouldn't be wearing in general is right at people
coming up to you and talking to you about random stuff in public areas
I'm not saying always people wall up there definitely be aware to stuff to
some random person tries to talk to you that happens to me in my friend was he
went to a club and he was alone by gay bar and these three guys come up to him
and he knew they're gonna try to rob him and it sold an exact copy and he was
home when backwalking you knew they're going to rob him but he just thought
since he was aware they were going to rob him but they were not gonna rob him
and be like him okay so this will do that going to do
that offensive if you are very cautious about other people kind of rowdy who
would you think you're more likely to let approach you entitled people look
great they're children to steal from you it's currently so the biggest scheme in
Spain that I've seen is when your outdoor terrace what happens is your
phone or I'll show you can see I don't know your soul is like on the table if
you're when you're talking to your friend you know I think as a westerner
it's very normal for us to just make phones on the table so what they do if a
kid will come over the paper look like a survey on it and it'd be like oh can you
answer a survey for my school are talking a survey and we would like to
know your opinion it or is it like all it's so great you're so cute yeah corner
and they come over to cover up your phone they take your phone over here
because you're so focused on those paper it was a paper and your phone's gone
maybe you'll notice that it first 10 minutes because you're just talking to
your friend and you were on your phone all of a sudden you get funny like was
my quality language my phone oh because I'm wrong about this little kid that is
a huge thing I was injured and I forgot me to law school that's happened to me
and come visit my friends so leave your father's people take a life you things
will describe your plan go running that happens you will grab your value
learning the best thing to do is take your purse in your lap keep your phone
in your personal life do not select us about of your eyes vigilant always if
you ever see some get pickpocketed or say something I cannot tell you how I
was doing robbed on the metro and I felt like
we're watching and nobody said anything say something be a person is healthy be
vigilant okay but you don't need to be scared
there's no violent crimes really insane not a very to be aware individual
impressive words okay well if you like this video please give me a thumbs up
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