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Jane Mercer

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@radix42

Mar 17, 2018

Hola, Barcelona!!

@mwiik

Mar 17, 2018

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I wonder if the food will be less expensive

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Well the booze certainly is!!!! A shot of Absolut vodka at this hotel bar is just 2€ versus, wait for it, 6 € at the same hotel chain in Paris!!

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Hey, that will almost buy you half a 0.33 l beer at a Norwegian bar! (He said, drinking his 1 € Czech beer)

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I have been in Spain less than 3 hours and I already love it!!! Omg everyone I’ve interacted with has been SO FRIENDLY

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Long as you're careful. ;) Spanish culture is very high-context. They aren't always *being* friendly just because they appear to be.

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Oh I know they have mostly been tipped employees and my kids only speak American English.....I have spent all but a few years of my life in “occupied Mexico”, as it were, and worked in Mexico proper, so I have at least a mild clue 😂

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I figured - it's just the sort of thing you'll want to warn Anglos/Scandinavians about, just in case... I also enjoy it a lot. It's really refreshing when people don't parade their feelings to your face all the time.