Silly little things..

I find these lists a little hard to write now because I have become so accustomed to everything here but i had these jotted down in my journal so I thought I might share them with you...
1. Spanish school is very traditional. Teachers literally lecture the whole 40 min of class. There is no discussion within the students or hands-on projects. Teachers talk and students take notes in every class.
2. Students call their teachers by their first names.
3. Cell phones are generally expensive here. For example it is really expensive to call a mobil phone from a house phone and a mobil phone from a mobil phone, but it is free to call a house phone from all phones.
4. Most people here absolutely love the movies and know a lot about actresses and actors.
5. Eggs, rice and tomate frio (which is like ketchup but more tomato-y) is a common lunch meal.
6. When spanish people study, they STUDY. Like they don't leave their house for a week and study every day.
7. Spain is a really energy conservative country. Almost every household air-dries their clothes along with being super conscious of how many lights are on and such and there is tons of wind energy here also.
8. Soup kind of like "chicken noodle" but with out the chicken, peas and carrots. So just noodles and broth is super common here along with lentils, and garbanzo beans cooked with sausage and meat.
9. The health-care system here is wonderful I was recently sick and had to go to the doctor so my housekeeper Pepi walked me to our clinic that is right across the street from my house, I showed them my ID and health insurance card and waited for about 15 mins. The doctor asked me my symptoms, checked my breathing then put all the information in a computer that was in the room. He diagnosed me and wrote me a prescription for the medicine.
10. Spanish men are very upfront with woman they don't know. For example it is common for older men to whistle and scream "guapa" which means beautiful at a woman walking down the street.
11. People don't say thank you as much as Americans do. When I first got here I found people looking at me funny when I would say thank you for everything.
12. I was recently 10 mins late to school because of traffic and when I entered the common area the secretary wouldn't unlock the door to the hallway. If you are able to get into the hallway, once you open the door to the classroom you must ask permission to come in.
13. I experienced a fire drill the other day at school and this is how it went. A bell that sounds exactly like our in between classes bell went off. Everyone looked around and was confused because clearly class was not over. The teacher then said...everyone outside it is a practice fire drill. So every ran outside in a chaotic state and then everyone realized it was raining. So the whole entire school huddled under the entrance to apartment buildings next to my school. We were not in any form of organization. I didn't even know where my teacher and rest of my class was. Very sufficient , wouldn't you say?
14. No one really moves out of their house with their parents until they are out of university or even older. 25 or 26.
15. My favorite word that spanish people say in english is cousin. They pronounce it like this "cowsin" haha

Here are a few silly things I miss from the US...
!. Bagels. We have no such thing here.
2. Hanging out at home with friends only because here in Spain you almost never have friends over. Your house is generally a place for only the family. I found this super hard to grasp when I first got here.
3. Hot-tubbing. I have yet to see a hot tub here and this is the typical thing to do in Tahoe.
4. Mexican food mexican style. This is impossible to find here.
5. Snow! I never thought I would miss it, but i miss those days where you know it is a snow day without even getting out of bed.