20 ways to know you’ve become a local
The longer Brits live in Spain
The following list highlights some of the eccentricities of Spanish living that are now an everyday occurrence for expats.
1) You think adding lemonade or coke to red wine is perfectly
acceptable.
2) You can’t get over how early bars and clubs shut back home.
3) You aren’t just surprised that the plumber/decorator has turned up on time; you’re surprised he turned up at all.
4) You’ve been part of a botellon.
5) Not giving every new acquaintance two kisses seems so rude.
6) On MSN you sometimes type ‘jajaja’ instead of ‘hahaha’
7) You think aceite is a vital part of every meal. And you don’t understand how anyone could think olive oil on toast is weird.
8) A bull’s head on the wall of a bar isn’t a talking point; it’s just a part of the decor.
9) You’re amazed when TV ad breaks last less than half an hour.
10) You forget to say please when asking for things – you implied it in your tone of voice, right?
11) You don’t see sunflower seeds as a healthy snack – they’re just what all the cool kids eat.
12) Every sentence you speak contains at least one of these words: ‘bueno,’ ‘coño,’ ‘vale,’ ‘venga,’ ‘pues nada’…
13) You know what resaca means. And you had one at least once a week when you lived inSpain
14) You eat lunch after 2pm and would never even think of having your evening meal before 9pm.
15) You know that after 2pm there’s no point in going shopping, you might as well just have a siesta until 5pm.
16) You know how to change a gas bottle or bombona.
17) On a Sunday morning, you have breakfast before going to bed, not after you get up.
18) The fact that all the male (or female) members of a family have the same first name doesn’t surprise you.
19) You know that the mullet didn’t just happen in the 80s. It is alive and well inSpain
20) You know the difference between ‘cojones’ and ‘cajones’, ‘tener calor’ and ‘estar caliente’, ‘bacalao’ and ‘bakalao’…and maybe you learned the differences the hard way!
2) You can’t get over how early bars and clubs shut back home.
3) You aren’t just surprised that the plumber/decorator has turned up on time; you’re surprised he turned up at all.
4) You’ve been part of a botellon.
5) Not giving every new acquaintance two kisses seems so rude.
6) On MSN you sometimes type ‘jajaja’ instead of ‘hahaha’
7) You think aceite is a vital part of every meal. And you don’t understand how anyone could think olive oil on toast is weird.
8) A bull’s head on the wall of a bar isn’t a talking point; it’s just a part of the decor.
9) You’re amazed when TV ad breaks last less than half an hour.
10) You forget to say please when asking for things – you implied it in your tone of voice, right?
11) You don’t see sunflower seeds as a healthy snack – they’re just what all the cool kids eat.
12) Every sentence you speak contains at least one of these words: ‘bueno,’ ‘coño,’ ‘vale,’ ‘venga,’ ‘pues nada’…
13) You know what resaca means. And you had one at least once a week when you lived in
14) You eat lunch after 2pm and would never even think of having your evening meal before 9pm.
15) You know that after 2pm there’s no point in going shopping, you might as well just have a siesta until 5pm.
16) You know how to change a gas bottle or bombona.
17) On a Sunday morning, you have breakfast before going to bed, not after you get up.
18) The fact that all the male (or female) members of a family have the same first name doesn’t surprise you.
19) You know that the mullet didn’t just happen in the 80s. It is alive and well in
20) You know the difference between ‘cojones’ and ‘cajones’, ‘tener calor’ and ‘estar caliente’, ‘bacalao’ and ‘bakalao’…and maybe you learned the differences the hard way!
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