17 “Culture Shocks” Encountered By This American Woman Who Moved To Spain

It is the same in all civilised world.

This is me every time at doctor's visit.

This is how industrialized nations function when they actually care about the populace.

Yep, love Spain\Catalonia. My prescription inhalers that cost £9.35 in the UK are €5 over the counter, stock up every time I go. Not to mention the culture, food and lifestyle are superb.

I honestly thought that when I was little that everywhere had health care that you have to pay for

And very good that healthcare is, too. I know whereof I speak.

It's not free. You pay for it by your tax.

Parking?

Again - this is how the rest of the world does it. The US is the exception, not Spain

Makes sense - it's too hot to work

Lunch tends to be bigger than dinner though in Spain

It is the same in all civilised world.

Imagine how she'll feel once she wanders into the nude section of the beach..

Spent a sleepless night like this in a bar in Madrid when I was young and broke, because I had to commute between two buses and had nowhere to sleep. Sat at a table in the corner with a big book, ordered a couple of drinks, then they gently ignored me for the rest of the night. I could witness that weird moment around 6-7 AM, when the smell of beer is replaced by the smell of coffee. Great memory.

We do that in Scandinavia too. Sometimes, if there's two teachers with the same first name, we'll use the last name instead, but without a prefix, so Thomas Berg, will just be called Berg.

Umm… I mean this might be true but I still won’t publicly admit that I know it.

You can't do that if it's "part of an offer", but yeah single cans are sold in Greece too

It's a dying tradition though.

That’s a lot of grapes in a short time. Does the clock bell strike slower there? Or maybe the grapes are smaller.

First a pooping log, now a defecating nativity figure. I just hope naughty kids are still getting only coal.

Same all throughout Europe. And it's a good thing because the staff in pharmacies are people properly educated in the field and can talk to you about all the risks even the most common and basic medication has.

Don't they bake similar dessert in the US, too? I think Cajuns do it on Mardi Gras.

In Norway we no longer celebrate Three kings night, but it's traditionally the last day it's acceptable to have Christmas decorations up.

Roscón de Reyes (the dessert with hidden things) was already a lottery.