When you travel and see something you've never seen before, you automatically assume that everyone does it. All the time. E.g. "everyone in Paris drinks coffee in terraces". I just moved to Valencia. Everything's new and shiny.
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Saturday, 30 January 2010
says yes but doesn't give you the drink
And laughs at the foreigners when they ask again. Because it's a game. To get your beer. In a bar.
Friday, 29 January 2010
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
cycles 4-person trolley bikes in groups
But talks on their mobile the whole time to pretend they're not really doing it and have far better and cooler things to do.
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Monday, 25 January 2010
leaves pizza in the lobby
So you can smell it as you get home and then ruin your dinner because all you can think about is freshly-cooked PIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Sunday, 24 January 2010
waits one million years and 3 minutes for the light to change
If you're a pedestian, that is. It's longer than eternity.
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Friday, 22 January 2010
fires gunshots in the alley
Not really, they just slam the lids on the municipal bins harder than necessary.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
got their super bonobus awesome ticket
Even though bonobus sounds a bit dodgy, like a hyperactive monkey.
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
passes you by on their bike twice
They look like they're moving but they still arrive at the same time as a walker.
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
and I mean everyone, is jogging tonight
Passed at least 200 people at various speeds. Or more accurately, they did the passing. Included was two entire youth football teams with their studs/cleats on.
Monday, 18 January 2010
Sunday, 17 January 2010
categorises nationalities in wide swathes
Everyone Asian is Chinese.
Everyone Arabic is Moorish.
Everyone who speaks English natively is English, except for nationalities such as Phillippino, who would be classed as Chinese.
Everybody who is blond and not native English-speaking is Northern (Swedish, Norwegian, etc.)
Everyone else is foreigner.
Everyone Arabic is Moorish.
Everyone who speaks English natively is English, except for nationalities such as Phillippino, who would be classed as Chinese.
Everybody who is blond and not native English-speaking is Northern (Swedish, Norwegian, etc.)
Everyone else is foreigner.
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Friday, 15 January 2010
(in the metro) deliberately causes jubbling while walking
And why wouldn't she. They were spectacular. Sorry for lack of photo, it would be arrestable to have taken one.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
(in Madrid) shouts obvious answers out in pub quizzes
From the crowd reactions, not everyone felt it was that obvious.
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
reversed this blog
Anything done that does not conform is attributed to "You English are raro (weird)"
Monday, 11 January 2010
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Saturday, 9 January 2010
serenades the neighbours
"Serenade" meaning "stands outside the window and talks for 2 hours because they have left the bar, do not want to go home but will not go to another place"
Friday, 8 January 2010
must be eating nuthin' but oranges
One supermarket was just flat out of them, the second only had a few left. It's probably the snow.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
is unable to use their credit card online
Because it's dangerous, or complicated, or doesn't work, or "it's asking me for codes and numbers!" or something.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
is smiling against their own volition
Because oranges, picked off trees in the street, are both unbelievably sour AND incredibly bitter.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Monday, 4 January 2010
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Friday, 1 January 2010
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