Friday, October 24, 2008

The Strange and the Odd

One of the coolest things about living in a new country is experiencing all the strange and new things. Here are just a few:

1. The Food. Lot's of things about the food I like - chocolate for breakfast, lots of fruits. But other things I don't - salad dressing is not common and NO Ranch. They have olive oil, lemon juice, and vinegar for the salads but not much else. It's very sad. They also serve bread for EVERY meal and there are always tomatoes for breakfast.

2. No lined paper. It has been hard for me to get used to the fact that they do not use lined paper - only graph paper.

3. Everyone in Spain has 2 last names. I believe they get one from the mother and father.

4. 24 hour clocks & the metric system. Everything is done in military time. This was hard to get used to at first but it's better now. But when the signs say things in grams, kilos, etc. I have no idea what that really means. Celsius is definitely the worst! What do you wear when the temperature says its 17* Celsius??

The world is just a crazy place!



4 comments:

Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra said...

So, you want Ranch Salad Dressing for Christmas?
Mom

Tammi Williams said...

Love the photos!

Aunt Tammi

Anonymous said...

Tristinn:

Happy Birthday to you! For once your birthday doesn't have to be a ghoulish affair. They don't celebrate Halloween in Spain, do they? Send us photos of how you celebrate. We miss you and love you.

Aunt Tammi

Tristinn said...

no necesito ranch dressing pero gracias!