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I remembered I need to finish this article I started, which I hope you're following. I also hope you'll be responsive and we can discuss various facts together.
So... Specifically, the dog that had offended me had knocked out one tooth from my dog's mouth. One evening we ran into it and I fulfilled my civic duty by calling this thug, in front of his owner's eyes, a 'bastard' ('capullo'). The Spanish woman immediately glared at me and pulled her dog by the neck as a sign of 'let's get out of here already'. She started to cross, until she heard again 'You are a bastard!' ('¡Eres un capullo!'), after which she turned to me angrily and cursed me. Without effect. I repeated a few more times that her dog was a bastard ('¡Su perro es un capullo!'). She threatened me with legal action ('Te voy a denunciar') – I responded with the same ('Yo te voy a denunciar a ti.'). Angry that I didn't stay silent after she threatened me with court, she pulled hers and disappeared. 🙂
In Madrid, besides pretentious grandmothers and grandfathers, there's nightlife and family weekends. Spaniards love to eat, drink 'kalimotcho' (red wine with cola), smoke and live with their parents until they're 30. They marry late, at 30-35 years old, and perhaps that's why the grandmothers don't look like grandmothers. 😉
At night, young people go to a nightclub or pub (a bar with music), usually on Friday and Saturday. Sundays are days off, which make Madrid a deserted place. Sunday is a family day, on which it's customary to go to a pastry shop or restaurant – a day for lounging (as I call it 🙂 ). They go on picnics, for a walk in 'Retiro' park or (why not) to the countryside (al pueblo) 🙂
If there are days off or holidays, there's no making up work on such days (unlike Bulgaria, where there are no holidays, only working days). These are the so-called 'fiestas y puentes'. 'Puente' (bridge) is an additional day off that they take between two holidays that are close in date. For example, if Monday and Wednesday of a given week are marked as holidays in the calendar, then Tuesday also becomes one. So they often leave on Friday to go to the sea or to the countryside for a few days 🙂 Naturally, these days off also affect education. 😉 Students have more vacation and less exam preparation.
Next time, I'll tell you in more detail about the education system and habits of young Spanish student schoolchildren. I hope that with these (albeit subjective) stories of mine, you'll gain a better understanding of the modern Spanish people and Spanish culture. If you're interested in the topic, don't miss the continuation 😉 in the Spanish-language blog.