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Post by janga Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:02 am

How do you know when you've become a local? I think becoming a local isn't quite the same as feeling integrated. I think when you feel integrated you are part of the system, part of the culture, you feel that Spain is more your country than your country of origin. Becoming a local I think is when things that were unusual when you arrived are suddenly normal and aren't a subject for discussion like :

Seeing people drink alcohol at 10 in the morning and mixing whisky with their coffee.
ordering a beer with your McDonalds
You stop saying "please" for everything and imply it with your tone of voice
Not to give two kisses to someone you meet feels very rude
Eating lunch at 2:30 and having dinner after 9 pm is normal
mixing lemon soda with wine is quite acceptable after all.
eating bread with absolutely everything becomes a must
when people turn up on time you are pleasantly surprised!
when strangers say good morning to you because they've seen you around and about.
parking your car in double row with the handbrake off is not such a scary thing
seeing whole skinned rabbits at the meat counter doesn't shock you anymore
These are just a few. But for those who have been living here for a while when did you feel you became a local?



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Post by Dave Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:32 am

Seeing people drink alcohol at 10 in the morning and mixing whisky with their coffee.
Yes, while their truck is waiting outside with the engine running
ordering a beer with your McDonalds
Never!

You stop saying "please" for everything and imply it with your tone of voice
Cant help doing this

Not to give two kisses to someone you meet feels very rude
I have to grab the chance whenever I can. Just women though
Eating lunch at 2:30 and having dinner after 9 pm is normal
Yep
mixing lemon soda with wine is quite acceptable after all.
Yep
eating bread with absolutely everything becomes a must
Yep
when people turn up on time you are pleasantly surprised!
Were always last to arrive anyway
when strangers say good morning to you because they've seen you around and about.
Yep
parking your car in double row with the handbrake off is not such a scary thing
Always park as far away from others as possible
seeing whole skinned rabbits at the meat counter doesn't shock you anymore
Normal in Devon too
These are just a few. But for those who have been living here for a while when did you feel you became a local?

Seems like were not far off then?
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Post by janga Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:39 am

other examples:

when you go into your local bar with a €50 note asking for change for the cigarette machine. Doesn't have enough but gives you the the 4 euros you need anyway and says "give it to me the next time you are in"!

When you order a whisky on the rocks back in the UK and sincerely feel you are being ripped off.

When you ask someone for directions and they say follow me I'll take you there, rather than explain it.

You're amazed when TV Ad breaks last less than half an hour and programmes only last for 45 minutes.

When it doesn't surprise you to see workers taking their own food to eat in the bars only order drinks and coffee.

When you don't eat seafood on Christmas Eve it doesn't feel like Christmas anymore.


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