*note: "caqui" is indeed a persimmon, meaning that the other day I ate a persimmon...it was good!
1. Spain has an obesity problem too...I watched a special on it on TV last night with Salud; they said they're going to end up like the US; I was thinking, you're already there!
2. Spaniards are BLUNT; on that same program, I was stunned/shocked/startled/taken aback by the fact that they would walk up to larger people on the street and just be like "hi. how much do you weigh?" then stick the mic in their face...and they would ANSWER! They would then proceed, on national television, to ask "So why have you gotten fat lately?"....and once again, they would ANSWER!! You just don't do that in the States...I felt especially bad for the young girl that they showed...they kept asking her parents about why she's fat...and it's like, isn't that horrible for her to be hearing this whole thing??
3. Whereas in Iowa during the fall you see plenty of rotten apples on the ground, in Spain you see rotten oranges...a very strange sight indeed...
4. I have two tests today and should probably study for them...
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We've been eating a lot of caqui's and persimones here. According to Faby they are different somehow, but I think it's maybe just the variety? No se.
ReplyDeleteI've been SUPER surprised by the bluntness of Spain. Especially how it relates to differences in the school system... one of the teachers says the grade out loud and makes a comment like "you should have done better." or "think what would have happened without all those silly spelling mistakes..." as he returns papers.
Admitting to having no idea what a persimmon is, I did a quick google search, which brought me to none other, wikipedia. But now i know what you're talking about :) and according to this, "kaki" is the most common species of persimmon. Who'd have thought?
ReplyDeleteFun observations :) I hope your tests went well!