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Daily Life in Spain

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A look at daily life in Spain thru the eyes of an exchange student, Adam, who lived with a guest family in Sevilla.

 

Waking up at around 7:00 in the morning and having a typical Spanish breakfast. Spanish breakfast is small and typically consists of a cup of coffee with a slice of toast and jam, a pastry or churros. Churros are often served with chocolate instead of coffee. torrijas is another very favorite breakfast item of Spanish. Freshly squeezed orange juice is popular and surprisingly common - even the smallest bar will invariably have an orange squeezer. This usually pushes the price of the breakfast up by quite a bit - just your coffee and toast/pastry will usually cost 1.50-1.80€, the juice doubles the price. The Spanish are not the earliest risers in the world. If you have to leave before am, you might find that nothing is open, though in Madrid many bars open in the early morning. The situation is even worse on weekends. Adam later walked to school with his Spanish host. They then have classes from am to Liam, after which, students get a half hour snack break having coffee, churros, and tapas. Returning home from school, Adam and his Spanish counterpart stayed at home during Siesta, which is from around 2-5 pm. While Adam  reads, his Spanish roommate spends La Siesta the Spanish way: Taking a nap.

Siesta in Spain is still practiced, but not everyone goes to sleep during that time. Siesta for shops and businesses is from about 2-5 pm, whereas bars and restaurants will close from 4 pm to about 8 or 9 pm. The Spanish tradition of Siesta originates from the Spanish field workers who were given a break from the afternoon heat to rest and refresh, so they would be able to work on the field long into the evening and even the night. Nowadays, Spanish do not really do fiesta for these reasons. It simply is a Spanish custom for which the Spanish people are well known around the world. People still want to have their Siesta, since Spanish traditionally have a long lunch. People typically get together in larger groups with the head of the household cooking for everyone. These get together can last up to 2 hours before everyone goes back to work.

Evening dining tends to be later in Spain. Most younger folks hang out and enjoy socializing and leisure time in town. They typically return home for dinner at around 9:30 pm. In Spain, study time is after dinner. Towards midnight, Adam and his Spanish roommate would then go to sleep.