Spain Revealed - James Blick i stayed in spain 20 days people are very friendly,the most thing i was hearing is “buenos días”,”hasta luego” even if you dont know the person when you say goodbye its better to say hasta luego (see you later) Also that they don’t eat at breakfast,churros con chocolate would be enough. Those 20 days were the best,love you spain 🇪🇸 ❤️
En Aranda de Duero (Burgos) tb somos cercanos... jajaja. Cada vez que veo vuestros videos me acuerdo de una pareja de amigos, ella es "Newzealandesa" y el de Aranda.y si, los shock culturales cuando llegó a Madrid a vivir fueron iguales.
So many cultural differences and I love them all! Here's a few I remember from my time living there: -it's perfectly OK to throw the tiny grease-proof napkins on the floor in tapas bars -people of every single generation go to bars -babies with their ears pierced -people seem to mop/vacuum their floors almost every day -it's no big deal to use lots of expletives in conversation -specific State-run shops for selling tobacco -commercial breaks on TV last about 10 minutes -lots of hand gestures, signifying things like "the place was packed", "X situation is unreal", or pointing to one's eye to mean "I saw such and such"
I'm sorry I will have to ask you.What is the big deal in touching people?Personal space.When latins in general touch people does not mean in a disrespectful way.It's the opposite.We acknowlegde your presence and we want to get close as signal of respect.It is nothing to do with intimacy.Grabbing arms is a way of drawing attention to one thing.Just like saying look ...Or mind you.Or watch out.Why are all anglophones so freak out about this.The thing the most annoying us is the indifference.When you don't acknowledge others people presence by blatant ignoring.It's the ultimate insult.Signal of utter arrogance and not being humble.When you care you touch people.When you don't you just ignore.Pretend they are not there.One thing the puzzles me to these day it's this bubble like a barrier that you build around yourselves that no one can't get closer.Or we as latins don't know how to handle this.I found shocking this bubble thing.That means if I brush against people by chance why should i say sorry if it was just a brushing.Does not make sense.
Some years back I decided to spend 2 months cycling through he mountains of Malaga and Cadiz and on one particular day my destination was a small town at high altitude. It was 45 degress and I'd run out of water. There was no shade and I was severely dehydrated to the point of a pounding headache. I was so bad that I had to walk the bike the last 3 kms up the steep, winding road. I finally made it and walked the last 100m up the extremely steep cobbled streets to the centre of the town. I eventually stopped in a small square and there was a group of very rough-looking men sitting out the back of a bar on milk crates(this was an very rural town with ZERO tourists and nobody spoke any English) When I stopped to catch a breath, in the shade of the buildings, I was panting and after a few minutes of staring from this group - they were filthy and almost looked like homeless alcoholics - one of them approached me. He was speaking a very unique, rural dialect and very fast. My Spanish wasn't great at the time, but I got the gist that he wanted my empty water bottle so I gave it to him. He disappeared and after 10 minutes there was no sign so I moved on to look for a water fountain. I wandered the town for about 30mins and was absolutely wrecked at this stage, stopping to rest every couple of minutes. All of the shops were closed as it was siesta time. My head was pounding and I was sure I was going to collapse any second from sun stoke. Just then I looked up and saw the man from earlier running up the alley towards me with a big smile on his face. As he approached I realised that he had filled up my water bottle for me and actually ran around the town looking for me. This may seem like a mundane or pointless story to some, but it has always stuck in my mind as something special. I suppose you had to live it. :)
Where was this.. some of my family moved into that area and im wondering if thats the area where i used to go every year on holiday :) it was zero tourists and everyone didnt speak english, just spanish. I had to learn a lot quick!!
I am considered very shy and cold in Spain (I'm a Spaniard) but when I lived in the UK, people saw me like a crazy extrovert touchy person 🙄🙄. Had a massive identity crisis lol.
Same here lmao. I have been to 3 different countries - Sweden, Spain and Japan. I was born in India and in Japan and Sweden I was considered very extroverted and social but in Spain and India, I am considered very very introverted lmfao
I am a Spaniard born and raised in germany (my parents left spain in the late 80s). In germany i am considered super outgoing and extroverted, in spain people think i am reserved and shy lol.
¿TODOS?!!! MI AMIGO QUE ES MUDO NO HABLA CON MAYÚSCULAS, TU COMENTARIO ME RESULTA BASTANTE INJUSTO PARA ÉL. TE AGRADECERÍA QUE RECTIFICARAS Y NO INCLUYERAS A MI AMIGO MUDO. GRACIAS!
My biggest shock about visiting Madrid in the summer was how happy and smiley everyone was compared to England. Grab a slice of pizza and it comes with a smile. I would love to live in Spain.
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Have you ever seen Federico Fellini's "La dolce vita"? It may give you a clue on who they seem so happy.
ASKING for change to the end of the bill it does happen i many countries in Europe noting special is behind this. This will prevent you having full wallet of coins. Good idea but why kiwis do not get this? Just use your brains.
About the guy on the bus with his phone speakers at full volume: not cultural at all, and I am sure everybody else around him was pissed, they just didn't want confrontation. But that's not "normal" and it's not ok for us.
@@perthfanny3017 Anyone of us would feel annoyed if someone does that. If someone does it is a rude person or a young asshole. Yes, Spain is a too noisy country. I've read it is the second country more noisy in the world after Japan. But we aren't crazy and have ears too. We don't like too strong noises either. What is totally true is we usually speak too loud. I hate that. Strong noises stress me. I can't even listen to some kind of music such as hard rock... I get crazy.
@@ashleyromero5302 I guess it really depends what your cultural background is! If you are fine with a quite noisy environment and personal space is not important then you may feel comfortable! I just came back from a 12 day business trip to the US and it is probably the culture that makes me feel the most comfortable regarding personal space. I already miss how people actually apologize when they feel like they have invaded it 👌🏻. On the other hand, Spain is a very lively place where people like to interact with each other on the street, going to bars, restaurants,... the cities and the landscape are beautiful so you definitely wanna travel across the country! I especially like Central Spain (Castilla la Mancha y Castilla y Leon) . You will also find that in some ways people are more supportive of each other than in other cultures in Spain. You should definitely make up your mind yourself! 🤗 No country is perfect so it all depends which criteria are more important to you! Go for it 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸👊👊👊
¡Viva España y los españoles! Después de 14 años en Madrid me fui a vivir en Inglaterra y no sabéis como os hecho de menos! Llegué a Madrid cuando tenía 18 años (soy rumana). No veo la hora de volver!
OMG!!! I am from Dominican Republic and first time in Spain was such a shock...I understood who I was, everything made sense to me when I visited Spain! EVERYTHING made sense, the way I was raised, celebrations, dance, friends, customs on holidays, music, food, fashion and lifestyle...AMAZING!!! WE ARE LATINOS and SPAIN brought all its beautiful.culture to us! And then ITALY...YES!!! The same view on life and family! What a trio, Espana, Italia y Latinoamerica, Incluyendo a Brazil!!! Just love our culture!!! Viva la Madre Espana!
I actually live in a small village in Burgos with my husband! We are an interesting couple... My husband is Scottish and has Chilean background. I'm Spanish from the Basque Country, but my Mum is Portuguese and I lived 5 years of my childhood in Portugal and I also lived over 13 years in the UK. As you can imagine l'm not the typical Spanish person neither Portuguese, my husband is not the typical Scottish neither Chilean person... Maybe we should start our own RUclips channel hahaha!
eutc7 Hola,soy una chica de Burgos,si haceros un canal...hace falta abrir la mente a los de Burgos,estoy segura de que tendríais muchos seguidores si decís qué cosas raras hacen los burgaleses,o cómo afrontáis la vida en otros países en las rutinas diarias.un abrazo
The noise thing is funny. I complain about it all the time (even if I'm very noisy myself). And then I had to go to a conference in some town in Belgium. And walked around a bit And ... the town felt DEAD. Where is the noise? Where is the people? Why is this all so quiet? Is this a zombie outbreak movie? No car noise, no workers around making noise, no people in the streets making noise, no conversations, nothing at all. The noise may be annoying, but it is also... well, life?
hey I had that feeling in Prague at the January 1st.,in the morning after all the celebrations ended. But I went to work to my morning shift . 😀 the city was so silent and dead, I felt like I'm the last person on earth 😅 exactly, the noise and music and people is what life is about!
Jajaja. Yo tengo exactamente la misma experiencia aquí en EE.UU. Odio el ruido y en España siempre me estoy quejando, pero ahora que vivo aquí es como... "¿Dónde están todos? ¿Dónde está la gente?". Siento que no hay vida a mi alrededor. LOL
@@ines_ramos that's an interesting look from the other side, thanks! "Where are they all? Where are the people?" -- honestly i actualy love to have a bit of silence around me but i can understand you :)
Spaniard here!!! I lived in the Uk for three years and I really missed all of this haha... My colleagues at work told me that they loved my open way of being, my way of talking and being so honest and fresh all the time. Also they asked me how come I was smiling all the time everyday almost jajajajajajaja I miss the uK though, it is another culture and the best experience I had in my life. Loved the video ^^
Great attitude and that is exactly how I want to be when I move to Spain. To embrace the differences and the non differences. I believe we are not all that different and one should never let small differences get in the way of getting to know the person. Nice comment :)
yo vivo en Croydon , afueras de Londres, y los ingleses aqui al igual que a ti adoran mis maneras, cuando hablan en espanya de racismo, la verdad 10 anyos y jamas e recibido mas que buenos tratos...de aqui no me muevo
Oh my God! Spain and Greece are Identical James and Yolly! The slippers the noise the peeled fruit the physical touch, EVERYTHING! Have any Greek said that to you? Im coming to Madrid on the next Saturday and I will be like ok Im home hahaha. Oh and something else...The Castillan accent and the Greek Language are identical when speaking...if you hear me say toxoplasmosis (its a greek word by the way) you wont see any different with yollys wonderful accent! I love your videos they are great! Saludos
I agree about the accent being identical! that shocked me when I met Greek people, they sounded like they were speaking Spanish but with the words all wrong, ha ha!!
@@nikossmouliotis4053 I agree with you 100%. I am Spanish and went to Green. Nice people, nice country, delious food... Etc. You Know learn greek and latin at school? 😄😎
Y'all are so cute. I'm from South Florida so the noise and the closeness are not a shock. Also, being in the south, we say hello to strangers. My husband jokes that I'll talk to anyone. When we were visiting a tiny town (Bandujo) in Asturias, an old lady started talking to me and we had a long conversation about life, politics, children, etc. It was a highlight of our visit.
I had a conversation with a teenager not long ago. We were speaking about the older generation. They asked why old people always want to talk to them, for example at the bus stop. I said if you are sitting at a bus stop for example and an elderly person starts chatting don't dismiss but have a little chat with them. You might even learn something. Just understand though that that conversation could have been the first they had that day and you could have made a big difference to their day so easily. Loneliness for the elderly is a big problem here. Sad but true. I am like you I talk to anyone and I also sometimes have really interesting conversations with strangers, especially the elderly :)
I’m also living in South Florida. I find it cold and rude down here. Everyone walks around Publix like they are the only person there. No one says anything if they happen to be in your way. In central and north Florida they would happily say sorry or excuse me. South Florida blows unless you live on the beach or the ICW.
@@darrencovar6329 I'm from South Florida, Plantation. I happen to be cordial, hospitable and Southern! The problem with South Florida, well, mainly Southeast Florida is the sheer numbers of Yankees (Northerners) and other Foreigners that have inundated the area and failed to or flat out refused to assimilate into the local culture, Southern! They have demographically altered the area to the point that it doesn't even feel like Florida, well, true Florida or Dixie anymore! As a matter of fact, it barely feels like America! I purposely speak to people and force them to engage! I refuse to mollycoddle people's self-appointed isolation! It's rude and unbecoming of Americans, especially in my wonderful Southland! Assimilate to us, or get out! That's my motto!
OMG that part about touching another person when speaking makes so much sense to me! In New Mexico - which was part of the Spanish empire far longer than it's been part of the United States - we do that too. I lay a wrist on a person's shoulder, hand hanging casually down their back, "Have I got a story for you!" Or people hold onto your forearm and lean in close, more intimate than other cultures, "That reminds me of the time..." I actually have to make a conscious effort not to do that when I'm outside of the Southwestern United States, because people (especially east-coasters) can find it really off-putting. I guess we have Spain to thank for more of our cultural uniqueness than even we know!
Soy de Puerto Rico y éste vídeo me hizo sonreír mucho porque me di cuenta de lo mucho que nos parecemos a los españoles aún después de más de un siglo. ;-)
Yo visité España por primera vez en 2005 y luego en 2011 y 2013. Cuando fui en el 2005, estaba un poco preocupado por lo que uno aprende en la escuela en PR y las historias de horror. Llegué allí y fue como regresar al barrio de mi infancia. Todo se sentía muy familiar, muy conocido, y hablaban igual que nosotros (sur de España). Ahora mi esposa y yo estamos considerando retirarnos allá a partir del próximo año, cuando terminamos nuestros 20 años en el air force. Tenemos una casa en PR y otra en Filipinas....pero España nos atrae mas.
@@antoniozuniga6545 Saludos. Básicamente se enseña que llegaron y mataron a todos los Taínos, la esclavitud, y maltrato a la población en general. Datos históricos por supuesto, pero énfasis en todo lo negativo y nada mas. La imagen que a uno se le presenta desde niño es que son unos monstruos, y es fácil crecer con ese resentimiento. Por eso no esperaba tener la reacción que experimenté durante mi primera visita. Sentí que había regresado a mi hogar. Dentro de 1-2 años mi esposa y yo nos estaremos mudando a Malaga.
@@Dangic23 Me alegra que hayas podido comprobar con tus propios ojos que los españoles somos un cachito de pan jajaja, en cuanto a lo que te enseñan, no se puede pensar un hecho histórico de hace 500 años con la mentalidad del siglo XXI. En España valoramos mucho tener pasado romano y árabe, y lógicamente estos no entraron regalando flores.
Our obsesion with the Simpsons, a friend from EEUU told me that the Simpsons are bigger here than in unated states. We use the Simpsons as memes and we quote them all the time, half if our references are from the Simpsons because everybody has seen all the episodes multiple times
When I first got to Granada, I learned that people touch your back for you to move because they need to get around you. My classmate from the USA got really offended by that! I really got used to the closeness of the Spaniards. They give 2 kisses when greeting, and their hands are very animated when they are conversing. They have a lot of personal contact with complete strangers!
@@tximeleta35 There were other serious deseases and pandemics in earlier centuries, indeed they were much more deadly than Covid, but they did not kill the mediterranean mentality and way of life! Surely it makes sense to keep a bit more distance and to act more carefully in social contact while there is a serious desease abaout, but never never let this change your southern mentality, culture and natural way of life!! Unfortunately this is what they want, the big pharmaceutical and digital companies! They fight against natural human living! Big Pharma wants to keep people dependent on their products forever and the permanent social distancing kills our natural immune system, which needs to be trained by close and physical contact with other individuals, nature and the real world. And Big Data desire all informations and absolute control over every aspect of human life! They always make money when we are sitting at home alone communicating with our friends only by using Whats App or other web channels. But they don't earn anything while we meet our friends in an bar or elsewhere having natural and physical contact! These big Companies love Lockdowns, they make them even richer. Big Pharma, Big Data and Big Money fight your meditarranean culture and all human cultures of the world! We must not let them win!!!
So true about the noise level, OMG, but I’m getting used to it. Also kids, they’re everywhere, very family oriented. The thing I noticed was how nice and welcoming the people in my village have been. Very friendly. They see me trying to speak Spanish, having a hard time, they teach me the correct pronounciation and we all have a good laugh my attempts. Spain is a wonderful country. 🇪🇸
Hello from India :-) You guys are such a sweet, funny and polite couple! I love how both of you demystify certain cultural aspects of Spain. I absolutely love James respectfully mentions every cultural aspect of Spain without sounding disrespectful to Yoly and I also love how Yoly takes everything sportively without getting offended and explains/clarifies things to James. I am an Indian now living in the UK, I can relate to what most of the things which Yoly say because I after watching this video, I am convinced that Indians and Spanish are similar in so many ways hahaha!!! When I arrived in the UK, it was quite a shock to experience a different culture but thankfully my transition was smooth. It is just that we have to respect the local culture without getting offended ourselves or offending them. You guys are epitome of dignity and grace. I absolutely love it how both of you take time to understand each other's culture without stereotyping each other. We all have different cultural aspects, attitudes, mindsets, realities etc. which affect the way we behave - this is something you guys completely understand and I think which is why both of you have mutual respect and love for each other's culture. I hope all young people watch your videos and learn how we can respect other cultures without judging them or making fun of them. Lots and lots of love and respect to lovely people like both of you in Spain and New Zealand from India xx :-)
I'm from Barcelona and i love your videos, for me is a good way to listen and learn English, and also I love a way to know how other countries see us. Keep on doing videos like this.
I'm Italian an live in the UK, I lived the exact same cultural shocks but reversed! Anglo-saxon cultural bubble makes us mediterranean people feel unwanted, and you guys are weird not peeling fruit, peel is covered in pesticides! :-D By the way, toxoplasmosis has a higher incidence in southern Europe country, hence the big deal is made of it for pregnant women. (Spaniards, we are totally brothers and sisters
Re the noise and speaking loud. Something super funny happens to me. When I speak in English I speak in a quieter tone, but the moment I change to Spanish, I automatically raise my voice and I start yelling (according to my American husband). LOL It's a cultural thing.
As someone born in Poland and living in Ireland, I have the same exact problem. I'm well able to keep my voice down when speaking English, but when I converse in Polish with my family, they immediately tell me to quieten down.
Thanks for this video, I'm from the US, but my mother is from Spain and it made me very nostalgic. An important Spanish value is generosity, which you see in how they share food and will refuse to eat the last bite on a plate. The person who wants the food will often offer it to others forcefully and will only eat it if forced to by others. There's even a name for it; "la verguenca del Gallego" - the shame of the Gallician. Similarly, Spanish people often insist on paying for shared meals or drinks and will argue over the privilege of paying for others. The arguments can even get heated and sometimes physical (not harmful, but may include wrestling over a check at a restaurant). Also the importance of ham in Spain cannot be overstated. Regarding that custom of treating, I was once talking to a Spaniard about it and he mentioned that you can tell who your cheapskate friends are because they will treat you when you go out for drinks, but let other people pay when you get ham.
Very interesting video! I am Spanish but I am currently living in the UK, and I actually find the same cultural shocks but the other way around! Nobody wears slippers, nobody says hello in the street, they act like you don't exist, nobody peals the fruit!! Yes, for us the floor is dirty by definition, and we don't like getting dusty feet or socks XD. About the change, I think it's just useful for the cashers and they ask you in case you want to get rid of some coins, which is also useful for you. It might look like they want to force you to pay the exact amount because we also don't say much please or thank you, the "please" is implicit in the way you (kindly, in principle) ask for those coins. I LOVE this channel, I watch it everytime I feel homesick :)
I am British and now live in Spain and I have to say some people are pretty miserable here, the cashiers in the supermarket just grunt at you, most people don’t say hello unless I say it first, I’ve even said hello to people and they’ve just ignored me so lets not pretend that Spain is full of happy smiling people
@@JackR772 These are "average" traits not universal of course. The stereotypes are not accurate but give you an idea of the standards. I used to hear bad things about the french, but the ones I met there were helpful and friendly.
Rwzal 8 Ouch! Put the claws away pussy cat! Why the name calling? It isn’t arrogant to point out that not all Spaniards are friendly since the OP complained people don’t say hello to her in the street in England. People can say hello to me or not, I am stating an observation. You have obviously taken what I said personally, try to take a little criticism with a sense of emotional maturity, after all we are all adults here, aren’t we?
What a fun and good video! :) Thank you both for sharing your experience! I'm Lithuanian living in Madrid since 5 years.I showed this video to my Spanish boyfriend and we've laughted through so many bits, because your stories were so relatable, we've expereinced many of those cultural differences as a couple too. One thing that I found really surprising during my first months in Spain was the interaction with salespeople in the local marketplace. Then your turn comes they usually greet you by saying "qué te pongo reina" or "dime cariño / guapa / joven". It would instantly put a smile on my face :) Just like you said, it's all about interaction, having a contact and sharing with people around you. I think that it was the main reason why I so quickly started to feel like at home here and fell in love with Spain. Best of luck to both of you!
Hola amigos. Soy español y estoy gratamente sorprendido de encontrar una pareja de extranjeros o como en vuestro caso, sólo uno de los dos qué trate tan amablemente, tan educadamente a la sociedad española. Habéis conseguido un nuevo seguidor. Se nota que en Nueva Zelanda hay cultura.
I'm going to be hosting a foriegn exchange student from Spain very soon, I'm so thankful to find your videos so I can try my best to understand her culture and help her feel comfortable in my home in America. Thank you for sharing so much detail!
Multiple random people on beaches in the South offering you sun cream. Mind you they might have been right. Rather than nicely tanned I got back home looking like perfect material for a lobster soup.. Thank you to the very good people of Andalusia and Catalunya :)
El tema del cambio de dinero yo lo veo como una cosa practica y de mutuo beneficio. Los cajeros quieren calderilla para poder cambiar bien, y yo quiero quitármela de encima y tener cantidades redondas de dinero.
Fantastic video! On a side note, I was feeling a bit down today because of CoVID self isolation and Yoly’s smile on this video was so contagious it made me smile and changed my mood. Thank you and I hope you guys are safe!
I am so happy to have found your channel! My husband and I plan to retire to Spain (from the US), and while we have each traveled multiple times to Spain, committing to moving there is of course quite different. I appreciate all these insights!
#4: My Dad used to say, "You know how you can find the Iberia gate at any airport? (Then he's put his hand to his ear.) Just listen for it." We're not loud, we're "passionate."
I think that is kind funny that you find strange to see children in bars with their families... I say this because I live in the spanish east coast (Alicante) and I'm used to see english people at their residential areas, hanging out at late night hours (and I don't mean like 10 or 11 pm: more like 2 o 3 am), drinking serious amounts of alcohol, and with their children playing a few meters away from their tables. As a spaniard, I always found this kind of disturbing. It's true that you can see little children in the bars with their families in Spain... but to me, this only happens until certain hours, and in a less "hard drinking" environment (like having a beer or a wine and some tapas: not drinking G & T's until you can barely walk and have to call a taxi). Maybe this is just an english thing (or an ex-pat thing).
Those people are on holiday though and have no where to leave their children. It's not a great excuse though. Its not normal to have children in a bar in the evening in the UK but we have very different drinking cultures as I'm sure you have witnessed. We drink to get drunk. You guys meet up to be sociable and also have a drink. Getting wrecked isn't the main motivation which is why you can take your family for a meal at 10 in the evening in a bar, here most folk would be drunk and it isn't child friendly.
The "bar" concept is different in Spain -I would say it's unique- In the countries I've lived or visit Bar=Moe's bar (not that ugly but a place for drinking alcohol). In my home country many of spanish bar will be called Cafés, Cafetería or similar.
En el pueblo de mi madre, en Aragón. Cuando llega el verano y la gente está de vacaciones. Se sientan en la plaza junto al bar y sus hijos jugando alrededor y ahí se puede pasar uno hasta las 3 o 4 de la mañana con los críos correteando. No verás a la gente borracha perdida pero sí disfrutando del fresco tomándose una cervecita o un healdo. Rsto también lo he visto en pueblos de la costa Catalana. Y como para mi s normal cuando voy de vacaciones a España yo hago lo mismo. Para mi, no es nada extraño al fin y al cabo cuando la mayor parte del día los críos no pueden salir a jugar con sus amiguitos porque la temperatura sube a 40ºC. A partir de las 6 de la tarde hasta las 8 se va a la piscina, a la vuelta tras la ducha se cena y luego ale a escampar la boira hasta que se vayan a dormir. Vivo en Escocia el problema es el de diferentes horarios. Aquí los bares cierran a las 12 de la noche. En inglaterra a las 11. La discoteca sería como un after en España solo que en vez de abrir a partir de las 3am es a esa hora cuando los cierran... Esta gente cena entre las 4 y las 6 de la tarde. Es entonces cuando comienzan a beber porque a media noche cada mochuelo a su olivo. Cuando viajan a España siguen sus horarios británicos con la diferencia de que tienen la oportunidad de quedarse hasta más tarde. Y tal como explica Choc ellos beben para emborracahrse cuanto más rápido mejor. Para nosotros es un acto social, bebes sorbo a sorbo mientras charlas con los amigos y no pretendes emborracharte si no disfrutar de la velada.
I love it personally the whole family there during the day in bars. I got used to it many years ago when staying in France as it is very common there. Very family orientated. We in the UK do have a lot more pubs with food that include children with children's menus. We also have many that have a children's play area in the beer gardens. When I first visited France a long time ago it was not this way in the UK but it has changed. In this country we would however rarely see children late in the evening in a bar area. A lot of people let loose when on a long awaited holiday. So it should not really be perceived as the norm.
i've been watching your videos for like 3 hours straight :D as a spaniard who grew up in switzerland, I'm still learning a few details and you're giving me a sense of security in social exchanges like in bars when i'm back home :D
My great grandparents are Spanish and my dad brings it up all the time and I’ve always wanted to be more connected to the culture thanks for making this video!!
En Italia se quedaron flipando cuando me vieron comiendo un higo con piel... casi tanto como yo cuando vi que todos los italianos se los comían pelándolos como si fueran plátanos... en fin.
The change thing is funny!! I think it is quite Mediterranean :) When I was living in the USA; the cashiers never understood why I wanted to give them a quarter to get a dollar back, instead of getting 75 cents :))
I had never noticed this until this video! When I was living in England I always tried to give a bill and the exact amount of pennies, and several cashiers did indeed gave me strange looks, I get it now hahaha
@Ginger it's not about rights, it's about culture. And in Spain cashiers almost always suggested exact change. In the US, I think our math is so bad that cashiers don't get why I give then $8.12 when the charge is 7.62
@Ginger Maybe because they know how rude you are they don´t even want your money dude, just by reading your comments anyone can see how pitifull you are.
I think you can't understand the change thing because you aren't a cashier. If you are a cashier and you run out of coins your life becomes really complicated. So as we are not afraid of speaking to strangers and we feel close to anyone around us... we ask!!! Is not demanding, it's just asking. In my case I would ask automatically to every single person. If they have the coins it's good for everyone. The client won't be carrying around a lot of heavy coins and the cashier doesn't have to give his limited supply of change away. Anyway, if the client doesn't have it it's not an issue or at least I didn't feel it like one. It's just a way to ask "a favour" from a stranger xD if they turn out to be friendly and they actually help you, your life becomes easier... And we love easier life here...😅
Yo vivo en Santiago de Compostela, y en las ciudades de Galicia, no hacemos casi colas, y tenemos más espacio personal (especialmente en los pueblos pequeños). Pero a la hora de tomarnos unas cervezas o unas copas, todos apiñados en cualquier local. Somos diferentes según la zona (y el clima), pero con mucho en común.
Great topic. As an American who travelled to other Mediterranean countries I was confused why some strangers would stare at me as if waiting to see what my reaction would be. In the beginning it really caught me off guard and I didn't know what to make of it. Now I understand that some people are just very intrigued by others and feel nothing wrong with expressing it by locking their gaze on them. It's both flattering and puzzling because you have no idea why they are staring. Now I just notice it and think - 'ok, there it is again, whatever....'.
A ver, yo soy española y todavía me confunde, y sobretodo me da rabia, porque es de mala educación. Si te aburres ponte a mirar la tele, no a la gente en la calle.
Joly's English is great, and you have a great Castillian Spanish accent. Why don't you guys do videos in Spanish? Maybe a separate channel? For us native Spanish speakers?
@Ginger I know, that's why I suggested a new channel for Spanish content. I mean, they both have great Spanish, they should leverage that and get more subscribers from the Spanish speaking community. I think it'll be a blast, quite frankly.
I'm one of the target audience since I cannot speak and understand Spanish (although I'm trying my best to learn haha 🤣) Maybe they could just add Spanish subtitles so while they speak English, I can learn Spanish from the subtitles 😀
I too appreciate the English... since I want to visit Spain and I appreciate the “insight” that James and Joly have. I am trying to learn Spanish though...
You hit the nail on the head. Growing up as an Italian (in NYC), my family was very similar with our mannerisms and way of communicating (say what came to mind and always using our hands to talk/ touch when communicating). The interesting part is that you will find that others in the same country (in states) in other regions such as the South will not always understand this is a cultural thing as they have their own culture/ way of doing things. For example, instead of saying they don't like something directly, they will either say nothing or try to insult you with a sweet voice and a smile. It is very interesting how culture can vary greatly even in the same country from coast to coast even. I have learned (and still learn everyday) that we just need to understand the culture of other people/ places so we don't misunderstand things! Keeps things interesting as you are always in study mode:-).
- restaurants opening for dinner as late as 20-30 - a lot of apartments without heating although winters can get really cold - witnessed some juicy street fights "Spanish drama" style (like a couple fighting on infidelity etc) - tinto de verano is a thing (now I actually enjoy it) - calçots and grilled artichokes (love it)
I love your videos! I have been coming to Spain from my 0-16th year old at least once a year. And now that I am 30 I decided to go and live in Sevilla because of the low costs and my business partially is online. Can't wait until April when I am finally moving there Vamossss
Great video! Very funny to watch as a Spanish person... By the way in my experience, we peel all the fruit and most vegetables because we are a country with a lot of traditional agriculture so and when we started with industrial agriculture it became a social concern the amount of chemicals products such as pesticides that would stay in the skin of the fruit ;)
Oh what a relief. I am willing to adapt and I will try a kiwi not peeled as I believe in don't knock it until you try it.. However nice to know I will not be considered too odd if I do decide I prefer my kiwi peeled. Well to be honest if that is the only difference I am worried about I think I will fit right in when I move out there. haha.
This is the exact explanation that my parents-in-law gave me years ago when I asked their reasons for peeling the fruit rather than just washing it thoroughly. I've lived in Almería for 17 years, they grow a lot of fruit and veg here. Our family works growing organic fruit and veg and I've seen the products used in non organic food production too, trust me, you'd peel your fruit and veg if you realised what they put on your food to protect from diseases, funguses, viruses and pests etc😳. Great comment Jorge 👍
I love your personalities - glad I found this channel. I'm at an intermediate Spanish level and am trying to brush up on it. I hope to visit Spain soon!
Pues aparte del pesticida (que tambien) yo tenía una abuela requetelimpia que me decía que los bichos( insectos) del campo hacían sus "cosas" sobre ellas(que puñetera 🙄) y además se recogían hasta las frutas del suelo para aprovecharlas y podía haber suciedad,heces de animales, guarrerías varias...En serio, pelar la fruta es costumbre heredada de antes aún vigente en muchas casas... entonces no se conocían los beneficios de la fibra de la piel que ahora conocemos..
Oh, James, I totally understand you! I am originally from Argentina, and moved to the United States when I was 25 years old. It's been 40 years now, and there are many things I still miss or that I don't get along with. I love this country, and I appreciate all the opportunities it provided me, but ... I still miss my coffee 🤣
We have similar experience. Argentinian, 40 years in the US and I came first at the age of 26. Certainly I never get over my cultural differences in many aspects. Now retired Im looking for new horizons.
Thank you guys, I love Spain! So much fun and such a fun culture! I love the people and I have never had sooo much fun and full life as I do when I am in Spain...
Kids running around in bars was a shock when I first moved to Spain, the loudness not so much, I am Middle Eastern and we are loud. It was such a lovely thing to go out to eat on a Sunday and see a long table with 3 or 4 generations, eating, shouting (actually having a conversation). You don't see so much now even here on The Costa del Sol. Another shock was going into a bar and seeing the floor covered with paper napkins. I couldn't understand why my friends were taking me to dirty bars, till it was explained to me that it was not considered dirt, just means that they have good food, that's why the floor is full of napkins, people eat, throw their napkin on the floor and eat some more. Another thing that I don't see now, and I must admit I don't miss it. (Talking about the 80s here) This is more of an anecdote rather than a cultural shock. Ordering coffee in Malaga, it's not just cafe solo or cafe con leche. Solo, Largo, semilargo, solo corto, mitad, entre corto, corto, sombra and nube
Que bueno 🤣🤣🤣 aquí en España, si alguien no te mantiene la mirada es sospechoso 🤣 piensas, "que terrible secreto esconde esta persona??? " para nosotros alguien que no te mira a los ojos, no es de fiar 🤣🤣🤣 en cuanto a comer un kiwi sin pelar...? 🤮 Qué horror. Un beso muy grande chicos 😜💕🇪🇸
It is the same in Costa Rica. My mother-in-law explained that the blook in your feet was hot and putting them on the mostly tiled floor would cause illness.
We love your channel! My wife is American and I’m from South America but we met in Spain (Valencia). We’re daydreaming about living in Spain some day, the only way for us seems to be the golden visa ($500k!) so it’ll be a while... subscribed!
I'm Spanish and I love your "problems" with the "bubble", we are touchy even if you're not a hug peson, but we used to thouch, give hugs, he don't use to greet with hands
I had so much fun with this video. First thing I just realized is that I'm very Spanish and I do all those things you say and I didn't even know. We like contact, we treat friends as if they were family, we usually have strong social nets that support us, we are loud and emotional. Slippers are a totally a thing, you won't be part of the family till you have slippers at your in laws. And of course the first thing to think of when you test positive to toxoplasmosis is jamón! What else? Lettuce? Hahaha. I was at a friend's house in Brunei a couple of months ago and the hardest thing for me always is greating each other and remembering not to touch people. I tend to hug and kiss and touch a lot more than asians do.
I lived in Soria in the mid 90s. For me the biggest shock was looking out my window at the bar across the street and seeing a policeman drinking at the counter with gun at his side. In Ireland, the police are not armed. Only specialist units and detectives have guns so it was a strange sight. Another big difference was the bureaucracy. I remember having to get official stamps from everyone- the ayuntamiento, the guardia civil, the comisaría de policía, the tabac. Getting my NIE card took ages. Also it felt weird getting my finger prints taken!
You two have such a nice energy. I appreciate your videos. Making my first visit to Spain in a few weeks, for 10-11 days, and likely won't experience much of what you cover in your videos. But they are very enjoyable anyway.
@Ginger you have some kind of anger problem, and maybe... you don´t know how to give people money so they don´t drop it : ) Why u bother with this channel? maybe because you have no life and come here to just troll? : ) i feel so sorry for you.
We always try to have the coins ready for the cashiers here in Germany. So if it costs 13,67 we give 15,67 or 15,70 to make it easier for the cashier. If we only got a twenty euro bill, at least we search for some 70 cents. Germans only say hallo and good bye in supermarkets. Thank you and have a nice day started maybe two years ago in supermarkets. During corona with all the masks it is less talking again.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!! Gracias por proporcionar una informacion tan divertida! Su pais es definitivamente algo especial. Desde hace 20 años no dejo de admirarla despues de mi primera (y por ahora ultima :-( ) visita a España de apenas una semana. No dejes de hacer nuevos videos, ellos son muy agradables! Jei būsite Kaune, - užeikit kavos! 🙂
Wow, I just discovered this channel and I love it! Spain is one of my favorite places in the world, and I have visited often. As a matter of fact I'm headed back in a couple of weeks. My maternal grandmother was madrileña, and I certainly love the culture. I thought I knew everything I needed to know about Spain, but you've proved me wrong. Thank you!
I lived in Barcelona until I was 17. Since I have lived in Australia for 33 years. Your videos are spot on. Great information for would be visitors. Your videos are very enjoyable to watch. Keep up the great work. Thank you.
About peeling the fruits, my grandfather worked for a Chemist, and taught us to wash our hands before eating and to always wash the fruits, because the chemical fertilizers and plaguicides used when you grow it. Granny preferred to peel the fruit, even after cleaning it. Both came from agricultural zones.
I was going to say the loud thing may just be a iberian thing, cuz in Portugal we're very roudy as well. But then that threw me off. Glad too see it's not a popular thing to do.
This is awesome because it's soooo true! I hadn't think about the locking eyes thing, but now I realize even yesterday I did it with a woman in the grocery store because her baby was being funny and cute and I shared a smile with her
American here who used to live in Barcelona -- one important part of the noise that I noticed in Spain buildings is that because they are typically built with tile or masonry walls, floors, and ceilings. Such rooms have incredibly high reverb compared to the buildings I'm used to in the US where cheap plaster wallboard is usually placed over stud walls. The good side of Spanish construction is that I never heard my Spanish neighbors or their TVs etc, the bad thing is that all of the sound energy I made just bounced right back into my own room. In several situations in small rooms as a new Spanish speaker I simply could not understand the words coming out of people's mouths because the reverb was so high it was like they were talking through a distortion machine -- I'd take that same person out on to the patio and it was like dialing in a radio station -- all the static disappeared! Thanks for the fun channel. The two of you are a pleasure to watch.
Wow - the locked eye gaze thing... I live in the US, in Florida. Years ago I was in New York City on business and while walking down the streets in Manhattan, I noticed that the young women wouldn't make eye contact with you. I asked a woman friend of mine who lived in NYC why that was and she said the women felt that if you locked eyes with them, they considered it "mind rape". Never understood that or even if it was true, but it's interesting how different the whole "eye gaze lock" thing is between 2 major cities like Madrid and NYC.
In NYC, especially in Manhattan,no one makes eye contact with anyone unless they know each other. NEWYAWKERS are always in a hurry and are constantly surrounded by and dealing with millions of other total strangers on a daily basis. Its NYC not Minot , ND. The "eye -rape" thing is BS. What women do not like is to be stared at or longingly ogled by men they do not know (the "male gaze") unless they are in the mood for it. Many times these lingering stares and ingratiating smiles are accompanied by cat calls or worse. Its a defense mechanism so that the poor slob can't complain that "she was asking for it"! BTW- Why do you think a NYC woman should or would even want to make eye contact with you? Do you look like Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt"? Really Mike, its NOTHING PERSONAL -NYC is a very hard city to live in.Get over yourself...
This is the country I’d love to live!!! I love the language, I love the people and I love how the city looks. I hope I get to experience this someday ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm amazed by the quantity of spanish people watching and commenting this video. Like if we needed to gain self esteem as spaniards: "look! Someone is talking about us! We mustn't be so bad as a country" xD
I watch them because it's funny to know us from a foreneir's eyes, but it's true what you say about low self-esteem. Anytime you read somebody writing in English on the internet and saying "sorry for my poor English" 90% of the time they're Spaniards. You'd read a lot of "that in Spain is imposible because we're 'mean comment about ourselves'". I traveled a lot and lived in 4 countries and it's surprising how NOT so bad we are and we don't know about it (yes, of course there's still a lot of issues that need to get better, but I think we have a very good country to live in).
Oh no, it's not about self steem, it's about humour! I find it so funny to hear about it, like reading what a lonely planet book says about your country. I've had a good laugh, definitely not about needing any reassuring, it's just funny. I had never thought about the slipper thing and it's totally a thing!
About holdimg your gaze, in small towns when you encounter a stranger face to face while on a walk or on your way to somewhere, aside from making eye contact you also greet him, ususlly with a "Hola", as to show that you have no ill will toward him. Look at it this way, it's very unsettling to cross paths with a stranger on a lonely sidewalk on a tiny town, but when he looks at you and greets you, you see him as a friendly neighbor
I agree absolutely with the point about making plans. So many times I have my days/ weeks/ months planned way in advance and just can't meet up with Spanish friends because they won't arrange things until the last minute!
One thing takes to the other, because spontaneity it's really a thing, you don't know what are you gonna do or where are you gonna be in two weeks, even if you would be on the mood, so... Better wait until then.
@@saramatanunez9857 This is the "New Normal" the Big Data companies and governments long to establish worldwide.because it gives them all information about everyone, which means a lot of money and absolute control!
I'm from the USA. I'm also very shocked when traveling abroad that nobody has change. So, I make sure I always buy something at a chain store first to get smaller bills/coins.
minuto 2:59 Yo soy de Burgos! y vivo en Madrid, jajajaja! Y si, puede ser que haya una pequeña diferencia en cuanto al espacio personal, pero creo que tiene más que ver con la frialdad en el carácter de los burgaleses. Los madrileños son gente mucho más abierta y amable. Pero sí, simplemente el hecho de besarnos y abrazarnos para saludar, rompe una pequeña barrera psicológica que se ve muy presente cuando viajas a otros países europeos o anglosajones, donde es un enorme choque acercarte a alguien para besarle la mejilla, o tocarle un brazo, etc. A mi en general me parece algo positivo de nuestra cultura :) Por cierto!!! Me mudo a Nueva Zelanda en dos meses!!!! (que nervios) Qué cúmulo de casualidades!! algún consejo????
Eso de ‘somos abiertos y simpáticos’ y los anglosajones son muy fríos, no es cierto. Hay muchos Españoles amables sí, pero también existen muchos antipáticos con una mala leche que te cagas! Dos besos, que ni siquiera son besos, no va cambiar eso. De todas formas no conozco a ningún Español que da dos besos a otra hombre que no sea familia cercana.
Ginger Well I’m glad you pointed that out as I didn’t realise I was racist against myself. I only say anglosajón because thats what many Spaniards say, I always thought it sounded strange but when in Rome and all that
@@JackR772 JAJAJA lo de ser mas fríos lo decía precisamente por los burgaleses, lee el comentario otra vez, anda! Y qué lástima que no conozcas hombres que dan dos besos porque en mi entorno de amigos y compañeros hay bastantes!! no de primeras, pero en cuanto hay algo de confianza no tienen problemas en dar dos besos :)
Great vid! I´ve lived and worked in Spain for over 25 years. Madrid, Barcelona, Guadix. Presently, in a small town in Almeria - Velez Rubio. Your list of "culture shock" is bang on. Eating hours is another eccentricity that I´d add. When I first arrived in Madrtd, I was asked for dinner by some family friends.. "Oh - thank you! What time should I get there?" "About 11 o´clock", I was told. They had other people as well going for dinner. I arrived at 11 - and found I was the first to arrive. We eventually sat down for dinner at midnight. This was a little extreme even for Madrid in 1965,. The friends were in the liquor business, which probably accounted for the extreme. Still, after 10 was a normal time for dinner and before 9 unheard of, Meal times are gradually changing, which is a shame.
Oh my goodness, I love this! We live in the Canary Islands and these are exactly the things we've noticed. Especially the noise thing! :D But it's been such a fun journey!! I found your videos, because we are moving to Madrid next summer. Great videos, thanks!
I'm in high school and studying abroad for a semester in Seville and I've been here two weeks. As an American I'm used to eating a lot of snacks throughout the day so when I went to the pantry to grab a snack, my host sister was shocked and made me feel guilty for it. I've noticed now that people don't really eat on-the-go or throughout the day like they do in America. This will take some getting used to, but I found it interesting.
Now you know why Spanish people stay in shape. When you live in Spain, do as the Spanish do. When in Barcelona don't miss out on xampagnerias! Ask your roommate. Average height of men in Europe 6 feet =1, 80 metres 1,80m guy - 80 kilos Spain 1,80m guy - 180 kilos USA
Great video, guys! As a Spaniard who has lived until recently in England, I can say some of these actually shock me too! I am still (re)adapting to the touching of strangers (mainly coworkers) and I have finally managed to stop saying "perdone" when I go past someone and slightly enter their personal space, because they looked at me weirdly 😂 and the loudness now actually bothers me, I wonder if I am an hybrid now of anglosaxon-Spaniard? and the slippers HAHAHA my flatmates in England simply couldn't understand why I was desperately looking for slippers in the shops when winter came, but I find them way comfier than being barefoot! I love this channel, keep up with the good work :)
The slippers are a must in Spain, as a little girl I loved to be barefoot at home, I remember my mother saying to me: "You are barefoot like a savage, put your slippers on right now!!!!!!"
My husband and I are moving to Spain, to get out of Covina Ca. We cannot wait. What an adventure. I am 70 and he is 80. His son lives in BCN, which is where we are going to live. Your videos are excellent. My Spanish is terrible and I am trying to learn. But thank you
What were your cultural shocks coming to or living in Spain?! Let Yoly and I know!
Spain Revealed - James Blick i stayed in spain 20 days people are very friendly,the most thing i was hearing is “buenos días”,”hasta luego” even if you dont know the person when you say goodbye its better to say hasta luego (see you later)
Also that they don’t eat at breakfast,churros con chocolate would be enough.
Those 20 days were the best,love you spain 🇪🇸 ❤️
En Aranda de Duero (Burgos) tb somos cercanos... jajaja.
Cada vez que veo vuestros videos me acuerdo de una pareja de amigos, ella es "Newzealandesa" y el de Aranda.y si, los shock culturales cuando llegó a Madrid a vivir fueron iguales.
It's so hard to find water fountains here, but oftentimes restaurants charge you for water. So you definitely have to plan ahead!
So many cultural differences and I love them all! Here's a few I remember from my time living there:
-it's perfectly OK to throw the tiny grease-proof napkins on the floor in tapas bars
-people of every single generation go to bars
-babies with their ears pierced
-people seem to mop/vacuum their floors almost every day
-it's no big deal to use lots of expletives in conversation
-specific State-run shops for selling tobacco
-commercial breaks on TV last about 10 minutes
-lots of hand gestures, signifying things like "the place was packed", "X situation is unreal", or pointing to one's eye to mean "I saw such and such"
I'm sorry I will have to ask you.What is the big deal in touching people?Personal space.When latins in general touch people does not mean in a disrespectful way.It's the opposite.We acknowlegde your presence and we want to get close as signal of respect.It is nothing to do with intimacy.Grabbing arms is a way of drawing attention to one thing.Just like saying look ...Or mind you.Or watch out.Why are all anglophones so freak out about this.The thing the most annoying us is the indifference.When you don't acknowledge others people presence by blatant ignoring.It's the ultimate insult.Signal of utter arrogance and not being humble.When you care you touch people.When you don't you just ignore.Pretend they are not there.One thing the puzzles me to these day it's this bubble like a barrier that you build around yourselves that no one can't get closer.Or we as latins don't know how to handle this.I found shocking this bubble thing.That means if I brush against people by chance why should i say sorry if it was just a brushing.Does not make sense.
Some years back I decided to spend 2 months cycling through he mountains of Malaga and Cadiz and on one particular day my destination was a small town at high altitude. It was 45 degress and I'd run out of water. There was no shade and I was severely dehydrated to the point of a pounding headache. I was so bad that I had to walk the bike the last 3 kms up the steep, winding road. I finally made it and walked the last 100m up the extremely steep cobbled streets to the centre of the town. I eventually stopped in a small square and there was a group of very rough-looking men sitting out the back of a bar on milk crates(this was an very rural town with ZERO tourists and nobody spoke any English)
When I stopped to catch a breath, in the shade of the buildings, I was panting and after a few minutes of staring from this group - they were filthy and almost looked like homeless alcoholics - one of them approached me. He was speaking a very unique, rural dialect and very fast. My Spanish wasn't great at the time, but I got the gist that he wanted my empty water bottle so I gave it to him.
He disappeared and after 10 minutes there was no sign so I moved on to look for a water fountain. I wandered the town for about 30mins and was absolutely wrecked at this stage, stopping to rest every couple of minutes. All of the shops were closed as it was siesta time. My head was pounding and I was sure I was going to collapse any second from sun stoke.
Just then I looked up and saw the man from earlier running up the alley towards me with a big smile on his face. As he approached I realised that he had filled up my water bottle for me and actually ran around the town looking for me. This may seem like a mundane or pointless story to some, but it has always stuck in my mind as something special. I suppose you had to live it. :)
It is special even to read it. Priceless to have lived it ❤️
Where was this.. some of my family moved into that area and im wondering if thats the area where i used to go every year on holiday :) it was zero tourists and everyone didnt speak english, just spanish. I had to learn a lot quick!!
¡Me encanta tu historia! Such a lovely story!
musashidanmcgrath beautiful x
Great tale thanks for telling it.
A Spanish girl touched my leg once, we now have two kids!
I thought you actually had to have sex for that to happen wow I better be careful
Just make sure Holly that if you touch a guys leg you are prepared to marry him if necessary!
haha!
Hahahaha
Central leg?
I am considered very shy and cold in Spain (I'm a Spaniard) but when I lived in the UK, people saw me like a crazy extrovert touchy person 🙄🙄. Had a massive identity crisis lol.
Same here lmao. I have been to 3 different countries - Sweden, Spain and Japan. I was born in India and in Japan and Sweden I was considered very extroverted and social but in Spain and India, I am considered very very introverted lmfao
I’m pretty introverted as an American, if I move to Spain I guess I’ll be considered even more shy and reclusive
@@leroysanchino no I think Americans talk a lot (I’m German) but the noise level Americans have will rival that of Spanish people
I am a Spaniard born and raised in germany (my parents left spain in the late 80s). In germany i am considered super outgoing and extroverted, in spain people think i am reserved and shy lol.
@Ana Smiles
You would've fitted right in when in the UK. ¡Porque los ingleses son frios! ¿Verdad?
Una amiga Canadiense cuando vino a España dijo: "los españoles habláis en mayusculas". Muy fan de esa frase xD
¿TODOS?!!! MI AMIGO QUE ES MUDO NO HABLA CON MAYÚSCULAS, TU COMENTARIO ME RESULTA BASTANTE INJUSTO PARA ÉL. TE AGRADECERÍA QUE RECTIFICARAS Y NO INCLUYERAS A MI AMIGO MUDO. GRACIAS!
Si, los españoles hablan la lengua de la pasion ❤
17:45 He ate the kiwi without peeling. Alright, well, that's enough internet for today.
haha
Kiko?!?! No peeling the kiwi?!? 😰 Common... 😲
I eat it like that, too. Eating the skin is very healthy and I think it tastes great!
madremiadelamorhermoso O.O
Blasphemy!
My biggest shock about visiting Madrid in the summer was how happy and smiley everyone was compared to England. Grab a slice of pizza and it comes with a smile. I would love to live in Spain.
Have you ever seen Federico Fellini's "La dolce vita"? It may give you a clue on who they seem so happy.
ASKING for change to the end of the bill it does happen i many countries in Europe noting special is behind this. This will prevent you having full wallet of coins. Good idea but why kiwis do not get this? Just use your brains.
Chicos, por favor, banead al cerdilla. Lo único que hace es fastidiar los comentarios con sus imbecilidades
@ Qual es tu problema?
True, in England the beer is warm and the women are cold.
About the guy on the bus with his phone speakers at full volume: not cultural at all, and I am sure everybody else around him was pissed, they just didn't want confrontation. But that's not "normal" and it's not ok for us.
Its possible they were pissed. But think people in Spain tolerate loud noises a little more than in NZ
@@spainrevealed definitely normal for someone to watch videos or play games with the volume on. So annoying -and rude.
@@perthfanny3017 Anyone of us would feel annoyed if someone does that. If someone does it is a rude person or a young asshole. Yes, Spain is a too noisy country. I've read it is the second country more noisy in the world after Japan. But we aren't crazy and have ears too. We don't like too strong noises either. What is totally true is we usually speak too loud. I hate that. Strong noises stress me. I can't even listen to some kind of music such as hard rock... I get crazy.
Ok phew, I was thinking I’m not sure I want to go to Spain now
@@ashleyromero5302 I guess it really depends what your cultural background is! If you are fine with a quite noisy environment and personal space is not important then you may feel comfortable! I just came back from a 12 day business trip to the US and it is probably the culture that makes me feel the most comfortable regarding personal space. I already miss how people actually apologize when they feel like they have invaded it 👌🏻.
On the other hand, Spain is a very lively place where people like to interact with each other on the street, going to bars, restaurants,... the cities and the landscape are beautiful so you definitely wanna travel across the country! I especially like Central Spain (Castilla la Mancha y Castilla y Leon) . You will also find that in some ways people are more supportive of each other than in other cultures in Spain.
You should definitely make up your mind yourself! 🤗 No country is perfect so it all depends which criteria are more important to you! Go for it 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸👊👊👊
¡Viva España y los españoles! Después de 14 años en Madrid me fui a vivir en Inglaterra y no sabéis como os hecho de menos! Llegué a Madrid cuando tenía 18 años (soy rumana). No veo la hora de volver!
Vuelve cuando quieras cariño, tu ya eres de casa. 😀
OMG!!! I am from Dominican Republic and first time in Spain was such a shock...I understood who I was, everything made sense to me when I visited Spain! EVERYTHING made sense, the way I was raised, celebrations, dance, friends, customs on holidays, music, food, fashion and lifestyle...AMAZING!!! WE ARE LATINOS and SPAIN brought all its beautiful.culture to us! And then ITALY...YES!!! The same view on life and family! What a trio, Espana, Italia y Latinoamerica, Incluyendo a Brazil!!!
Just love our culture!!! Viva la Madre Espana!
😊😊❤
I actually live in a small village in Burgos with my husband! We are an interesting couple... My husband is Scottish and has Chilean background. I'm Spanish from the Basque Country, but my Mum is Portuguese and I lived 5 years of my childhood in Portugal and I also lived over 13 years in the UK. As you can imagine l'm not the typical Spanish person neither Portuguese, my husband is not the typical Scottish neither Chilean person... Maybe we should start our own RUclips channel hahaha!
viva burgos! ya solo por curiosidad, que pueblo es?!?! un saludo❤️
eutc7 Hola,soy una chica de Burgos,si haceros un canal...hace falta abrir la mente a los de Burgos,estoy segura de que tendríais muchos seguidores si decís qué cosas raras hacen los burgaleses,o cómo afrontáis la vida en otros países en las rutinas diarias.un abrazo
The noise thing is funny. I complain about it all the time (even if I'm very noisy myself). And then I had to go to a conference in some town in Belgium. And walked around a bit
And ... the town felt DEAD. Where is the noise? Where is the people? Why is this all so quiet? Is this a zombie outbreak movie? No car noise, no workers around making noise, no people in the streets making noise, no conversations, nothing at all.
The noise may be annoying, but it is also... well, life?
Haha, that's a hilarious experience. Thanks for sharing Jesús!
hey I had that feeling in Prague at the January 1st.,in the morning after all the celebrations ended. But I went to work to my morning shift . 😀 the city was so silent and dead, I felt like I'm the last person on earth 😅 exactly, the noise and music and people is what life is about!
Jajaja. Yo tengo exactamente la misma experiencia aquí en EE.UU. Odio el ruido y en España siempre me estoy quejando, pero ahora que vivo aquí es como... "¿Dónde están todos? ¿Dónde está la gente?". Siento que no hay vida a mi alrededor. LOL
@@ines_ramos that's an interesting look from the other side, thanks! "Where are they all? Where are the people?" -- honestly i actualy love to have a bit of silence around me but i can understand you :)
lol u went to the wrong place in belgium then, the city where i live is partying 24/7
Spaniard here!!! I lived in the Uk for three years and I really missed all of this haha... My colleagues at work told me that they loved my open way of being, my way of talking and being so honest and fresh all the time. Also they asked me how come I was smiling all the time everyday almost jajajajajajaja I miss the uK though, it is another culture and the best experience I had in my life. Loved the video ^^
Thank you for your comment!!
Great attitude and that is exactly how I want to be when I move to Spain. To embrace the differences and the non differences. I believe we are not all that different and one should never let small differences get in the way of getting to know the person. Nice comment :)
yo vivo en Croydon , afueras de Londres, y los ingleses aqui al igual que a ti adoran mis maneras, cuando hablan en espanya de racismo, la verdad 10 anyos y jamas e recibido mas que buenos tratos...de aqui no me muevo
Eyy Claw!! Me encanta tu canal 😘😘 eres autentica
Jajajaja
El ritual de partir el kiwi en dos y comerlo con cuchara es algo sagrado.
Esa textura de gónadas de primate no mola.
kivi o kigüi (kiwi)?¿?¿? jjajjaja me tienen frito con esto.Mi padre dice kivi y me pone de los nervios jajajaj.
Pues yo le quito la parte más dura y me lo como como un huevo pasado por agua... jajaja de una
@@besoenlafrente Ahahahaaa joder!!
Totalmente de acuerdo. Quién no pela el kiwi?
Oh my God! Spain and Greece are Identical James and Yolly! The slippers the noise the peeled fruit the physical touch, EVERYTHING! Have any Greek said that to you? Im coming to Madrid on the next Saturday and I will be like ok Im home hahaha. Oh and something else...The Castillan accent and the Greek Language are identical when speaking...if you hear me say toxoplasmosis (its a greek word by the way) you wont see any different with yollys wonderful accent! I love your videos they are great! Saludos
I agree about the accent being identical! that shocked me when I met Greek people, they sounded like they were speaking Spanish but with the words all wrong, ha ha!!
Claudia Garrone same thing when I hear or see Spaniards...our habits are very similar too...such great civilations!
@@nikossmouliotis4053 I agree with you 100%. I am Spanish and went to Green. Nice people, nice country, delious food... Etc. You Know learn greek and latin at school? 😄😎
Belen Hernandez Benavente we learn ancient Greek and Latin yes.
Se acaba de comer el kiwi sin pelar. Repito. Se acaba de comer el kiwi sin pelar.
jajaja
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jajajajajajajaja
Se lo he dicho a mi mujer y ha puesto el grito en el cielo.
I am shock. Dios mío! Como puede?
Y'all are so cute. I'm from South Florida so the noise and the closeness are not a shock. Also, being in the south, we say hello to strangers. My husband jokes that I'll talk to anyone. When we were visiting a tiny town (Bandujo) in Asturias, an old lady started talking to me and we had a long conversation about life, politics, children, etc. It was a highlight of our visit.
I had a conversation with a teenager not long ago. We were speaking about the older generation. They asked why old people always want to talk to them, for example at the bus stop. I said if you are sitting at a bus stop for example and an elderly person starts chatting don't dismiss but have a little chat with them. You might even learn something. Just understand though that that conversation could have been the first they had that day and you could have made a big difference to their day so easily.
Loneliness for the elderly is a big problem here. Sad but true. I am like you I talk to anyone and I also sometimes have really interesting conversations with strangers, especially the elderly :)
L Mac How sweet of you!
I’m also living in South Florida. I find it cold and rude down here. Everyone walks around Publix like they are the only person there. No one says anything if they happen to be in your way. In central and north Florida they would happily say sorry or excuse me. South Florida blows unless you live on the beach or the ICW.
@@darrencovar6329 I'm from South Florida, Plantation. I happen to be cordial, hospitable and Southern! The problem with South Florida, well, mainly Southeast Florida is the sheer numbers of Yankees (Northerners) and other Foreigners that have inundated the area and failed to or flat out refused to assimilate into the local culture, Southern! They have demographically altered the area to the point that it doesn't even feel like Florida, well, true Florida or Dixie anymore! As a matter of fact, it barely feels like America! I purposely speak to people and force them to engage! I refuse to mollycoddle people's self-appointed isolation! It's rude and unbecoming of Americans, especially in my wonderful Southland! Assimilate to us, or get out! That's my motto!
I'm Italian and I can't believe that we are almost the same culture
We are Mediterranean people
Yes, the same happens in Greece. I've been in both countries and felt like home.
And Portugal Aldo,but we don't Scream like spainairds
Yeah, almost...
Puedes venir a vivir sin saber español y todo el mundo te entiende
OMG that part about touching another person when speaking makes so much sense to me! In New Mexico - which was part of the Spanish empire far longer than it's been part of the United States - we do that too. I lay a wrist on a person's shoulder, hand hanging casually down their back, "Have I got a story for you!" Or people hold onto your forearm and lean in close, more intimate than other cultures, "That reminds me of the time..."
I actually have to make a conscious effort not to do that when I'm outside of the Southwestern United States, because people (especially east-coasters) can find it really off-putting. I guess we have Spain to thank for more of our cultural uniqueness than even we know!
me who lives in a small village in burgos: I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED
haha
spanish aspergers here: i cant stand the noise, the personal space and the eye gaze locking. i feel at home in the uk (i love my slippers tho)
Same here although I don't have Aspergers.... I feel at home in Finland, like I can breathe ☺
Soy de Puerto Rico y éste vídeo me hizo sonreír mucho porque me di cuenta de lo mucho que nos parecemos a los españoles aún después de más de un siglo. ;-)
Yo visité España por primera vez en 2005 y luego en 2011 y 2013.
Cuando fui en el 2005, estaba un poco preocupado por lo que uno aprende en la escuela en PR y las historias de horror.
Llegué allí y fue como regresar al barrio de mi infancia.
Todo se sentía muy familiar, muy conocido, y hablaban igual que nosotros (sur de España).
Ahora mi esposa y yo estamos considerando retirarnos allá a partir del próximo año, cuando terminamos nuestros 20 años en el air force.
Tenemos una casa en PR y otra en Filipinas....pero España nos atrae mas.
@@Dangic23 Ir a España es uno de mis sueños. :-)
@@Dangic23 ¿Que es lo que se supone que enseñan en puerto Rico sobre España?
@@antoniozuniga6545
Saludos.
Básicamente se enseña que llegaron y mataron a todos los Taínos, la esclavitud, y maltrato a la población en general.
Datos históricos por supuesto, pero énfasis en todo lo negativo y nada mas.
La imagen que a uno se le presenta desde niño es que son unos monstruos, y es fácil crecer con ese resentimiento.
Por eso no esperaba tener la reacción que experimenté durante mi primera visita.
Sentí que había regresado a mi hogar.
Dentro de 1-2 años mi esposa y yo nos estaremos mudando a Malaga.
@@Dangic23 Me alegra que hayas podido comprobar con tus propios ojos que los españoles somos un cachito de pan jajaja, en cuanto a lo que te enseñan, no se puede pensar un hecho histórico de hace 500 años con la mentalidad del siglo XXI. En España valoramos mucho tener pasado romano y árabe, y lógicamente estos no entraron regalando flores.
Our obsesion with the Simpsons, a friend from EEUU told me that the Simpsons are bigger here than in unated states. We use the Simpsons as memes and we quote them all the time, half if our references are from the Simpsons because everybody has seen all the episodes multiple times
And the fact that we must make sure that everybody has watched "Grease" so that we have something to talk about. 😂
Antena 3 a la hora de comer.
@@kennyPAGC sino los veo, me siento vacía
"Eso es como en Los Simpsons cuando..."
@@HeyHeyChey tío, pero hasta los profesores. Os acordáis del capítulo cuando... Pues pasó de verdad 😂😂
When I first got to Granada, I learned that people touch your back for you to move because they need to get around you. My classmate from the USA got really offended by that! I really got used to the closeness of the Spaniards. They give 2 kisses when greeting, and their hands are very animated when they are conversing. They have a lot of personal contact with complete strangers!
And that,s why COVID is beating us😭
@@tximeleta35 There were other serious deseases and pandemics in earlier centuries, indeed they were much more deadly than Covid, but they did not kill the mediterranean mentality and way of life! Surely it makes sense to keep a bit more distance and to act more carefully in social contact while there is a serious desease abaout, but never never let this change your southern mentality, culture and natural way of life!! Unfortunately this is what they want, the big pharmaceutical and digital companies! They fight against natural human living! Big Pharma wants to keep people dependent on their products forever and the permanent social distancing kills our natural immune system, which needs to be trained by close and physical contact with other individuals, nature and the real world. And Big Data desire all informations and absolute control over every aspect of human life! They always make money when we are sitting at home alone communicating with our friends only by using Whats App or other web channels. But they don't earn anything while we meet our friends in an bar or elsewhere having natural and physical contact! These big Companies love Lockdowns, they make them even richer. Big Pharma, Big Data and Big Money fight your meditarranean culture and all human cultures of the world! We must not let them win!!!
So true about the noise level, OMG, but I’m getting used to it. Also kids, they’re everywhere, very family oriented. The thing I noticed was how nice and welcoming the people in my village have been. Very friendly. They see me trying to speak Spanish, having a hard time, they teach me the correct pronounciation and we all have a good laugh my attempts. Spain is a wonderful country. 🇪🇸
Hello from India :-) You guys are such a sweet, funny and polite couple! I love how both of you demystify certain cultural aspects of Spain. I absolutely love James respectfully mentions every cultural aspect of Spain without sounding disrespectful to Yoly and I also love how Yoly takes everything sportively without getting offended and explains/clarifies things to James.
I am an Indian now living in the UK, I can relate to what most of the things which Yoly say because I after watching this video, I am convinced that Indians and Spanish are similar in so many ways hahaha!!! When I arrived in the UK, it was quite a shock to experience a different culture but thankfully my transition was smooth. It is just that we have to respect the local culture without getting offended ourselves or offending them. You guys are epitome of dignity and grace. I absolutely love it how both of you take time to understand each other's culture without stereotyping each other. We all have different cultural aspects, attitudes, mindsets, realities etc. which affect the way we behave - this is something you guys completely understand and I think which is why both of you have mutual respect and love for each other's culture. I hope all young people watch your videos and learn how we can respect other cultures without judging them or making fun of them. Lots and lots of love and respect to lovely people like both of you in Spain and New Zealand from India xx :-)
I'm from Barcelona and i love your videos, for me is a good way to listen and learn English, and also I love a way to know how other countries see us. Keep on doing videos like this.
Yolanda siempre está con una sonrisa en la cara, me encanta.
xxxxx
I'm Italian an live in the UK, I lived the exact same cultural shocks but reversed! Anglo-saxon cultural bubble makes us mediterranean people feel unwanted, and you guys are weird not peeling fruit, peel is covered in pesticides! :-D
By the way, toxoplasmosis has a higher incidence in southern Europe country, hence the big deal is made of it for pregnant women.
(Spaniards, we are totally brothers and sisters
We definitely are!! ❤️❤️❤️
Ir a Italia es como estar en mi casa. Y toda la razón.
No one eats the peel.
Everyone peels the fruit,what 8s everyone talking about.
big difference between italians and spaniards , it is like comparing france 🇫🇷 with spain.
That's what washing the fruit is for... Lol
Re the noise and speaking loud. Something super funny happens to me. When I speak in English I speak in a quieter tone, but the moment I change to Spanish, I automatically raise my voice and I start yelling (according to my American husband). LOL It's a cultural thing.
As someone born in Poland and living in Ireland, I have the same exact problem. I'm well able to keep my voice down when speaking English, but when I converse in Polish with my family, they immediately tell me to quieten down.
Thanks for this video, I'm from the US, but my mother is from Spain and it made me very nostalgic. An important Spanish value is generosity, which you see in how they share food and will refuse to eat the last bite on a plate. The person who wants the food will often offer it to others forcefully and will only eat it if forced to by others. There's even a name for it; "la verguenca del Gallego" - the shame of the Gallician. Similarly, Spanish people often insist on paying for shared meals or drinks and will argue over the privilege of paying for others. The arguments can even get heated and sometimes physical (not harmful, but may include wrestling over a check at a restaurant). Also the importance of ham in Spain cannot be overstated. Regarding that custom of treating, I was once talking to a Spaniard about it and he mentioned that you can tell who your cheapskate friends are because they will treat you when you go out for drinks, but let other people pay when you get ham.
Very interesting video! I am Spanish but I am currently living in the UK, and I actually find the same cultural shocks but the other way around! Nobody wears slippers, nobody says hello in the street, they act like you don't exist, nobody peals the fruit!! Yes, for us the floor is dirty by definition, and we don't like getting dusty feet or socks XD. About the change, I think it's just useful for the cashers and they ask you in case you want to get rid of some coins, which is also useful for you. It might look like they want to force you to pay the exact amount because we also don't say much please or thank you, the "please" is implicit in the way you (kindly, in principle) ask for those coins. I LOVE this channel, I watch it everytime I feel homesick :)
I made the move the opposite way as you! Still getting used to the people not saying please haha!
I am British and now live in Spain and I have to say some people are pretty miserable here, the cashiers in the supermarket just grunt at you, most people don’t say hello unless I say it first, I’ve even said hello to people and they’ve just ignored me so lets not pretend that Spain is full of happy smiling people
@@JackR772 Hahaha, very true
@@JackR772 These are "average" traits not universal of course. The stereotypes are not accurate but give you an idea of the standards. I used to hear bad things about the french, but the ones I met there were helpful and friendly.
Rwzal 8 Ouch! Put the claws away pussy cat! Why the name calling? It isn’t arrogant to point out that not all Spaniards are friendly since the OP complained people don’t say hello to her in the street in England. People can say hello to me or not, I am stating an observation. You have obviously taken what I said personally, try to take a little criticism with a sense of emotional maturity, after all we are all adults here, aren’t we?
What a fun and good video! :) Thank you both for sharing your experience! I'm Lithuanian living in Madrid since 5 years.I showed this video to my Spanish boyfriend and we've laughted through so many bits, because your stories were so relatable, we've expereinced many of those cultural differences as a couple too. One thing that I found really surprising during my first months in Spain was the interaction with salespeople in the local marketplace. Then your turn comes they usually greet you by saying "qué te pongo reina" or "dime cariño / guapa / joven". It would instantly put a smile on my face :) Just like you said, it's all about interaction, having a contact and sharing with people around you. I think that it was the main reason why I so quickly started to feel like at home here and fell in love with Spain. Best of luck to both of you!
Thank you for sharing your story Simona! Enjoy your life in Spain!!
Hola amigos. Soy español y estoy gratamente sorprendido de encontrar una pareja de extranjeros o como en vuestro caso, sólo uno de los dos qué trate tan amablemente, tan educadamente a la sociedad española. Habéis conseguido un nuevo seguidor. Se nota que en Nueva Zelanda hay cultura.
I'm going to be hosting a foriegn exchange student from Spain very soon, I'm so thankful to find your videos so I can try my best to understand her culture and help her feel comfortable in my home in America. Thank you for sharing so much detail!
Thank you! Hope it goes well!!
Multiple random people on beaches in the South offering you sun cream. Mind you they might have been right. Rather than nicely tanned I got back home looking like perfect material for a lobster soup.. Thank you to the very good people of Andalusia and Catalunya :)
El tema del cambio de dinero yo lo veo como una cosa practica y de mutuo beneficio. Los cajeros quieren calderilla para poder cambiar bien, y yo quiero quitármela de encima y tener cantidades redondas de dinero.
Fantastic video! On a side note, I was feeling a bit down today because of CoVID self isolation and Yoly’s smile on this video was so contagious it made me smile and changed my mood. Thank you and I hope you guys are safe!
Great video. Two of my 4 Spanish teachers were from Spain and I loved them both---warm, patient and excellent teachers. Really genuinely nice people.
I am so happy to have found your channel! My husband and I plan to retire to Spain (from the US), and while we have each traveled multiple times to Spain, committing to moving there is of course quite different. I appreciate all these insights!
#4: My Dad used to say, "You know how you can find the Iberia gate at any airport? (Then he's put his hand to his ear.) Just listen for it." We're not loud, we're "passionate."
No, we're fucking loud and rude. I feel ashamed of most of many fellow Spaniards whenever I travel abroad :/
@@menchita as an Italian we can be ashamed together for our behaviour...
@@rosagapi You both will burn in hell :p
@@rosagapi As an Argentinian, we are a combination of Italian and Spanish, so go figure...
@@menchita your first name suits you a lot 😁
I’m going to Spain for the summer for an internship and your videos have helped so much. Super excited to go!
I’m glad - thanks!!
I think that is kind funny that you find strange to see children in bars with their families... I say this because I live in the spanish east coast (Alicante) and I'm used to see english people at their residential areas, hanging out at late night hours (and I don't mean like 10 or 11 pm: more like 2 o 3 am), drinking serious amounts of alcohol, and with their children playing a few meters away from their tables. As a spaniard, I always found this kind of disturbing. It's true that you can see little children in the bars with their families in Spain... but to me, this only happens until certain hours, and in a less "hard drinking" environment (like having a beer or a wine and some tapas: not drinking G & T's until you can barely walk and have to call a taxi). Maybe this is just an english thing (or an ex-pat thing).
Those people are on holiday though and have no where to leave their children. It's not a great excuse though. Its not normal to have children in a bar in the evening in the UK but we have very different drinking cultures as I'm sure you have witnessed. We drink to get drunk. You guys meet up to be sociable and also have a drink. Getting wrecked isn't the main motivation which is why you can take your family for a meal at 10 in the evening in a bar, here most folk would be drunk and it isn't child friendly.
The "bar" concept is different in Spain -I would say it's unique- In the countries I've lived or visit Bar=Moe's bar (not that ugly but a place for drinking alcohol). In my home country many of spanish bar will be called Cafés, Cafetería or similar.
En el pueblo de mi madre, en Aragón. Cuando llega el verano y la gente está de vacaciones. Se sientan en la plaza junto al bar y sus hijos jugando alrededor y ahí se puede pasar uno hasta las 3 o 4 de la mañana con los críos correteando. No verás a la gente borracha perdida pero sí disfrutando del fresco tomándose una cervecita o un healdo. Rsto también lo he visto en pueblos de la costa Catalana. Y como para mi s normal cuando voy de vacaciones a España yo hago lo mismo.
Para mi, no es nada extraño al fin y al cabo cuando la mayor parte del día los críos no pueden salir a jugar con sus amiguitos porque la temperatura sube a 40ºC. A partir de las 6 de la tarde hasta las 8 se va a la piscina, a la vuelta tras la ducha se cena y luego ale a escampar la boira hasta que se vayan a dormir.
Vivo en Escocia el problema es el de diferentes horarios. Aquí los bares cierran a las 12 de la noche. En inglaterra a las 11. La discoteca sería como un after en España solo que en vez de abrir a partir de las 3am es a esa hora cuando los cierran... Esta gente cena entre las 4 y las 6 de la tarde. Es entonces cuando comienzan a beber porque a media noche cada mochuelo a su olivo. Cuando viajan a España siguen sus horarios británicos con la diferencia de que tienen la oportunidad de quedarse hasta más tarde.
Y tal como explica Choc ellos beben para emborracahrse cuanto más rápido mejor. Para nosotros es un acto social, bebes sorbo a sorbo mientras charlas con los amigos y no pretendes emborracharte si no disfrutar de la velada.
I love it personally the whole family there during the day in bars. I got used to it many years ago when staying in France as it is very common there. Very family orientated. We in the UK do have a lot more pubs with food that include children with children's menus. We also have many that have a children's play area in the beer gardens. When I first visited France a long time ago it was not this way in the UK but it has changed. In this country we would however rarely see children late in the evening in a bar area. A lot of people let loose when on a long awaited holiday. So it should not really be perceived as the norm.
@@ivannino9834 It is similar to France.
i've been watching your videos for like 3 hours straight :D as a spaniard who grew up in switzerland, I'm still learning a few details and you're giving me a sense of security in social exchanges like in bars when i'm back home :D
My great grandparents are Spanish and my dad brings it up all the time and I’ve always wanted to be more connected to the culture thanks for making this video!!
Se ha comido un kiwi sin pelar? que cojones?
En Suecia casi todos lo se deviden en dos partes y se come con cucharillo
Yo también lo hago asi
@@fredrik83 eso es más habitual, yo lo hago mucho, pero comerse la piel del kiwi, esta noche me comeré la mandarina con piel, por probar xD
En Italia se quedaron flipando cuando me vieron comiendo un higo con piel... casi tanto como yo cuando vi que todos los italianos se los comían pelándolos como si fueran plátanos... en fin.
@@JamieZarrr en Marruecos tampoco es normal comer higos con la piel... XD
The change thing is funny!! I think it is quite Mediterranean :) When I was living in the USA; the cashiers never understood why I wanted to give them a quarter to get a dollar back, instead of getting 75 cents :))
That's hilarious. Yeah, I'm still getting used to it.
I had never noticed this until this video! When I was living in England I always tried to give a bill and the exact amount of pennies, and several cashiers did indeed gave me strange looks, I get it now hahaha
The touchy thing is also of Mediterranean - Latin culture too I think. Here in Argentina people is really close too
@Ginger it's not about rights, it's about culture. And in Spain cashiers almost always suggested exact change. In the US, I think our math is so bad that cashiers don't get why I give then $8.12 when the charge is 7.62
@Ginger Maybe because they know how rude you are they don´t even want your money dude, just by reading your comments anyone can see how pitifull you are.
I think you can't understand the change thing because you aren't a cashier. If you are a cashier and you run out of coins your life becomes really complicated. So as we are not afraid of speaking to strangers and we feel close to anyone around us... we ask!!! Is not demanding, it's just asking. In my case I would ask automatically to every single person. If they have the coins it's good for everyone. The client won't be carrying around a lot of heavy coins and the cashier doesn't have to give his limited supply of change away. Anyway, if the client doesn't have it it's not an issue or at least I didn't feel it like one. It's just a way to ask "a favour" from a stranger xD if they turn out to be friendly and they actually help you, your life becomes easier... And we love easier life here...😅
Yo vivo en Santiago de Compostela, y en las ciudades de Galicia, no hacemos casi colas, y tenemos más espacio personal (especialmente en los pueblos pequeños). Pero a la hora de tomarnos unas cervezas o unas copas, todos apiñados en cualquier local. Somos diferentes según la zona (y el clima), pero con mucho en común.
Great topic. As an American who travelled to other Mediterranean countries I was confused why some strangers would stare at me as if waiting to see what my reaction would be. In the beginning it really caught me off guard and I didn't know what to make of it. Now I understand that some people are just very intrigued by others and feel nothing wrong with expressing it by locking their gaze on them. It's both flattering and puzzling because you have no idea why they are staring. Now I just notice it and think - 'ok, there it is again, whatever....'.
A ver, yo soy española y todavía me confunde, y sobretodo me da rabia, porque es de mala educación.
Si te aburres ponte a mirar la tele, no a la gente en la calle.
@@carmenaranjita5321 haha
Joly's English is great, and you have a great Castillian Spanish accent. Why don't you guys do videos in Spanish? Maybe a separate channel? For us native Spanish speakers?
@Ginger I know, that's why I suggested a new channel for Spanish content. I mean, they both have great Spanish, they should leverage that and get more subscribers from the Spanish speaking community. I think it'll be a blast, quite frankly.
I'm one of the target audience since I cannot speak and understand Spanish (although I'm trying my best to learn haha 🤣) Maybe they could just add Spanish subtitles so while they speak English, I can learn Spanish from the subtitles 😀
I too appreciate the English... since I want to visit Spain and I appreciate the “insight” that James and Joly have. I am trying to learn Spanish though...
I'm persian and all of that are same in our culture :))) these are never gonna make me shocked
Haha fascinating!!
oh common !! but persians are much more cleaner. there is no toilet without water !!!
Hm, it must be the sunny warm climate of all these countries. ...
You hit the nail on the head. Growing up as an Italian (in NYC), my family was very similar with our mannerisms and way of communicating (say what came to mind and always using our hands to talk/ touch when communicating). The interesting part is that you will find that others in the same country (in states) in other regions such as the South will not always understand this is a cultural thing as they have their own culture/ way of doing things. For example, instead of saying they don't like something directly, they will either say nothing or try to insult you with a sweet voice and a smile. It is very interesting how culture can vary greatly even in the same country from coast to coast even. I have learned (and still learn everyday) that we just need to understand the culture of other people/ places so we don't misunderstand things! Keeps things interesting as you are always in study mode:-).
- restaurants opening for dinner as late as 20-30
- a lot of apartments without heating although winters can get really cold
- witnessed some juicy street fights "Spanish drama" style (like a couple fighting on infidelity etc)
- tinto de verano is a thing (now I actually enjoy it)
- calçots and grilled artichokes (love it)
Cataluña right? You have to learn we are different depending where you live but actually cataluña is the worst place to experience Spanish culture
I love your videos! I have been coming to Spain from my 0-16th year old at least once a year. And now that I am 30 I decided to go and live in Sevilla because of the low costs and my business partially is online. Can't wait until April when I am finally moving there Vamossss
Great video! Very funny to watch as a Spanish person...
By the way in my experience, we peel all the fruit and most vegetables because we are a country with a lot of traditional agriculture so and when we started with industrial agriculture it became a social concern the amount of chemicals products such as pesticides that would stay in the skin of the fruit ;)
Agree. Skin is not actually as healthy as it should be. Specially when it´s perfectly shaped and shiny
Oh what a relief. I am willing to adapt and I will try a kiwi not peeled as I believe in don't knock it until you try it.. However nice to know I will not be considered too odd if I do decide I prefer my kiwi peeled. Well to be honest if that is the only difference I am worried about I think I will fit right in when I move out there. haha.
This is the exact explanation that my parents-in-law gave me years ago when I asked their reasons for peeling the fruit rather than just washing it thoroughly. I've lived in Almería for 17 years, they grow a lot of fruit and veg here. Our family works growing organic fruit and veg and I've seen the products used in non organic food production too, trust me, you'd peel your fruit and veg if you realised what they put on your food to protect from diseases, funguses, viruses and pests etc😳. Great comment Jorge 👍
I love your personalities - glad I found this channel. I'm at an intermediate Spanish level and am trying to brush up on it. I hope to visit Spain soon!
pelas la fruta porque tienen pesticidas y a veces con lavarla no es suficiente.
Estaba buscando un comentario que lo dijese antes de poner lo mismo xD
Y algunas pieles no son agradables de comer. Lo del kiwi ya es más que denteroso, brrrrr!
Pues aparte del pesticida (que tambien) yo tenía una abuela requetelimpia que me decía que los bichos( insectos) del campo hacían sus "cosas" sobre ellas(que puñetera 🙄) y además se recogían hasta las frutas del suelo para aprovecharlas y podía haber suciedad,heces de animales, guarrerías varias...En serio, pelar la fruta es costumbre heredada de antes aún vigente en muchas casas... entonces no se conocían los beneficios de la fibra de la piel que ahora conocemos..
Oh, James, I totally understand you! I am originally from Argentina, and moved to the United States when I was 25 years old. It's been 40 years now, and there are many things I still miss or that I don't get along with. I love this country, and I appreciate all the opportunities it provided me, but ... I still miss my coffee 🤣
We have similar experience. Argentinian, 40 years in the US and I came first at the age of 26. Certainly I never get over my cultural differences in many aspects. Now retired Im looking for new horizons.
Thank you guys, I love Spain! So much fun and such a fun culture! I love the people and I have never had sooo much fun and full life as I do when I am in Spain...
Kids running around in bars was a shock when I first moved to Spain, the loudness not so much, I am Middle Eastern and we are loud. It was such a lovely thing to go out to eat on a Sunday and see a long table with 3 or 4 generations, eating, shouting (actually having a conversation). You don't see so much now even here on The Costa del Sol.
Another shock was going into a bar and seeing the floor covered with paper napkins. I couldn't understand why my friends were taking me to dirty bars, till it was explained to me that it was not considered dirt, just means that they have good food, that's why the floor is full of napkins, people eat, throw their napkin on the floor and eat some more. Another thing that I don't see now, and I must admit I don't miss it. (Talking about the 80s here)
This is more of an anecdote rather than a cultural shock. Ordering coffee in Malaga, it's not just cafe solo or cafe con leche. Solo, Largo, semilargo, solo corto, mitad, entre corto, corto, sombra and nube
Thanks for those Samara.... and yes, the napkins take a little getting used to!
Que bueno 🤣🤣🤣 aquí en España, si alguien no te mantiene la mirada es sospechoso 🤣 piensas, "que terrible secreto esconde esta persona??? " para nosotros alguien que no te mira a los ojos, no es de fiar 🤣🤣🤣 en cuanto a comer un kiwi sin pelar...? 🤮 Qué horror. Un beso muy grande chicos 😜💕🇪🇸
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I love how Spanish people are so friendly they made a whole video warning us about it
It is the same in Costa Rica. My mother-in-law explained that the blook in your feet was hot and putting them on the mostly tiled floor would cause illness.
blook is blood
Cómo flipais los guiris en España. Me encanta ❤
We love your channel! My wife is American and I’m from South America but we met in Spain (Valencia). We’re daydreaming about living in Spain some day, the only way for us seems to be the golden visa ($500k!) so it’ll be a while... subscribed!
Awesome! Keep saving.... it's an amazing place to live!
Tell about this "golden visa" $500,000.00?
SeeO2 yup
what is the golden visa en Spain? Investing in property?
I'm Spanish and I love your "problems" with the "bubble", we are touchy even if you're not a hug peson, but we used to thouch, give hugs, he don't use to greet with hands
So true! I actually love it!
I had so much fun with this video. First thing I just realized is that I'm very Spanish and I do all those things you say and I didn't even know. We like contact, we treat friends as if they were family, we usually have strong social nets that support us, we are loud and emotional. Slippers are a totally a thing, you won't be part of the family till you have slippers at your in laws. And of course the first thing to think of when you test positive to toxoplasmosis is jamón! What else? Lettuce? Hahaha. I was at a friend's house in Brunei a couple of months ago and the hardest thing for me always is greating each other and remembering not to touch people. I tend to hug and kiss and touch a lot more than asians do.
So glad you enjoyed it Mercedes!!
I lived in Soria in the mid 90s. For me the biggest shock was looking out my window at the bar across the street and seeing a policeman drinking at the counter with gun at his side. In Ireland, the police are not armed. Only specialist units and detectives have guns so it was a strange sight. Another big difference was the bureaucracy. I remember having to get official stamps from everyone- the ayuntamiento, the guardia civil, the comisaría de policía, the tabac. Getting my NIE card took ages. Also it felt weird getting my finger prints taken!
You two have such a nice energy. I appreciate your videos. Making my first visit to Spain in a few weeks, for 10-11 days, and likely won't experience much of what you cover in your videos. But they are very enjoyable anyway.
I'm Croatian and we also wear slippers all the time. We also run from the draft! :-)
"Cashiers here guard their change FEROCIOUSLY" omg i'm laughting SO hard, I am in charge of the cash now and I never realised how true it is
haha!
@Ginger you have some kind of anger problem, and maybe... you don´t know how to give people money so they don´t drop it : ) Why u bother with this channel? maybe because you have no life and come here to just troll? : ) i feel so sorry for you.
We always try to have the coins ready for the cashiers here in Germany.
So if it costs 13,67 we give 15,67 or 15,70 to make it easier for the cashier.
If we only got a twenty euro bill, at least we search for some 70 cents.
Germans only say hallo and good bye in supermarkets.
Thank you and have a nice day started maybe two years ago in supermarkets.
During corona with all the masks it is less talking again.
We've been in Spain now for around 12 years and live in rural Spain in the mountains...you are spot on .. lol
thank you!
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!! Gracias por proporcionar una informacion tan divertida! Su pais es definitivamente algo especial. Desde hace 20 años no dejo de admirarla despues de mi primera (y por ahora ultima :-( ) visita a España de apenas una semana. No dejes de hacer nuevos videos, ellos son muy agradables! Jei būsite Kaune, - užeikit kavos! 🙂
Wow, I just discovered this channel and I love it! Spain is one of my favorite places in the world, and I have visited often. As a matter of fact I'm headed back in a couple of weeks. My maternal grandmother was madrileña, and I certainly love the culture. I thought I knew everything I needed to know about Spain, but you've proved me wrong. Thank you!
I’m moving to València for 9 weeks this summer for an internship! So excited. Great video, thanks for the advice.
You guys make a lovely couple. I really liked your energy and enthusiasm during the video!
I been to several countries and Spain and New Zealand tops my list of the best to visit.
I lived in Barcelona until I was 17. Since I have lived in Australia for 33 years. Your videos are spot on. Great information for would be visitors. Your videos are very enjoyable to watch. Keep up the great work. Thank you.
About peeling the fruits, my grandfather worked for a Chemist, and taught us to wash our hands before eating and to always wash the fruits, because the chemical fertilizers and plaguicides used when you grow it. Granny preferred to peel the fruit, even after cleaning it. Both came from agricultural zones.
The guy that plays the RUclips video super loud in public is rude to any Spaniard. I don't think anyone liked him doing that !
I was going to say the loud thing may just be a iberian thing, cuz in Portugal we're very roudy as well. But then that threw me off. Glad too see it's not a popular thing to do.
they just do that, in bus, on the street, they don't care. i had to learn to keep doing my own shit and not care too. it's a minor thing.
@@rionka you ofended? No problem, im gona put it louder and buy you a beer for have some fun, mr.cold heart
This is awesome because it's soooo true! I hadn't think about the locking eyes thing, but now I realize even yesterday I did it with a woman in the grocery store because her baby was being funny and cute and I shared a smile with her
Maltese culture does not differ much from Spain’s big cities culture! We are loud people, love food and drinks too 😂
I agree 😂 ( I have been living in Mellieha )
American here who used to live in Barcelona -- one important part of the noise that I noticed in Spain buildings is that because they are typically built with tile or masonry walls, floors, and ceilings. Such rooms have incredibly high reverb compared to the buildings I'm used to in the US where cheap plaster wallboard is usually placed over stud walls. The good side of Spanish construction is that I never heard my Spanish neighbors or their TVs etc, the bad thing is that all of the sound energy I made just bounced right back into my own room. In several situations in small rooms as a new Spanish speaker I simply could not understand the words coming out of people's mouths because the reverb was so high it was like they were talking through a distortion machine -- I'd take that same person out on to the patio and it was like dialing in a radio station -- all the static disappeared! Thanks for the fun channel. The two of you are a pleasure to watch.
Love your channel! I recently moved to Spain from Germany. So, your videos are very useful! :D
Wow - the locked eye gaze thing... I live in the US, in Florida. Years ago I was in New York City on business and while walking down the streets in Manhattan, I noticed that the young women wouldn't make eye contact with you. I asked a woman friend of mine who lived in NYC why that was and she said the women felt that if you locked eyes with them, they considered it "mind rape". Never understood that or even if it was true, but it's interesting how different the whole "eye gaze lock" thing is between 2 major cities like Madrid and NYC.
Wow - that's interesting. Never heard of mind rape!
mind rape.
what. the. hell?! (makes complete sense but holy cow, is it really that intrussive?)
In NYC, especially in Manhattan,no one makes eye contact with anyone unless they know each other. NEWYAWKERS are always in a hurry and are constantly surrounded by and dealing with millions of other total strangers on a daily basis. Its NYC not Minot , ND. The "eye -rape" thing is BS. What women do not like is to be stared at or longingly ogled by men they do not know (the "male gaze") unless they are in the mood for it. Many times these lingering stares and ingratiating smiles are accompanied by cat calls or worse. Its a defense mechanism so that the poor slob can't complain that "she was asking for it"!
BTW- Why do you think a NYC woman should or would even want to make eye contact with you? Do you look like Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt"? Really Mike, its NOTHING PERSONAL -NYC is a very hard city to live in.Get over yourself...
This is the country I’d love to live!!! I love the language, I love the people and I love how the city looks. I hope I get to experience this someday ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm amazed by the quantity of spanish people watching and commenting this video. Like if we needed to gain self esteem as spaniards: "look! Someone is talking about us! We mustn't be so bad as a country" xD
Berta Laura Arnau Coscollano Spaniards Like me. Estos videos son perfectos para practicar english listening.
It's just RUclips algorithms promoting/"recommending" it.
I'm just curious what other cultures think about us! It's fun!
I watch them because it's funny to know us from a foreneir's eyes, but it's true what you say about low self-esteem. Anytime you read somebody writing in English on the internet and saying "sorry for my poor English" 90% of the time they're Spaniards. You'd read a lot of "that in Spain is imposible because we're 'mean comment about ourselves'". I traveled a lot and lived in 4 countries and it's surprising how NOT so bad we are and we don't know about it (yes, of course there's still a lot of issues that need to get better, but I think we have a very good country to live in).
Oh no, it's not about self steem, it's about humour! I find it so funny to hear about it, like reading what a lonely planet book says about your country. I've had a good laugh, definitely not about needing any reassuring, it's just funny. I had never thought about the slipper thing and it's totally a thing!
As a Spaniard who has lived many years in the US, I loved your video and may I also say that you guys make a great couple. Congrats!!!!
About holdimg your gaze, in small towns when you encounter a stranger face to face while on a walk or on your way to somewhere, aside from making eye contact you also greet him, ususlly with a "Hola", as to show that you have no ill will toward him. Look at it this way, it's very unsettling to cross paths with a stranger on a lonely sidewalk on a tiny town, but when he looks at you and greets you, you see him as a friendly neighbor
It doesn't happen on cities tho, since it's natural to be close to strangers
I agree absolutely with the point about making plans. So many times I have my days/ weeks/ months planned way in advance and just can't meet up with Spanish friends because they won't arrange things until the last minute!
haha - the struggle is real!
@Ginger , ja ja
One thing takes to the other, because spontaneity it's really a thing, you don't know what are you gonna do or where are you gonna be in two weeks, even if you would be on the mood, so... Better wait until then.
There are endless memes about how we make whatsapp group to meet with friends yet never meet...
@@saramatanunez9857 This is the "New Normal" the Big Data companies and governments long to establish worldwide.because it gives them all information about everyone, which means a lot of money and absolute control!
I'm from the USA. I'm also very shocked when traveling abroad that nobody has change. So, I make sure I always buy something at a chain store first to get smaller bills/coins.
minuto 2:59 Yo soy de Burgos! y vivo en Madrid, jajajaja! Y si, puede ser que haya una pequeña diferencia en cuanto al espacio personal, pero creo que tiene más que ver con la frialdad en el carácter de los burgaleses. Los madrileños son gente mucho más abierta y amable. Pero sí, simplemente el hecho de besarnos y abrazarnos para saludar, rompe una pequeña barrera psicológica que se ve muy presente cuando viajas a otros países europeos o anglosajones, donde es un enorme choque acercarte a alguien para besarle la mejilla, o tocarle un brazo, etc. A mi en general me parece algo positivo de nuestra cultura :) Por cierto!!! Me mudo a Nueva Zelanda en dos meses!!!! (que nervios) Qué cúmulo de casualidades!! algún consejo????
Les habla en el idioma en que escribe y le entenderán.
@@josepmariaaguascaribot9239 I think they both will understand me anyway!! But thanks for your condescension and arrogance
Eso de ‘somos abiertos y simpáticos’ y los anglosajones son muy fríos, no es cierto. Hay muchos Españoles amables sí, pero también existen muchos antipáticos con una mala leche que te cagas! Dos besos, que ni siquiera son besos, no va cambiar eso. De todas formas no conozco a ningún Español que da dos besos a otra hombre que no sea familia cercana.
Ginger Well I’m glad you pointed that out as I didn’t realise I was racist against myself. I only say anglosajón because thats what many Spaniards say, I always thought it sounded strange but when in Rome and all that
@@JackR772 JAJAJA lo de ser mas fríos lo decía precisamente por los burgaleses, lee el comentario otra vez, anda! Y qué lástima que no conozcas hombres que dan dos besos porque en mi entorno de amigos y compañeros hay bastantes!! no de primeras, pero en cuanto hay algo de confianza no tienen problemas en dar dos besos :)
Great vid!
I´ve lived and worked in Spain for over 25 years. Madrid, Barcelona, Guadix. Presently, in a small town in Almeria - Velez Rubio. Your list of "culture shock" is bang on.
Eating hours is another eccentricity that I´d add. When I first arrived in Madrtd, I was asked for dinner by some family friends..
"Oh - thank you! What time should I get there?"
"About 11 o´clock", I was told.
They had other people as well going for dinner. I arrived at 11 - and found I was the first to arrive. We eventually sat down for dinner at midnight. This was a little extreme even for Madrid in 1965,. The friends were in the liquor business, which probably accounted for the extreme. Still, after 10 was a normal time for dinner and before 9 unheard of,
Meal times are gradually changing, which is a shame.
Haha yes that is still extreme for Madrid. But it happens!!
Oh my goodness, I love this! We live in the Canary Islands and these are exactly the things we've noticed. Especially the noise thing! :D But it's been such a fun journey!! I found your videos, because we are moving to Madrid next summer. Great videos, thanks!
Wow, it looks like I'll fit in easily in Spain as we already do most of these in my country. 😂
I'm in high school and studying abroad for a semester in Seville and I've been here two weeks. As an American I'm used to eating a lot of snacks throughout the day so when I went to the pantry to grab a snack, my host sister was shocked and made me feel guilty for it. I've noticed now that people don't really eat on-the-go or throughout the day like they do in America. This will take some getting used to, but I found it interesting.
Now you know why Spanish people stay in shape.
When you live in Spain, do as the Spanish do.
When in Barcelona don't miss out on xampagnerias!
Ask your roommate.
Average height of men in Europe 6 feet =1, 80 metres
1,80m guy - 80 kilos Spain
1,80m guy - 180 kilos USA
Great video, guys! As a Spaniard who has lived until recently in England, I can say some of these actually shock me too! I am still (re)adapting to the touching of strangers (mainly coworkers) and I have finally managed to stop saying "perdone" when I go past someone and slightly enter their personal space, because they looked at me weirdly 😂 and the loudness now actually bothers me, I wonder if I am an hybrid now of anglosaxon-Spaniard? and the slippers HAHAHA my flatmates in England simply couldn't understand why I was desperately looking for slippers in the shops when winter came, but I find them way comfier than being barefoot! I love this channel, keep up with the good work :)
@Ginger
Really?
@Ginger
Worst is the term "latins" used for "Spanish speakers". Today Latin is used ONLY in Vaticano City.
The slippers are a must in Spain, as a little girl I loved to be barefoot at home, I remember my mother saying to me: "You are barefoot like a savage, put your slippers on right now!!!!!!"
My husband and I are moving to Spain, to get out of Covina Ca. We cannot wait. What an adventure. I am 70 and he is 80. His son lives in BCN, which is where we are going to live. Your videos are excellent. My Spanish is terrible and I am trying to learn. But thank you
Amazing!! Good luck guys! You can learn about my Spanish learning journey and tips at www.spainrevealed.com/learnspanish
Well done! Will be visiting Madrid and Barcelona for the first time in May. Your videos are fun and informative!