We do miss Jeopardy, even though we weren’t regular watchers like Shana’s Dad was. If you watch the show, you know that every so often they include a category titled Potpourri – it’s a mish-mash of topics. This post will be a mish-mash of observations about life in Spain, Spaniards, etc.
1. Spaniards love game shows. There are several of them on each night. Our Spanish is not good enough to keep up with the quick pace of game shows, so no more details about them here.
2. Spaniards really like to eat potato chips, especially when they are walking in the city. We can’t tell you how many times we’ve seen this in the streets. If we ate chips, we would adopt this practice.
3. In Spain, and other parts of Europe, cats only have 7 lives instead of the 9 that US cats have.
4. Friday the 13th in Spain is a normal day; if the 13th is a Tuesday though, watch out for those black cats who only have 7 lives.
5. Father’s Day is this Monday, March 19th, in Spain. It is celebrated on Saint Joseph’s day – in honor of Jesus’s father. Wishing all of our readers who are fathers a Feliz Día del Padre from San Sebastian.
6. Spaniards, upon getting married and having children, record these life events in a book, el Libro de la Familia, which is an official record.
7. There are several phrases we use in English that are not quite the same in Spanish, but the point is the same. Spaniards say, for example, “A bird in the hand is worth more than 100 flying.”
8. There are at least 26 ways to order a beer in Spain. We haven’t committed these to memory. We prefer to order wine instead.
9. The McDonald’s and Burger King here are sadly (to us) quite popular. More popular than the Starbucks.
We just finished week 24 of Spanish school. We’re looking forward to our next break in one more week . . . in Paris.
Hasta la vista,
Shana & Jeff
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