Coffee shops everywhere (even in McDonalds and Burger King)- where "to go" is not a available
Everyone has a dog- a big one- and they hire dog walkers.... the dog walkers are everywhere and walk between 10 to 20 dogs at a time..... none of the dogs are ever disobedient (picture new York- with people walking down the side walks - and along comes a dog walker with 20 dogs- big ones- its great!)
The lack of chain stores
Weekend markets
The cemeteries- they are magnificent, really! (Sheri - I now understand why you do not think they are creepy)
The crazy bus drivers- they get you to where you need to go faster than if you were driving yourself
Living in the best location ever- where I can walk everywhere
If you want fruit- you go to the fruit stand. If you want meat, you go to the butcher shop. If you want fish, you go to the fish market. If you want cheese.... you get the idea.
Amazing steak, and wine that is cheaper than beer (if you ever find yourself broke and an alcoholic, move here. A few hundred dollars will buy you booze for more than a year).
The fashion is great- anything goes- so those that are "fashion challenged" fear not- it does not matter
Medialunas- like croissants but much better
Things that I miss:
My dog and Target.
Having a short trip to the grocery store- where I know where to find everything, and can find what I am looking for
Yogurt in a plastic tub instead of a bag, salad dressing, and baking soda (smelly fridges gross me out)
Being able to ask for directions
Clean air and nose goo that isn't black
My car- but only on occasion- like when you have been walking all day and need to go one more place- but it is on the other side of town
My cheese slicer and coffee press..... two essential kitchen items
Did I say my dog?
I went running today- around 4:30- rush hour on the sidewalks. It actually made me run faster- like an obstacle course. But women here do not run outside- so everyone stared at me- which made me want to be a dog walker at that moment- because then people would also have gotten the hell out of the way.
People here do not like to walk- so they stroll down the middle of the sidewalk and make it hard to pass them- unless you are a dog walker- and then it is like the parting of the sea. New Career? Maybe :-> On the occasion that /greg and I have asked for directions, people will tell give us the directions and tell us it is far- that we should take a cab. When we ask how far- they will say "like 15 or 20 blocks". The blocks here are short- it would be a 15 min. walk if you were 80 yrs old. To them it is far.
My apologies for the randomness of the post and writing like a two year old ( a really smart one, but still a 2 year old)... my brain is a bit overloaded from Espanol.
Word of the day: esposa- handcuffs...... also the word for wife.
I went running today- around 4:30- rush hour on the sidewalks. It actually made me run faster- like an obstacle course. But women here do not run outside- so everyone stared at me- which made me want to be a dog walker at that moment- because then people would also have gotten the hell out of the way.
People here do not like to walk- so they stroll down the middle of the sidewalk and make it hard to pass them- unless you are a dog walker- and then it is like the parting of the sea. New Career? Maybe :-> On the occasion that /greg and I have asked for directions, people will tell give us the directions and tell us it is far- that we should take a cab. When we ask how far- they will say "like 15 or 20 blocks". The blocks here are short- it would be a 15 min. walk if you were 80 yrs old. To them it is far.
My apologies for the randomness of the post and writing like a two year old ( a really smart one, but still a 2 year old)... my brain is a bit overloaded from Espanol.
Word of the day: esposa- handcuffs...... also the word for wife.
Well, at least handcuffs can be kind of sexy in a dangerous, binding kind of way. In Swedish the word for married is "gift" and is the same word for poison.
ReplyDeleteRandom posts are good.