Last night: football on TV, the way it's supposed to be: commercial free, with less annoying commentators, and lots of spitit. The game was Spain-Bosnia in World Cup qualifying and Bosnia took an early lead off a fluke of a goal. For the rest of the game, I learned a whole roster of Spanish curse words from Carlos, who couldn't believe (like me) that Spain dominated the whole game and converted on none of their zillions of opportunities. In the last minute of injury, Spain scored a tying goal to end the game, and all was well.Now, on to a pro/con comparison of Spain and the USA before I go watch more football.Good in Spain:
Public works, works (entertainment, culture, transportation)
Good, abundant, potent, cheap coffee
Minimalism, lack of waste
Good TV: music, commercials, shows, there's motorsports!
All dogs are so well-behaved that most don't need leashes
Smaller cars that are great in the city
'Rice' cars don't have as many stupid body kits of exhausts
I'm up and leaving for San Sebastian in class tomorrow for the weekend.Bad in Spain:
Where are the gamers?
People are cold up north
Messed up televised sports ('Handball' is a combination of basketball, soccer and rugby)
You thought cell phones were expensive in the US
Smoking in public (schools, etc.) is common indoors
Still see the occasional unnecessary Jeep
Those rice cars do have fake, unnecessary hood fins and intakes
I'm going by bus.
Public works, works (entertainment, culture, transportation)
Good, abundant, potent, cheap coffee
Minimalism, lack of waste
Good TV: music, commercials, shows, there's motorsports!
All dogs are so well-behaved that most don't need leashes
Smaller cars that are great in the city
'Rice' cars don't have as many stupid body kits of exhausts
I'm up and leaving for San Sebastian in class tomorrow for the weekend.Bad in Spain:
Where are the gamers?
People are cold up north
Messed up televised sports ('Handball' is a combination of basketball, soccer and rugby)
You thought cell phones were expensive in the US
Smoking in public (schools, etc.) is common indoors
Still see the occasional unnecessary Jeep
Those rice cars do have fake, unnecessary hood fins and intakes
I'm going by bus.