Service in Spain is not worse, is just different than wjat you guys expect. I'm not from Europe and it seemed perfectly pleasant to me. From what I could see from Americans, the issue is that they expected the waitstaff to be at their beck and call and sort of predict what they want and offer stuff. If they have to ask for things and wait a bit, it's bad service. I've seen comments of people complaining they had to ask for the bill. That's baffling to me. If someone just brought the bill without me asking I would consider it really rude, like they-'re kicking me out. Or coming to the table to ask what I want without me calling for them first, it would feel like they are rushing me. Just leave the menu and leave, I'll call you when I want to order.
Retired lady came to Spain 24 years ago. I have been so happy here. There is such respect for seniors. I have lived in the provinces of Barcelona, Málaga and now Valencia is my home town. It's very beautiful. Lots of Americans living here. In my experience many Spanish in the hospitality industry speak some or a lot of English. it would be nice if some tourists learned at least a couple of Spanish words. Disfruta españa 🇪🇦
Eso es ,cuando salimos de España tenemos que hablar o aprender otros idiomas ,lo justo es que hagan lo mismo cuando vienen aquí,por lo menos algunas frases o palabras
14:34 The service in restaurants in Europe isn't worse than in the US. It's just that customers have different priorities and the restaurants adapt to these priorities. USA: To cutsomers, lunch is an interruption of their (work) day. so they want it to be over quickly => customers value fast service. Europe: Customers want to enjoy the experience, talk to friends, etc. => they want the experience to last longer and DON'T want the service to be particularly fast. (In particular, they resent getting asked what else they want all the time by staff).
@@florianlipp5452 I fully agree, I don't want people hovering over me or rushing me out of the door. The service in Spain is fine, if I need anything I just call the wait staff over. I want to enjoy my meal with my friends, I don't need the ego boost of someone pandering to me for a tip.
5:32 Have you ever thought that shops are closed because there are no customers around at that time? No customers, no money, but you still pay utilities like electricity if you stay open anyway.
Precisely because at these hours, especially in the south, it's so hot that being in the streets can be dangerous, that's why there's not much movement at those hours
14:58 I think he doesn't understand that paying for grams when it comes to meat or fish is perfectly normal here, it's not a scam for tourists. It's done that way so you don't pay the same price for different amounts of food. It's like when you go to the market to buy food. They tell you the price of different products depending on how much of it you buy, measured by weight (a kilo of x is y). Same thing in restaurants, they give you the price of usually 100 grams of that specific meat or that specific fish, and the price of the final dish varies a little depending on how much meat or fish you get (because even though it is roughly the same, sometimes the size of the piece is a bit bigger or smaller). Customers have an idea of what the dish will cost based on what 100 grams of that meat or fish costs, and what the price actually is will be a little over or a little under what they were thinking, but not by much.
I should point out several things.1.- Spanish people are friendly and outgoing not because the tourism but just because we are this way everywhere, even when we are abroad. 2.- If someone doesn´t speak English it doesn´t mean that person lacks a second language because there are many other languages. My mother speaks three languages but not English and my son speaks five (English, French, Catalonian, Russian and Spanish). Perhaps the ones who lack a second language are most English speaking tourits. 3.- Mañana doesn´t mean later in Sapin unless you are talking to a "hispanoamericano". 4.- Avoid foreign Spain´s experts, even those who try to teach us Spanish people about our own country just because they have been living here for a couple of years. Un saludo.
These Wolter’s World videos are pretty dreadful. We go to Spain two or three times a year, and have never experienced poor service in a restaurant or mistakenly ordered the catch of the day and been charged €100. As with visiting any country, you get far more out of it if you can speak the language. I think the favourite place we have visited is Jerez where reassuringly few people seem to speak English.
I have lived in Spain for eleven years. I have a cave house in Granada. The supermarket is open all day. Other shops are closed for siesta. The bars and eating places are open. Actually in my village you get free tapas if you order a beer or wine. It's very rural with locally grown produce. You have to speak Spanish to integrate into their culture.
18:07 Yeah you are right, the phoenicians were also in Spain. Turns out the city you want to visit, Cadiz, is one of the oldest (if not the oldest) city standing in Western Europe. Founded by them in 1104 BC. Supposedly 80 years after the Troyan war 🙃
Spaniards are nice because they're nice, not because they need to suck up to tourists or something lol It's also important to mention that bullfighting is opposed by probably the majority of the population and it is totally illegal in some regions, like Catalonia and the Canary Islands. Let's not normalise it as a "cultural thing" because many Spaniards are completely opposed to it. The menu thing in restaurants is BS. Yes, many places have that option (like basically in most of Europe) but it's obviously not mandated by any law. Idk where he got that from. Also that singing thing... yeah no comments on that.
Well you're wrong... If there is a law from the 60s (when Fraga was minister of tourism under the Franco regime) It requires that every restaurant place a Menu of the Day with an affordable price in a visible place. This law is still in force and if you walk down any street you will see in the restaurants, next to the price menu, a Menu of the Day and its fixed price.
@@enriqueburgos9754 You are incorrect. It was never a law, it was a non-enforced rule promoted by the Tourism Office that only applied to certain restaurants. Either way, it was completely abolished in 2010.
Not only is Basque not a Romance language, it's not even an Indo-European language, meaning that Bengali is more closely related to Spanish than Basque is linguistically.
It’s not an *anything* language, as in it relates to no other known language. It’s suspected that it is the last remaining language of the group that existed in Europe before the Indo-Europeans arrived 6000 to 3000 years ago, which is pretty amazing by itself. It means the language has survived from the Neolithic.
Toilet is also lavabo. The majority of people speak english. People don't do the siesta, the do a break for lunch in small shop were is only one or two workers. This mañana phrase is a english phrase, we work a lot. This flag is the valencian flag, derivates from the aragon kingdom. Derivates from the coat of arms of Barcelona Count who married the princess of aragon and created the kingdom of aragon. The flag is very old and there're legends around it. The four red bars were marked by the king of the Franks in the coat with the blood of Guifré el Pilós (Wilfred the hairy).
Lavabo is how we call it sometimes, colloquial name to refer to the room but.... It's actually the place where you wash your hands 😂 the sink (UK) or washbasin (US)
There's a channel called Spain Revealed, a guy from New Zealand who's been living in Spain for quite a while and typically knows what he's talking about. I say typically because his Spanish wife seems to believe everyone has a rural working class background.
"there is a lot of potential profit". There is no profit if there is no customers, but keeping the store open costs money. So, you lose money keeping it open on those hours.
@sydneywellington_cazadora nah, more like that guy has a very limited understanding of how things are plus he presents his much too broad assumptions as facts.
5:55 You may be very money-oriented and want to take advantage of siesta time to get an edge over your competitors, but good luck getting clients! In the summer, in the countryside, no one walks on the street between two and five
Este señor no ha estudiado mucho sobre España. Aunque el turismo es importante para la economía del país solo representa el 13% del PIB. Además hay que agregar que no todo España es igual, existe diferencias muy grandes entre cada Comunidad Autónoma de España. La siesta se debe que a ciertas horas del día no se puede trabajar o estar en la calle por el calor excesivo que pueden alcanzar hasta más de 45 grados Celsius. Todos los españoles cumplen con sus horarios de trabajo como el resto de Europeos. Los horarios de las comidas se deben a los horarios del sol que, en verano, puede haber sol hasta cerca de las 11 p.m. No podemos olvidar que España está en el top 3 de países con más esperanza de vida y una de las causas es por su dieta mediterránea.
That the economy depends on tourism is a bit of a stretch that people on these videos like to say (perhaps to belittle or just honestly misinformed). Granted a 11% of the economy is not to laugh at but it is still a 11% not like Spain will be finished without tourism. Edit: About the mid day break. Except on malls it is quite a thing. And the profitability thing? Opening, except on tourist areas (which are indeed open) it makes no economical sense. Not usual going shopping at lunch time, even on malls (good time if you like it mostly empty no lines hehe).
Jajaja, no hagas caso a este hombre, está loco. Mañana, mañana, siesta, siesta, fiesta, fiestas. Eso es falso. Los españoles somos muy trabajadores y responsables y puntuales en el trabajo y cosas importantes. Hay comida todo el día , a todas horas, en Espsña siempre hay comida y sino te vas al McDonald 😂 Los españoles estudiamos idiomas,yo español, catalán , y,... francés e inglés. Estos últimos no los domino, solo nivel elemental.no tengo práctica como tú en español 😂
Inglesa aquí. Yo también hablo francés, español, catalán, un poco de alemán... No tots som iguals, mira els commentaris! No me voy a molestar en mirar el video siquiera.
Some things are true.... but there are a lot of mistakes, inaccuracies, confusing or erroneous data, falsehoods, absurd generalizations, anecdotes turned into norms, and quite a bit of nonsense and personal opinions turned in facts. I wouldn't even know where to begin to correct and clarify it.
I love your stuff but I can't stand this content provider, he comes across as the worst kind of ignorant tourist where they treat their level of knowledge as definitive, in reality he sounds like someone who once worked at a theme park as a student for one summer, showing first timers where all shiny stuff is.
to sum up: If you want a Castilian, hispacnisphere experience go to Madrid. It's full of people around Spanish ex colonies, such as Cuba, Argentina, Mexico, etc. If you want a Celtic Spanish experience go to the green hills of Galicia and embrace the Galician culture. If you want an international, more European experience and a city that look like a studio Ghibli city go to Barcelona is just 3 hours away of Paris and Milan, and all the Mediterranean ferries stopped there, literally Barcelona is the European California: Rosalia, Shakira, Laura Pausini, etc have a house there. If you want a true northern Spanish experience go to the Basque Country. It's full of legends, magic and industry. If you want an Spanish cliché go to Andalucia: Siesta, flamenco, bullfight, sun and beaches everywhere If you want good beaches and party: Balearic Islands (full of British and germans, especially Mallorca and Ibiza) If you want volcanic beaches, Camels and deserts go to the Canary Islands.
Well, Wolter's videos address the dumb tourist! Sad for the countries he "presents" as they are not in the least representative of these countries. I know, Connor, that you find Rick Steve too intellectual for you but ... too bad if travelling abroad is an intellectual adventure, or at least it should be. Take a look at this, and get to know a little more about what Spain is all about (for the enlightened traveller): "Rick Steves Spain" (9 episodes)
The "siesta" moment is the other way around, Bussiness are closed because nobody wants to go at shops at that time. You are full of food, since lunch is the main meal in Spain so you just want to relax, spend time talking with family in "sobremesa" and children and elderly people tend to sleep a little bit. Of course not all people can do that, but the mojirity can do this so why are you get your shop open when the rest of the people are chilling after lunch... also in summer it's almost impossible to get out of your house at that time it's soooo hot.
Regarding being late, ofc if it's something formal or an event you don't want to be late, actually you probably want to be early. For example I went to see a musical at the theater the other day, it started at 4:30pm, doors open at 4pm, we were already there at 3:15pm haha But if it's meeting with friends, up to 15min late it's acceptable, 30min.. kinda sucks but it could happen, 1h late you better have a really good excuse or it'd be just rude. I once waited for my friend for 1h in the winter, in the middle of a street, I was fuming, I ended up telling her I was going home haha
Holy smokes.. What a bunch of inaccuracies and old clichés. He hasn't got a clue. 10 years in Spain, I havent seen a siesta yet :)) Regarding the food or drink scam. Sure, no country is free of that.
English woman here. There is no problem if you do not speak Spanish. All hotels and shops speak Spanish. Not so when you go to Madrid and other cities but it is not a problem. I have been going to Spain since the 1970's . I absolutely adore Spain. A lot of English people retire there. The food is very good and Spain has a wonderful climate. It is dry and not humid.
And how many British immigrants do mingle with the local people and culture? "There is no problem if you do not speak Spanish." Yes, there is a problem: it's called lack of respect for the locals, you colonialists!
After some years' study I can now read Spanish reasonably. However, listening to spoken Spanish is a different matter. They speak so fast! (This has been measured. They really do speak faster than most other languages.) Basque is indeed not a Romance language, but it is not even an Indo-European language, unlike the vast majority of other European languages. Its structure is totally different, and the numbers are totally different. It really annoys me when people snipe at the Spanish for taking a siesta. It's the sensible thing to do in the climate! It can get so hot.
The guy whose video your're reacting to doesn't have a clue or he thinks you don't have a clue. It's a little annoying. We call this sort of bloke "guiri", and that's not good. Siesta is mostly a myth. Guiris use to think our long working time schedule which includes a pause is "siesta". You're not going to loose that much money when you close 14:00 to 16:00 because your customers are mostly local and they know this time schedule and live under it. Shops and offices often open at 8:00 or 9:00 and close at 20:00 or later. Tourism is an important industry on some parts of the country, but isn't our main source of income at all. Small to medium business are. Yes, excessive tourism is one of the main reasons of the housing crisis we suffer because of AirBnb and the like (tourism rental) and that annoys most of us very, very much. Of course, if you visit a foreign country it's always a good idea having a grasp of the local language (and local currency, which americans often forget). No matter which foreign country you go to. Lunch menu for the day is usually very, very visible. Just watch and read. And run from too clearly tourist oriented business. Your stay will be cheaper and more interesting. Never drink Cruzcampo (it's a running joke). Stay clear of bulls. Always. And, as far as I can remember, the only flag with purple in it was our republican flag which changed after the Civil War. Other than that, your remarks are just spot-on. It's a pitty you wouldn't be a typical "guiri". You know too much.
This video is full of inaccuracies and ridiculous clichés. I think it is not a good source of information about what Spain and the Spanish people are like. Greetings from Spain.
Food in Spain, main cities like Barcelona and Madrid is not cheap. There are menus at better prices for working days, not dinners , not weekends ..and the menu food is not like the la carta food. And either way.. not cheap in Barcelona
I think nowadays, or at least the millenials and younger generations, are fluent in English. Specially in cities. In places like Barcelona most natives are trillingual (since they also speak catalan) and I think that's kinda consistent in other cities and regions that have their local language besides spanish.
Is it a shock to go to a foreign country and find that they speak their own language? Also, have you heard of Google Translator, Apple Translator and the other translation services you can use? Come on, get over the “terrible” shock of English not being everybody’s language in the world and use the tools of the 21st century.
Aber lo de la siesta no es dormir ai mucha gente q no duerme es más por el calor de verano que ace 40 grados y salir ala calle te derrites y en invierno no lo sé
Working hours at offices are usually 9:00 to 18:30 with 1 hour for lunch, usually from 14:00 to 15:00. Lunch time is unpaid obviously. Some businesses completely stop activity for lunch, others don't and employees have 2 shifts for lunch. But there's NO SIESTA at work at all. However, shops open to the public work a split shift: open at 10:00 and then close from 13:30 to 17:00 for their employees to go home for lunch. Workers could have a small rest then if they feel so. Then they have to work a second shift from 17:00 to 20:30 to complete the normal 7 hours work time. The 5 remaining hours up to 40 are for Saturdays. Retail business is more demanding because it's open 6 days a week.
Connor, you're correct about the Basque language (euskara), not being an Indo-European language. Indo-European languages only arrived in Europe about 5000 years ago. There are clues in the language about how old it is, for example I have read or heard that the word for knife in Basque literally means "the stone that cuts". I can't be certain of the accuracy of that.
Not only that. The fact that the Basque language has no F's is another sign of how old it is. Languages without F or V sound tell you they probably originated when humans had a different jaw structure and teeth were aligned up and down instead of modern humans where upper teeth are a bit ahead. That makes the F sound to appear naturally when previously it would be difficult therefore they didn't have that sound
How much does it cost? = Cuanto cuesta? // The cost = El coste (it comes from the same word) 😊 There's a few ways to say bathroom = the most common are baño and lavabo (similar to washroom and it references the sink; aseo (also like washroom, "asear" means "to wash"); el servicio o los servicios (a more "elegant" way to say it in public places, but the others are perfectly acceptable too)
Walter is spouse to be experience but he has some weird things in his videos. 1. Stop with the Siesta. Yes. It is normal to close shops in the middle of the day and proper restaurant will open for lunch and dinner but this is the nor, in many places in Europe and other parts of the world. Fast food places and in Spain bars (that are a type of restaurant usually stay open all day. Today local neighborhood stors will close at 14:00 and open at 17:00 but large stores, chain stors, shopping centers and supermarkets aare open. Besids, you can't manage a few hours without been able to buy something? As others said, service is good, but different. No one will constantly bother you, ask if everything is ok or stop everything because you asked for something. They also never presure you tomoay and leave. If you are in a hurry you can (in most places) to go to the person near the cash register with your bill and pay. As for time, yes we are leas stressed about time but we certainly set a specific time if needed but, depending on the circumstances people will arrive a bit later, in fact when you're invited somewhere it's expected that you'll arrive a bit kater, and definitely not before (which is roud). For languages, there are planty of Spaniards that speek English but the factvthat he said "don't speek a second language" is condescending and not true as, with all due respect, a second language does not have to be English. It's true that compare to othe European countries the number of bilinguals in Spain is low only at around 50% but it's an absurd claim coming from an American. A few of the points are experiences only tourists have.
At the most popular tourist beaches, every night, beach cleaning machines clean the sand. Paella and pizza seem pretty grim in tourist areas, however burgers and tapas are usually great.
Este tipo tiene las" miras" muy limitadas ,nada fiable,si tuviera que preguntar algo ,no me dirigiría a el ni de broma 🤦🏻♀️ aquí se hablan varios idiomas y si alguien hace el esfuerzo, nosotros también lo hacemos,y no nos reímos de nadie,aqui hay repeto
18:30: Basque is a REALLY ancient language. Almost all European languages are from the Indo-European language family. The Indo-Europeans came to Europe around 5,000 (!) years ago and supplanted the original European civilizations - but the Basque people were already there. They are one of these original civilizations which somehow survivied the Indo-European influx in there little corner of the continent.
The east coast of Spain is a mess right now. There have been fast floods (a phenomenon called DANA) and Valencia is now full of mud. More than 200 deaths and the gobernment has made an absolute sht of management. No gubernamental help was sent for two days and thousands of people from other regions have gone there with shovels, brooms and necesities to help.
MAN COULD YOU GUYS THINK ?? THE BUSINESSES THEY SPREAD THE OPEN HOURS FOR LONGER .... SO IF THEY CLOSE 2 HOUR MID DAY, THAT MEANS THEY STAY OPEN LATER ?? IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED TO UNDERSTAND !! HA HA HAAAA
la batalla de tralfalgar.. ocurrio frente de la playa de los caños de meca ,,en el cabo de tralfalgar , hay un faro bastante grande ,, si un dia vas te sorprendera, esta a 50 o 60 kilometros de cadiz es una bonita zona, hay nudismo,,
Este señor solo tiene la visión de turista no de la de todos españoles, en España todos llevamos relojes, todos tenemos horarios de trabajo y no todos estamos durmiendo 2 o 3 horas de siesta, lo dicho, es un turista de vacaciones
This guy is soooo wrong! I am an English teacher and Spanish people speak much better English than Americans or British speak any language,but you do realize that you are in Spain? Make an effort to make yourself be understood! Siesta ? Stop lying, we work hard. Our shops close at 10 pm. We don’t normally have siestas. The lunch menu is usually on a board at the entrance, look! I don’t want to continue, but he is soooooo wrong.
Service in Spain is not worse, is just different than wjat you guys expect. I'm not from Europe and it seemed perfectly pleasant to me. From what I could see from Americans, the issue is that they expected the waitstaff to be at their beck and call and sort of predict what they want and offer stuff. If they have to ask for things and wait a bit, it's bad service.
I've seen comments of people complaining they had to ask for the bill. That's baffling to me. If someone just brought the bill without me asking I would consider it really rude, like they-'re kicking me out. Or coming to the table to ask what I want without me calling for them first, it would feel like they are rushing me. Just leave the menu and leave, I'll call you when I want to order.
Exactly - if someone brought me the bill, I'd consider it rude.
Retired lady came to Spain 24 years ago. I have been so happy here. There is such respect for seniors. I have lived in the provinces of Barcelona, Málaga and now Valencia is my home town. It's very beautiful. Lots of Americans living here. In my experience many Spanish in the hospitality industry speak some or a lot of English. it would be nice if some tourists learned at least a couple of Spanish words. Disfruta españa 🇪🇦
Eso es ,cuando salimos de España tenemos que hablar o aprender otros idiomas ,lo justo es que hagan lo mismo cuando vienen aquí,por lo menos algunas frases o palabras
14:34
The service in restaurants in Europe isn't worse than in the US.
It's just that customers have different priorities and the restaurants adapt to these priorities.
USA: To cutsomers, lunch is an interruption of their (work) day. so they want it to be over quickly => customers value fast service.
Europe: Customers want to enjoy the experience, talk to friends, etc. => they want the experience to last longer and DON'T want the service to be particularly fast. (In particular, they resent getting asked what else they want all the time by staff).
Exactly - all those grinning twerps with their "can I help you?" interrruptions are a right PITA.
@@florianlipp5452 I fully agree, I don't want people hovering over me or rushing me out of the door. The service in Spain is fine, if I need anything I just call the wait staff over. I want to enjoy my meal with my friends, I don't need the ego boost of someone pandering to me for a tip.
In general, but I also don't want to sit for 20 minutes before anyone shows up to take my order
5:32 Have you ever thought that shops are closed because there are no customers around at that time?
No customers, no money, but you still pay utilities like electricity if you stay open anyway.
Precisely because at these hours, especially in the south, it's so hot that being in the streets can be dangerous, that's why there's not much movement at those hours
14:58 I think he doesn't understand that paying for grams when it comes to meat or fish is perfectly normal here, it's not a scam for tourists. It's done that way so you don't pay the same price for different amounts of food. It's like when you go to the market to buy food. They tell you the price of different products depending on how much of it you buy, measured by weight (a kilo of x is y). Same thing in restaurants, they give you the price of usually 100 grams of that specific meat or that specific fish, and the price of the final dish varies a little depending on how much meat or fish you get (because even though it is roughly the same, sometimes the size of the piece is a bit bigger or smaller). Customers have an idea of what the dish will cost based on what 100 grams of that meat or fish costs, and what the price actually is will be a little over or a little under what they were thinking, but not by much.
I should point out several things.1.- Spanish people are friendly and outgoing not because the tourism but just because we are this way everywhere, even when we are abroad. 2.- If someone doesn´t speak English it doesn´t mean that person lacks a second language because there are many other languages. My mother speaks three languages but not English and my son speaks five (English, French, Catalonian, Russian and Spanish). Perhaps the ones who lack a second language are most English speaking tourits. 3.- Mañana doesn´t mean later in Sapin unless you are talking to a "hispanoamericano". 4.- Avoid foreign Spain´s experts, even those who try to teach us Spanish people about our own country just because they have been living here for a couple of years.
Un saludo.
These Wolter’s World videos are pretty dreadful. We go to Spain two or three times a year, and have never experienced poor service in a restaurant or mistakenly ordered the catch of the day and been charged €100. As with visiting any country, you get far more out of it if you can speak the language. I think the favourite place we have visited is Jerez where reassuringly few people seem to speak English.
Soy de Jerez de la Frontera. Gracias por el piropo.
@ De nada. Vamos a Valencia en mayo y luego a Jerez en octubre.
@@chrismackett9044 No llegáis a tiempo para una zambomba. O puede que si, dependiendo de la fecha.
Que os divirtáis. Un abrazo.
I have lived in Spain for eleven years. I have a cave house in Granada. The supermarket is open all day. Other shops are closed for siesta. The bars and eating places are open. Actually in my village you get free tapas if you order a beer or wine. It's very rural with locally grown produce. You have to speak Spanish to integrate into their culture.
23 years in Spain, Granada too. Yes, our city is wonderful, with free tapas.
Tienes razon, yo tuve que aprender ingles para integrarme en la sociedad en Irlanda.
@@Juan-x7q1r Si claro
18:07 Yeah you are right, the phoenicians were also in Spain. Turns out the city you want to visit, Cadiz, is one of the oldest (if not the oldest) city standing in Western Europe. Founded by them in 1104 BC. Supposedly 80 years after the Troyan war 🙃
Spaniards are nice because they're nice, not because they need to suck up to tourists or something lol
It's also important to mention that bullfighting is opposed by probably the majority of the population and it is totally illegal in some regions, like Catalonia and the Canary Islands. Let's not normalise it as a "cultural thing" because many Spaniards are completely opposed to it.
The menu thing in restaurants is BS. Yes, many places have that option (like basically in most of Europe) but it's obviously not mandated by any law. Idk where he got that from. Also that singing thing... yeah no comments on that.
Well you're wrong...
If there is a law from the 60s (when Fraga was minister of tourism under the Franco regime)
It requires that every restaurant place a Menu of the Day with an affordable price in a visible place. This law is still in force and if you walk down any street you will see in the restaurants, next to the price menu, a Menu of the Day and its fixed price.
@@enriqueburgos9754 You are incorrect. It was never a law, it was a non-enforced rule promoted by the Tourism Office that only applied to certain restaurants. Either way, it was completely abolished in 2010.
Not only is Basque not a Romance language, it's not even an Indo-European language, meaning that Bengali is more closely related to Spanish than Basque is linguistically.
It’s not an *anything* language, as in it relates to no other known language. It’s suspected that it is the last remaining language of the group that existed in Europe before the Indo-Europeans arrived 6000 to 3000 years ago, which is pretty amazing by itself. It means the language has survived from the Neolithic.
@@productjoe4069 Yo creo lo mismo
Toilet is also lavabo. The majority of people speak english. People don't do the siesta, the do a break for lunch in small shop were is only one or two workers. This mañana phrase is a english phrase, we work a lot. This flag is the valencian flag, derivates from the aragon kingdom. Derivates from the coat of arms of Barcelona Count who married the princess of aragon and created the kingdom of aragon. The flag is very old and there're legends around it. The four red bars were marked by the king of the Franks in the coat with the blood of Guifré el Pilós (Wilfred the hairy).
Lavabo is how we call it sometimes, colloquial name to refer to the room but.... It's actually the place where you wash your hands 😂 the sink (UK) or washbasin (US)
@@Juan_Dystopian "Aseo" or "Aseos" its more common.
@@Juan_Dystopian pero se dice así. preguntamos: donde está el lavabo normalmente.
@@kakarottvegeta2897 en serio? nunca digo aseo jajaja es demasiado formal, queda raro.
@@angyliv8040 Uno puede preguntar "¿dónde están los aseos?" quizás cuando estás en unos Grandes Almacenes o en un Centro Comercial.
There's a channel called Spain Revealed, a guy from New Zealand who's been living in Spain for quite a while and typically knows what he's talking about. I say typically because his Spanish wife seems to believe everyone has a rural working class background.
"there is a lot of potential profit".
There is no profit if there is no customers, but keeping the store open costs money. So, you lose money keeping it open on those hours.
He is so incorrect in so many of these.
As always ...
How strange it is to be perceived from the outside, ¿isn't it?
@sydneywellington_cazadora nah, more like that guy has a very limited understanding of how things are plus he presents his much too broad assumptions as facts.
Porqué dan por sentado que todo el mundo habla inglés??seguro que los pueblos de Montana o Míchigan todos hablan 2 o 3 idiomas,no te jode.
Este tío nada más que habla tonterías,habla de España como si fuera un país exótico de toreros y durmients de siesta,no tiene ni puta idea.
5:55 You may be very money-oriented and want to take advantage of siesta time to get an edge over your competitors, but good luck getting clients! In the summer, in the countryside, no one walks on the street between two and five
Este señor no ha estudiado mucho sobre España. Aunque el turismo es importante para la economía del país solo representa el 13% del PIB. Además hay que agregar que no todo España es igual, existe diferencias muy grandes entre cada Comunidad Autónoma de España. La siesta se debe que a ciertas horas del día no se puede trabajar o estar en la calle por el calor excesivo que pueden alcanzar hasta más de 45 grados Celsius. Todos los españoles cumplen con sus horarios de trabajo como el resto de Europeos. Los horarios de las comidas se deben a los horarios del sol que, en verano, puede haber sol hasta cerca de las 11 p.m. No podemos olvidar que España está en el top 3 de países con más esperanza de vida y una de las causas es por su dieta mediterránea.
Spain is glorious.
👍☘☘☘
The Battle of Trafalgar took place at Cape Trafalgar, in Caños de Meca. Cadiz has paradisiacal beaches
That the economy depends on tourism is a bit of a stretch that people on these videos like to say (perhaps to belittle or just honestly misinformed). Granted a 11% of the economy is not to laugh at but it is still a 11% not like Spain will be finished without tourism.
Edit: About the mid day break. Except on malls it is quite a thing. And the profitability thing? Opening, except on tourist areas (which are indeed open) it makes no economical sense. Not usual going shopping at lunch time, even on malls (good time if you like it mostly empty no lines hehe).
Jajaja, no hagas caso a este hombre, está loco. Mañana, mañana, siesta, siesta, fiesta, fiestas. Eso es falso. Los españoles somos muy trabajadores y responsables y puntuales en el trabajo y cosas importantes.
Hay comida todo el día , a todas horas, en Espsña siempre hay comida y sino te vas al McDonald 😂
Los españoles estudiamos idiomas,yo español, catalán , y,... francés e inglés. Estos últimos no los domino, solo nivel elemental.no tengo práctica como tú en español 😂
Inglesa aquí. Yo también hablo francés, español, catalán, un poco de alemán... No tots som iguals, mira els commentaris! No me voy a molestar en mirar el video siquiera.
Some things are true.... but there are a lot of mistakes, inaccuracies, confusing or erroneous data, falsehoods, absurd generalizations, anecdotes turned into norms, and quite a bit of nonsense and personal opinions turned in facts.
I wouldn't even know where to begin to correct and clarify it.
I love your stuff but I can't stand this content provider, he comes across as the worst kind of ignorant tourist where they treat their level of knowledge as definitive, in reality he sounds like someone who once worked at a theme park as a student for one summer, showing first timers where all shiny stuff is.
OMG I absolute disagree with many things that he tells
to sum up:
If you want a Castilian, hispacnisphere experience go to Madrid. It's full of people around Spanish ex colonies, such as Cuba, Argentina, Mexico, etc.
If you want a Celtic Spanish experience go to the green hills of Galicia and embrace the Galician culture.
If you want an international, more European experience and a city that look like a studio Ghibli city go to Barcelona is just 3 hours away of Paris and Milan, and all the Mediterranean ferries stopped there, literally Barcelona is the European California: Rosalia, Shakira, Laura Pausini, etc have a house there.
If you want a true northern Spanish experience go to the Basque Country. It's full of legends, magic and industry.
If you want an Spanish cliché go to Andalucia: Siesta, flamenco, bullfight, sun and beaches everywhere
If you want good beaches and party: Balearic Islands (full of British and germans, especially Mallorca and Ibiza)
If you want volcanic beaches, Camels and deserts go to the Canary Islands.
Well, Wolter's videos address the dumb tourist! Sad for the countries he "presents" as they are not in the least representative of these countries.
I know, Connor, that you find Rick Steve too intellectual for you but ... too bad if travelling abroad is an intellectual adventure, or at least it should be.
Take a look at this, and get to know a little more about what Spain is all about (for the enlightened traveller): "Rick Steves Spain" (9 episodes)
The "siesta" moment is the other way around, Bussiness are closed because nobody wants to go at shops at that time. You are full of food, since lunch is the main meal in Spain so you just want to relax, spend time talking with family in "sobremesa" and children and elderly people tend to sleep a little bit. Of course not all people can do that, but the mojirity can do this so why are you get your shop open when the rest of the people are chilling after lunch... also in summer it's almost impossible to get out of your house at that time it's soooo hot.
Regarding being late, ofc if it's something formal or an event you don't want to be late, actually you probably want to be early. For example I went to see a musical at the theater the other day, it started at 4:30pm, doors open at 4pm, we were already there at 3:15pm haha
But if it's meeting with friends, up to 15min late it's acceptable, 30min.. kinda sucks but it could happen, 1h late you better have a really good excuse or it'd be just rude. I once waited for my friend for 1h in the winter, in the middle of a street, I was fuming, I ended up telling her I was going home haha
Holy smokes.. What a bunch of inaccuracies and old clichés. He hasn't got a clue. 10 years in Spain, I havent seen a siesta yet :)) Regarding the food or drink scam. Sure, no country is free of that.
English woman here. There is no problem if you do not speak Spanish. All hotels and shops speak Spanish. Not so when you go to Madrid and other cities but it is not a problem. I have been going to Spain since the 1970's .
I absolutely adore Spain. A lot of English people retire there. The food is very good and Spain has a wonderful climate. It is dry and not humid.
And how many British immigrants do mingle with the local people and culture?
"There is no problem if you do not speak Spanish." Yes, there is a problem: it's called lack of respect for the locals, you colonialists!
Never been in the Basque Country?
...it is dry and not humid...
Meanwhile half of Valencia is under water with hundreds of edad people...
@@LightBusterX Tell your home country, the USA, that climate change is not a "hoax" and that they should stop effing up the entire planet! Thank you.
@@LightBusterX I know that but that is a freak event!!
After some years' study I can now read Spanish reasonably. However, listening to spoken Spanish is a different matter. They speak so fast! (This has been measured. They really do speak faster than most other languages.)
Basque is indeed not a Romance language, but it is not even an Indo-European language, unlike the vast majority of other European languages. Its structure is totally different, and the numbers are totally different.
It really annoys me when people snipe at the Spanish for taking a siesta. It's the sensible thing to do in the climate! It can get so hot.
A mí me pasa lo mismo con el inglés lo leo lo hablo pero no entiendo absolutamente nada cuando me habla un nativo,con los demás me defiendo
If you are moving by car eat where the trucks stop
Malls and big supermarkets don't close
The guy whose video your're reacting to doesn't have a clue or he thinks you don't have a clue. It's a little annoying. We call this sort of bloke "guiri", and that's not good. Siesta is mostly a myth. Guiris use to think our long working time schedule which includes a pause is "siesta". You're not going to loose that much money when you close 14:00 to 16:00 because your customers are mostly local and they know this time schedule and live under it. Shops and offices often open at 8:00 or 9:00 and close at 20:00 or later. Tourism is an important industry on some parts of the country, but isn't our main source of income at all. Small to medium business are. Yes, excessive tourism is one of the main reasons of the housing crisis we suffer because of AirBnb and the like (tourism rental) and that annoys most of us very, very much. Of course, if you visit a foreign country it's always a good idea having a grasp of the local language (and local currency, which americans often forget). No matter which foreign country you go to. Lunch menu for the day is usually very, very visible. Just watch and read. And run from too clearly tourist oriented business. Your stay will be cheaper and more interesting. Never drink Cruzcampo (it's a running joke). Stay clear of bulls. Always. And, as far as I can remember, the only flag with purple in it was our republican flag which changed after the Civil War. Other than that, your remarks are just spot-on. It's a pitty you wouldn't be a typical "guiri". You know too much.
In Catalonia you don't get free tapas other than a bowl of shrivelled olives or nuts at best.
I had some
very nice tapas in Barcelona.
he is not right in many of this im Spanish
This video is full of inaccuracies and ridiculous clichés. I think it is not a good source of information about what Spain and the Spanish people are like. Greetings from Spain.
Food in Spain, main cities like Barcelona and Madrid is not cheap. There are menus at better prices for working days, not dinners , not weekends ..and the menu food is not like the la carta food. And either way.. not cheap in Barcelona
I think nowadays, or at least the millenials and younger generations, are fluent in English. Specially in cities. In places like Barcelona most natives are trillingual (since they also speak catalan) and I think that's kinda consistent in other cities and regions that have their local language besides spanish.
You were thought Spanish for six years and all you can say is 'adios amigos'. Well Connor, that was money well spent.😅
taught* 😎
Is it a shock to go to a foreign country and find that they speak their own language? Also, have you heard of Google Translator, Apple Translator and the other translation services you can use? Come on, get over the “terrible” shock of English not being everybody’s language in the world and use the tools of the 21st century.
Aber lo de la siesta no es dormir ai mucha gente q no duerme es más por el calor de verano que ace 40 grados y salir ala calle te derrites y en invierno no lo sé
Working hours at offices are usually 9:00 to 18:30 with 1 hour for lunch, usually from 14:00 to 15:00. Lunch time is unpaid obviously. Some businesses completely stop activity for lunch, others don't and employees have 2 shifts for lunch. But there's NO SIESTA at work at all. However, shops open to the public work a split shift: open at 10:00 and then close from 13:30 to 17:00 for their employees to go home for lunch. Workers could have a small rest then if they feel so. Then they have to work a second shift from 17:00 to 20:30 to complete the normal 7 hours work time. The 5 remaining hours up to 40 are for Saturdays. Retail business is more demanding because it's open 6 days a week.
Connor, you're correct about the Basque language (euskara), not being an Indo-European language. Indo-European languages only arrived in Europe about 5000 years ago. There are clues in the language about how old it is, for example I have read or heard that the word for knife in Basque literally means "the stone that cuts". I can't be certain of the accuracy of that.
Not only that. The fact that the Basque language has no F's is another sign of how old it is. Languages without F or V sound tell you they probably originated when humans had a different jaw structure and teeth were aligned up and down instead of modern humans where upper teeth are a bit ahead. That makes the F sound to appear naturally when previously it would be difficult therefore they didn't have that sound
You are showing that clown Wolter giving his usual superficial coverage, but somehow he has carved out an audience of naive people.
The siesta topic is just bullshit, I haven't take a siesta in my entyre live, some People may, but I assure you that the majority don't
I promise you from the bottom of my heart I'll be watching the video tonight I'll never let you down friend
How much does it cost? = Cuanto cuesta? // The cost = El coste (it comes from the same word) 😊
There's a few ways to say bathroom = the most common are baño and lavabo (similar to washroom and it references the sink; aseo (also like washroom, "asear" means "to wash"); el servicio o los servicios (a more "elegant" way to say it in public places, but the others are perfectly acceptable too)
Walter is spouse to be experience but he has some weird things in his videos.
1. Stop with the Siesta. Yes. It is normal to close shops in the middle of the day and proper restaurant will open for lunch and dinner but this is the nor, in many places in Europe and other parts of the world.
Fast food places and in Spain bars (that are a type of restaurant usually stay open all day.
Today local neighborhood stors will close at 14:00 and open at 17:00 but large stores, chain stors, shopping centers and supermarkets aare open. Besids, you can't manage a few hours without been able to buy something?
As others said, service is good, but different. No one will constantly bother you, ask if everything is ok or stop everything because you asked for something. They also never presure you tomoay and leave. If you are in a hurry you can (in most places) to go to the person near the cash register with your bill and pay.
As for time, yes we are leas stressed about time but we certainly set a specific time if needed but, depending on the circumstances people will arrive a bit later, in fact when you're invited somewhere it's expected that you'll arrive a bit kater, and definitely not before (which is roud).
For languages, there are planty of Spaniards that speek English but the factvthat he said "don't speek a second language" is condescending and not true as, with all due respect, a second language does not have to be English. It's true that compare to othe European countries the number of bilinguals in Spain is low only at around 50% but it's an absurd claim coming from an American.
A few of the points are experiences only tourists have.
At the most popular tourist beaches, every night, beach cleaning machines clean the sand. Paella and pizza seem pretty grim in tourist areas, however burgers and tapas are usually great.
Este tipo tiene las" miras" muy limitadas ,nada fiable,si tuviera que preguntar algo ,no me dirigiría a el ni de broma 🤦🏻♀️ aquí se hablan varios idiomas y si alguien hace el esfuerzo, nosotros también lo hacemos,y no nos reímos de nadie,aqui hay repeto
This was obviously made before the anti tourist protests in Spain and it's islands this year !!
18:30:
Basque is a REALLY ancient language.
Almost all European languages are from the Indo-European language family. The Indo-Europeans came to Europe around 5,000 (!) years ago and supplanted the original European civilizations - but the Basque people were already there. They are one of these original civilizations which somehow survivied the Indo-European influx in there little corner of the continent.
Yeah we have problems with tourists
Is the problem with tourists?
I think it's with foreigners buying second homes & pushing prices up so that locals can't afford them?
Yeah,, they put a lot of money into our economy, big problem!!!
Hello from Barcelona
The east coast of Spain is a mess right now.
There have been fast floods (a phenomenon called DANA) and Valencia is now full of mud.
More than 200 deaths and the gobernment has made an absolute sht of management.
No gubernamental help was sent for two days and thousands of people from other regions have gone there with shovels, brooms and necesities to help.
MAN COULD YOU GUYS THINK ?? THE BUSINESSES THEY SPREAD THE OPEN HOURS FOR LONGER .... SO IF THEY CLOSE 2 HOUR MID DAY, THAT MEANS THEY STAY OPEN LATER ?? IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED TO UNDERSTAND !! HA HA HAAAA
No es que vasco no sea una lengua latina es que tampoco pertenece a la familia de lenguas indoeuropea
la batalla de tralfalgar.. ocurrio frente de la playa de los caños de meca ,,en el cabo de tralfalgar , hay un faro bastante grande ,, si un dia vas te sorprendera, esta a 50 o 60 kilometros de cadiz es una bonita zona, hay nudismo,,
It's true Basque,is not a romanic language
Este señor solo tiene la visión de turista no de la de todos españoles, en España todos llevamos relojes, todos tenemos horarios de trabajo y no todos estamos durmiendo 2 o 3 horas de siesta, lo dicho, es un turista de vacaciones
I couldn't look at anything like that because I love animals so much I don't like to see cruelty to report innocent animal poor little thing
it is TOOO HOT in Spain between 2 and 4 pm !
In summer. You cannot say the same when it snows at Pyrenees in winter, of course.
I can't look at your videos just s*** cos I'm quite busy but don't worry I will watch them tonight ok my friend chin up
I am hoping they will not show corrida....
This guy is soooo wrong! I am an English teacher and Spanish people speak much better English than Americans or British speak any language,but you do realize that you are in Spain? Make an effort to make yourself be understood! Siesta ? Stop lying, we work hard. Our shops close at 10 pm. We don’t normally have siestas. The lunch menu is usually on a board at the entrance, look! I don’t want to continue, but he is soooooo wrong.
I live in Valencia
Did you survive the floods?
I hope you and all your people are safe and well, and that things will return to normal as soon as possible.
@micade2518 yes. Not my neighbourhood.
Tough animals ? You may watch rescued bulls showing gratitude.... No animals are created to endure such stupid shows.
Asèos