Foreigners need to understand that most of us Spaniards don't really take a siesta except for during the holidays, specially during summer holidays, everything is closed from 2pm to 5pm because we eat at home. So we need time to get home, make lunch, eat lunch (in our culture lunch is the main meal that you have with your family, so its atleast 1h. to 1h.30min. long), clearing up the table and tidying up the kitchen and getting back to work. 2pm to 5pm for all that is actually quite tight, 3h when you spend atleast 1 just eating isn't that much when you factor in cooking and traveling around town. There's no time for siesta, it's mostly foreigners that take siestas thinking it's super normal and common. Also, there's nothing that Spanish about a siesta, siesta is just Spanish for nap, all cultures nap here and there.
Excellent video. Just got back from walking the Camino de Santiago starting in France. That month walking in northern Spain has convinced me that I am headed to retirement there. Figuring two to three years before I make move.
Northern Spain is definitely on my list of places to visit! So far I've only been to Barcelona but would love to check out Galicia and Asturias. Thanks for watching!
This is a fantastic and super informative video! I'm dying to move to Spain (from the USA). Either to Madrid or Barcelona. But sadly I'm still paying off my substantial student loan debt. :\ I wouldn't be able to afford those loan payments on a Spanish salary as a scientist. I think I'll have to finish paying those off before even considering moving. But still, it's a dream of mine.
2:30 "Its all close". It is not true. Only small family businesses close. The rest of the Industry, and services is open. In Madrid we have 15 million square meters of offices that DO NOT CLOSE AT NOON. In industries, which is 25% of the country's GDP, they don't close at noon either. In the Tourism sector, they don't close either. Nothing really closes at noon, except small family businesses. You must live more realities so as not to generalize with something so basic.
Thanks for watching! I say in the video that I'm talking about small cities, and I specify what kind of shops I'm referring to. I understand its different in the industrial sector, so you're right. That is something I could have mentioned for someone who might move to Spain to work in that type of job.
@@DarViajar As a constructive critic if you let me, I'd consider fair to elaborate a bit that work break for small businesses is not "well the Spaniards are that way, it is a cultural thing I guess". The explanation is logical: the climate. Temperatures are crippling in summer and part of spring. Except northern Spain, late spring, the whole summer and the beginning of autumn are even dangerous if you are not hydrated and protected against solar radiation. Speaking of radiation, sunlinght is present in Spain until much later than the rest of Europe so if you sum 2+2 you get people make that break to avoid dangerous and uncomfortable temperatures even more considering daylight is available until late in the day. As the comment below points out, Cuenca is (with all due respect) rural Spain. It is like defining life in the United States acording to the experience of living in Wichita. 48,5% of Spainards live in the largest cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Bilbao, A Coruña, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Málaga) so life in Cuenca is pretty much slow and rural to you as it is to a urban Spaniard used to 24/7 way of life.
I’m Swiss and moved to the US in 2018. I had to realize that the US is not for me. Now I’m in the middle of preparing to move to Mallorca, Spain. I can’t wait on moving back to Europe!
Really appreciate your video... Decided I want a break from the US (where I currently live) and since I have more than 3 years of Spanish and a Bachelor degree in Criminal Justice, I thought about trying something different. I heard the TEFL route is one of the easiest ways... But I'm not having much luck. Do you think with my degree I probable will have to work as a cook or server or something like that to start off? How do you recommend I go?
I think if you keep trying you should be able to get a teaching job with your degree. Have you seen my video about How to Teach English in Spain? I answer a lot of questions in that video!
Everybody thinks they can teach English! Don't do it! It is badly paid, there are more teachers than pupils and it is just a myth really. Some get lucky, but don't base making a living on it. That way lies trouble. Also your degree will probably not be recognised here, unless you are a Qualified teacher already. In all honesty, Yes, you probably will end up washing up. IF you are lucky. If you are going to Need to work I would get a job First! You will need to get a load of red tape to work legally too. If you have a decent job with a good employer they may do all that for you. Research. If you don't already learn Spanish. Proper Spanish, not 'get by' Spanish. Please do not get on a plane and think it will be a breeze because it won't.
2:26 In France we also close small shops at noon to eat, but that does not mean that we go to sleep! haha In Germany it is also closed at noon to eat, as in Italy. It has nothing to do with Siesta. It is the hours of the small family business. It is a very typical mistake. www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20170609-its-time-to-put-the-tired-spanish-siesta-stereotype-to-bed "siesta , elsewhere in Spain it seems the days may be numbered for one of the country’s most enduring stereotypes. The siesta is now as alien to most Spaniards as it is to the foreigners who package it into their image of Spain." It is important that you do not constantly repeat the same stereotype. I suppose you don't like that the stereotypes of your country are constantly repeated, right?
@@DarViajar It is not still part of the culture. Germans nap more and you don't think it's part of German culture, right? It is a myth that you repeat over and over again because you do not understand how the country works. You think that because some family businesses close, people go to sleep. He goes to eat, to the gym, to masturbate, to clean his house. Whatever you feel like doing, you don't have to go to sleep. www.csmonitor.com/2002/0726/p07s01-woeu.html
@@Atreas1845 Creo que el malentendido viene de la palabra "siesta". Cuando refiero a la siesta, digo las horas entre 14:00 y 17:00, cuando hay un descanso. En el video explico que es un descanso para comer, y que dormir poca gente hace.
Excelente! Gracias por la información!! Saludos de Columbus, Ohio :). Espero trasladarme dentro de poco. Hace demasiado frío aquí este invierno de ‘22 y también es muy triste ver el país entero empeorando día tras día. Qué Dios le bendiga...hasta luego.
Thank you for this informative video! Can you give any recommendations on kid friendly city areas to live that is affordable? I know you are single but just wondering - we are thinking of going to Madrid or San Sebastian area.
Hmm, I can't particularly say where any kid-friendly areas are, but Madrid is a huge city so there must be something for everyone... good luck with your move! :)
Wow. I'm also from Ohio😂 and i just randomly stumbled upon this video! I'll definitely be following/subscribing and watching more of your videos. I taught English in Japan for 6 years, so I'm wondering how teaching in Spain will be...
No one in Spain would even think a conguito as a racist thing. Chinos are called as such because they are from china, not any other country, hence: the “chinos”
@Daniela Sanz domestic slavery was commonplace in Early Modern Europe, Spain included. In 16th century Seville, roughly 8% of the population was enslaved and the practice wasn't abolished in the Iberian Peninsula until 1838 and the Spanish colony in Cuba until the 1880s. More than 20% of the people transported in the Atlantic Slave Trade were taken to Spanish colonies. The legacy is not as visible in Spain as in the US since most of this was happening in the colonies, but it's certainly the case that Spain engaged in the practice.
@@DanielaSanz.You are absolutely right. I read the medieval spain history and this is something that they said. There was no slaves as traditional slaves but rather slaves that sold themselves to it so they could survive. "Adopciones" they called it if i am not wrong.
How did you get a work visa to teach English in Spain as an American? I have an MA in TESOL and have tried for years to get an NIE to work there. All advertised positions only want teachers from the EU.😅 I speak Spanish and would love to live and work there! 🇪🇸
You got the reconquista completely wrong. 700 years didn't pass since the catholics ruled over the peninsula. 700 years passed since the 1st moors stepped on the peninsula until the last moors stepped off, and the moors didn't take the whole peninsula instantly, it was 700 years of them conquering due north and then the Christian kingdoms reconquering due south. So it is a reconquista without a doubt. You completely fell into Spanish leftwing wokeness right there.
And you fell into the VOX trap. Care to explain what is wrong with acknowledging that the Moors ruled a substantial part of Iberia for hundreds of years? Introduced new crops now taken for granted, irrigation for those crops that is still being used Today and built most of the major cities? I agree that it was Reconquista, but how much good did it do Spain.? Most Spaniards I know admit that the Moors were good for Spain. It is a part of the country's history. You might not like it, but it created the land we see now. Get over it.
@@hogwashmcturnip8930 WTF are you on about? I never said it was good nor bad. You're arguing a different point completely, no one is talking about that. I'm just saying that the Reconquista is a perfectly valid term that describes the actual historical period perfectly. Who said anything about the Muslims being good or bad? Get over yourself, progre-podemita.
Silly question - I’ve grown up in California and speak “Mexican” Spanish quite well. Can anyone explain to me how different this dialect is from “Spain” Spanish?
Honestly not much on the standard lenguage. Thank to rule the homogeneous grammar and structure since 1492. Other way it's the slang and the fast accents as costeño on Mexico or andaluz on Spain with a a silent ending s, and chopping and shorting the words.
There is a Whole load of difference in Spanish language .I have never been to Mexico, but I am sure it is the same there. Basque and Catalan were mentioned, but then get we down to Regional variations. Valenciano is almost intelligible to outsiders as it is a form of Catalan. Mallorquin is another variant. Andaluz is different to Extremeño, which in some places is almost Portuguese. He seems a nice bloke, but like most Americans he has lived somewhere for 5 minutes and knows it all. You Never know it all, especially in Spain. And never claim to be fluent! You will be in for a total shock I know people who claim they 'get by, but can barely order a coffee. Spaniards in my current town tell me I am good, which is odd because in the last place I lived they told me I was rubbish! It is all relative. He has the right idea, but he hasn't even got past the nursery slopes yet. My advice would be read every book, watch every vlog, every language course you can, and then totally Ignore them! The whole joy of Spain is it is a little surreal. If you expect it to fit Your rules and perceptions you will Fail. If you come with an open heart and mind and a willingness to learn, you will be welcomed. One of the biggest compliments I ever got was when someone who had lived in the UK and been married to an English person, turned to me and said 'Are you Sure you are English? You are nothing like them! You think like Us!' Home at last!
Only slangs change. But they are literally the same, also the accents. But people will understand everything you say. Now if you use latin american slang like speaking like salvadorans. Then yeah, they will have a hard time. I write books and i am fed up with people trying to say that spanish and castillan are two different languages. They are not.
@@euskoferre Spanish and Mexican are different. As a Non native speaker I was always made aware of that. Also my point was that Castilian is Not the natural language of Spain. Anymore than RP is what the average English person speaks. Each region has its own variant and some are easier than others. A Spanish person will know Exactly where you come from, or where you learned, by how you use Castilian. Some regions speak mixtures that are well away from ' Received Castilian' Extremeno is nearer to Portuguese and Valenciano is nearer Catalan. They are both ostensibly Spanish. My point in mentioning Catalan is try speaking 'Spanish' around there and you will get short shrift. Better to speak French. So, I think my point is, don't think that because you speak Hispano Spanish or school Castilian it will be instantly recognised or welcomed.
I will move to Spain in a year and I’m looking forward to it! ✨I’m leaving this comment here as a manifestation✨ I’ll edit this comment when I move there🍀 Thank you for the helpful informations!
Do low-rent apartments have built-in heating? I freeze half to death in the Maltese winters. I speak Spanish and would like to live in Spain, if I can keep warm.
No. Most places in Spain do Not have heating. Ryan was Very lucky if he found it. Assume you will Not have built in heating. Also gas outside of cities comes in butane bottles. So you will have to change them, maybe lug them around and if you are in the shower when it runs out that is Fun!
Hi thank you for the very informative vlog but can I ask something how to apply for an employment in Spain since I am an Asian and working abroad now I'm not in my country right now and plan to move to Poland so I can move to Spain but kindly give me an insight on how can I get job to Spain from Poland? Thank you very much
Hi! I would talk to the people over at bureacracy.es. They handle all kinds of visa logistics and you can book a free consultation for them to answer you're questions. If you decide to use their services, you can get 10% off with my link: www.bureaucracy.es/darviajar
@@DarViajar Europeans were playing Football before America existed. We think your 'football' is Rugby for wimps. Rather like baseball is Rounders. A game played by little girls in the UK. What's all this 'World Series' nonsense? You are more or less the only country that play. We all know that many Americans are unaware there Is a world beyond their local Mcdonalds, but it is funny!
Llevas dos años en Cuenca y piensas que se para la actividad de 13 a 17 h para la siesta? No tienes ni idea de lo que dices. .. Las oficinas/industria paran de 13 a 15h, aprox, 2horas de máximo para comer, puede ser menos y sobre las 17:30 al acabar la jornada se empieza a salir . En cuanto a los comercios,, es que no se reactiva la actividad hasta las 17 30pm pq antes de esa hora la gente trabaja y no está en la calle y ademas en verano a 40 grados, o más, es insoportable. Por lo que la pausa para comer en Comercios se alarga y se hace un descanso debido al calor en verano y por que la gente sale de las oficinas/industrias partir de las 17h y ahí se animan las calles y el comercio. Por eso se abren a esas horas, o sea cuando hay gente por la calle.. Lo de la siesta? Minoría absoluta los que la hacen entre semana, tu me dirás, en un puesto del trabajo con 2 horas para comer, de casa para comer, 20 minutos,cocinar y comer 1h? y café ver un poco el telediario10 mins y vuelta al trabajo otros 20 minutos de desplazamiento. De qué siesta hablas? Te lo digo yo, 0.
Totalmente, no se de donde copian esas ideas y las repiten. En cada video que mencionan esto hay decenas de mensajes corrigiendo esa imagen absurda que nos quieren poner.
@@raul46170 no se Dan cuenta que el hecho de comer un sándwich en media hora y un café que es lo que hay en su cultura, para nosotros es un sacrilegio gastronomico pq aquí hay una cultura de alimentación saludable.
In regards to that candy ad Conguitos", it is probably from before I was born haha 4 decades old! So not a good example from today's Spain... There is some level of racism unfortunately (as elsewhere) but generally Spain is a welcoming country for all!.
I agree, in hindsight an ad from the 60's doesn't do a good job of representing today's Spain. But, I was trying to point out that the candy has not changed
Well you didn't do it very well and it was unnecessary. As a foreigner all I have ever seen is a peanut As do the Spanish. Peanuts came from the Congo? By now I hope you have realised the Spanish are blunt. If you are fat they will call you fat. If you are Black they will call you that too. No Fannying around or Fake PC. By the same token, they are immensely kind. If you are 96, toothless and have not a hair on your head, they will call you Guapo/a Beautiful None of it is malicious. It is just the common parlance. Coming from a place where we do pretty much the same it is Fakery I can't stand. The conguito isn't 'racist' It's a Peanut! In the same way that an English golly is a Rag doll! Get over it. There is enough to worry about in our world without making up nonsense.
You don't have any idea about our culture, maybe because American culture is the most part to work for live. My country have centuries of the rich culture maybe you need learn and enjoy more ! Estereotipos aparte disfruta y no caigas en lo mismo que las películas americanas
Estas equivocado, España es católica, se inició el cristianismo desde la época de los Apostoles , como en Roma. A España, Tarragona vino San Pablo y también en dos ocasiones vino Santiago el Mayor a predicar. Que te enrollas con los musulmanes. Esa religión se inició en Arabia en en el año 560. Hasta el 711 no llego el Islam a la Península Ibérica, Hispania, cuya Monarquía era católica igual que el pueblo hispanoromamo. Has de vivir muchos años en España y leer y estudiar mucho de España, para conocerla. En USA todo el mundo es Cowboy, va con pistolas, mata en los colegios a los niños y profesores masticando chicle y tiran bombas atomicas a los japoneses y Napal a los niños vietnamitas. Y la policía mata a los negros y mejicanos. En España a los chinos o asiáticos los llamamos CHINOS, y a los negros o mulatos, negros, o negritos. Pero no los matamos como vosotros.🇪🇦
I love Spain, but hate the siesta. It's a pain in the ass because you can't get anything done. For example, most financial institutions close at 1...for the day. So, it should not come as any surprise that Spain consistently ranks low on world productivity and GDP. I do realize that money is not the measure of everything, but, it's a bit ridiculous...and it accounts for the average salary in major cities to hover around 1,400 euros a month. Typical retail stores open somewhere between 10-11AM, then close at 1:30 and MAYBE reopen at 4 or 5 or just never re-open. Why bother opening a business? Also, you see lots of restaurants that don't open until 8:00 pm and it's very common to see the owners or employees turning people away at 7 pm. One place I decided to observe turned away at least 10 tables. All those potential customers spent their money elsewhere. I guess the mentality of most business owners is to just get by. The businesses that stay open do a thriving business.
As a Spaniard I couldn't agree more with you, and I as well hate the siesta, as you said, it makes Spain lose productivity. Now, I honestly don't think people in major cities make around 1400 euro a month, I'm personally from a very small town and that salary would be considered very low, close to the minimal salary. Not sure how it is in big cities, but I honestly don't think it is around 1400.
@@m.m.7514 usted se puede echar la siesta?por que a mi no me da tiempo y a las personas de mi entorno tampoco.es un estereotipo. Y otra pregunta en qué países abren los negocios hasta las 22:00 de la noche como en España?
@@DarViajar You are making content for us to consume, not the other way around. Get to the point and cut down the annoying gimmicks and music. Take the feedback onboard.
nice country and good video ==== but for the difficulty in language wise and the Govt Bureaucracy: I WILL NOT VISIT THIS COUNTRY+++ ADDING TO THAT : THE HORRIFIC BARBARIC BULL FIGHTING THAT STILL TILL TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sure the Spanish will be heartbroken. Of course there is no horrific cruelty anywhere else is there? It has nothing to do with the fact that there is no way they would accept you does it? You will have to catch a dinghy elsewhere!
yes, I found that funny too. Sadly, their bastardised, illiterate version will take over, because it is everywhere. My American pc, 'corrects' my UK spelling and I have to go back and correct It. Then we have this 'Math' thing. What is that about?Suddenly the Maths we have all been using for thousands of years is insufficient, so we now have a situation where a simple sum like 2+ 3 x15 -4 has 6 different answers! depending on what 'system' you use. I Wish we had that flexibility when I was at school! Instead of just getting things Wrong.
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Foreigners need to understand that most of us Spaniards don't really take a siesta except for during the holidays, specially during summer holidays, everything is closed from 2pm to 5pm because we eat at home. So we need time to get home, make lunch, eat lunch (in our culture lunch is the main meal that you have with your family, so its atleast 1h. to 1h.30min. long), clearing up the table and tidying up the kitchen and getting back to work. 2pm to 5pm for all that is actually quite tight, 3h when you spend atleast 1 just eating isn't that much when you factor in cooking and traveling around town. There's no time for siesta, it's mostly foreigners that take siestas thinking it's super normal and common. Also, there's nothing that Spanish about a siesta, siesta is just Spanish for nap, all cultures nap here and there.
Agree. I lived in Madrid and we never took siestas.
Siestas are important.
Excellent video. Just got back from walking the Camino de Santiago starting in France. That month walking in northern Spain has convinced me that I am headed to retirement there. Figuring two to three years before I make move.
Northern Spain is definitely on my list of places to visit! So far I've only been to Barcelona but would love to check out Galicia and Asturias. Thanks for watching!
Same, Camino opened the Spain for me this year and I decides to learn español and move here
I live in Spain for 1 year already and that’s the best video I’ve seen so far among A LOT of others.
Good fkin job man!
I’m moving to Andalucia as an aux , I’m super excited ! Thanks for the video ✨
Good luck! Thanks for watching
I'm also going to be moving to Andalucia...
I do too…..
@@rolandkel7696 Which part?
Severe drought going on there.. Lol
7:04 Jon Rahm is now number 1 in the world in Golf. He is a Spanish boy, from the Basque Country
Very informative video. Thanks for sharing your experience in Spain.
Thank you for watching!
This is a fantastic and super informative video! I'm dying to move to Spain (from the USA). Either to Madrid or Barcelona. But sadly I'm still paying off my substantial student loan debt. :\ I wouldn't be able to afford those loan payments on a Spanish salary as a scientist. I think I'll have to finish paying those off before even considering moving. But still, it's a dream of mine.
You can get a fully remote job from the US and apply for the digital nomad visa. You'll be well off making US salary, but living in Spain that way!
2:30 "Its all close". It is not true. Only small family businesses close. The rest of the Industry, and services is open. In Madrid we have 15 million square meters of offices that DO NOT CLOSE AT NOON. In industries, which is 25% of the country's GDP, they don't close at noon either. In the Tourism sector, they don't close either. Nothing really closes at noon, except small family businesses. You must live more realities so as not to generalize with something so basic.
Thanks for watching! I say in the video that I'm talking about small cities, and I specify what kind of shops I'm referring to. I understand its different in the industrial sector, so you're right. That is something I could have mentioned for someone who might move to Spain to work in that type of job.
@@DarViajar As a constructive critic if you let me, I'd consider fair to elaborate a bit that work break for small businesses is not "well the Spaniards are that way, it is a cultural thing I guess". The explanation is logical: the climate. Temperatures are crippling in summer and part of spring. Except northern Spain, late spring, the whole summer and the beginning of autumn are even dangerous if you are not hydrated and protected against solar radiation. Speaking of radiation, sunlinght is present in Spain until much later than the rest of Europe so if you sum 2+2 you get people make that break to avoid dangerous and uncomfortable temperatures even more considering daylight is available until late in the day. As the comment below points out, Cuenca is (with all due respect) rural Spain. It is like defining life in the United States acording to the experience of living in Wichita. 48,5% of Spainards live in the largest cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla, Bilbao, A Coruña, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Málaga) so life in Cuenca is pretty much slow and rural to you as it is to a urban Spaniard used to 24/7 way of life.
Pretty comprehensive. I wish we had siesta in the states...
If only...
That's very helpful! Thank you very much! I'm currently learning Spanish language and thinking of moving over there in 2 years time. 🤞
I’m Swiss and moved to the US in 2018. I had to realize that the US is not for me. Now I’m in the middle of preparing to move to Mallorca, Spain. I can’t wait on moving back to Europe!
Congrats on the upcoming move! 🎉
You need to keep in mind that your rent will be a lot higher if you want to live in Barcelona or Madrid. Your rent will be 2-3 times as high!
very true!
ugh, but who wants to live in a large AMERICAN-style city??
Nice production here dude, need to get you some more views.
I appreciate that!
Hey man, awesome video! I'm thinking about moving to Spain and tbh - I like even the "bad" things there... :-)
300 a month for an apt???????? wow. man you had me in tears several times. thank you.
Not every where..in small towns or cities....Not in Madrid , Barcelona etc..
Really appreciate your video... Decided I want a break from the US (where I currently live) and since I have more than 3 years of Spanish and a Bachelor degree in Criminal Justice, I thought about trying something different. I heard the TEFL route is one of the easiest ways... But I'm not having much luck. Do you think with my degree I probable will have to work as a cook or server or something like that to start off? How do you recommend I go?
I think if you keep trying you should be able to get a teaching job with your degree. Have you seen my video about How to Teach English in Spain? I answer a lot of questions in that video!
Everybody thinks they can teach English! Don't do it! It is badly paid, there are more teachers than pupils and it is just a myth really. Some get lucky, but don't base making a living on it. That way lies trouble. Also your degree will probably not be recognised here, unless you are a Qualified teacher already. In all honesty, Yes, you probably will end up washing up. IF you are lucky. If you are going to Need to work I would get a job First! You will need to get a load of red tape to work legally too. If you have a decent job with a good employer they may do all that for you. Research. If you don't already learn Spanish. Proper Spanish, not 'get by' Spanish. Please do not get on a plane and think it will be a breeze because it won't.
2:26 In France we also close small shops at noon to eat, but that does not mean that we go to sleep! haha In Germany it is also closed at noon to eat, as in Italy. It has nothing to do with Siesta. It is the hours of the small family business. It is a very typical mistake.
www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20170609-its-time-to-put-the-tired-spanish-siesta-stereotype-to-bed
"siesta , elsewhere in Spain it seems the days may be numbered for one of the country’s most enduring stereotypes. The siesta is now as alien to most Spaniards as it is to the foreigners who package it into their image of Spain."
It is important that you do not constantly repeat the same stereotype. I suppose you don't like that the stereotypes of your country are constantly repeated, right?
It would be nice if we closed at noon to eat here in the US, but our culture is very different
@@DarViajar These countries are also used to scorching heat much of the year and the older construction is supported with AC.
I would love to visit France. Lived In Madrid, Spain many yrs ago.
It was so fun to see this. I ❤ Spain
Thank you! Your video was very helpful. Do you have any recommendations for any application or classes that would help me to learn Spain Spanish?
My only criticism would be that you didn't speak fast enough.
I'll have to speak even faster next time!
12:10 I love those birds in the background, I'd go and live in Spain just to hear those birds on a warm morning haha
I agree with everything except for the siesta.... Not everybody can do it ...😔
Right, but I think it's still integral to the culture
@@DarViajar It is not still part of the culture. Germans nap more and you don't think it's part of German culture, right?
It is a myth that you repeat over and over again because you do not understand how the country works.
You think that because some family businesses close, people go to sleep. He goes to eat, to the gym, to masturbate, to clean his house. Whatever you feel like doing, you don't have to go to sleep.
www.csmonitor.com/2002/0726/p07s01-woeu.html
@@Atreas1845 Creo que el malentendido viene de la palabra "siesta". Cuando refiero a la siesta, digo las horas entre 14:00 y 17:00, cuando hay un descanso. En el video explico que es un descanso para comer, y que dormir poca gente hace.
@@DarViajar "y que dormir poca gente hace." y poca gente duermen... I fixed that for you.
Excelente! Gracias por la información!! Saludos de Columbus, Ohio :). Espero trasladarme dentro de poco. Hace demasiado frío aquí este invierno de ‘22 y también es muy triste ver el país entero empeorando día tras día. Qué Dios le bendiga...hasta luego.
Where do u live
We are looking to move to Spain
So informative! Gracias!! I plan on moving to Spain in a few years. ❤️
Think carefully
Not without me your not! besides I now subside on a pension and won't worry about Recession's or Depression's.
Great content for expats!
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You are fricken awesome. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching! 😊
Thank you for this informative video! Can you give any recommendations on kid friendly city areas to live that is affordable? I know you are single but just wondering - we are thinking of going to Madrid or San Sebastian area.
Hmm, I can't particularly say where any kid-friendly areas are, but Madrid is a huge city so there must be something for everyone... good luck with your move! :)
Affordable? Madrid , San Sebastián… I don’t think so. But great places. I suggest Vigo, La Coruña.
Wow. I'm also from Ohio😂 and i just randomly stumbled upon this video! I'll definitely be following/subscribing and watching more of your videos.
I taught English in Japan for 6 years, so I'm wondering how teaching in Spain will be...
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Lived in Spain in 1980-84 stationed USAF. While my other airmen where just in the bars . I was sightseeing on my time off.
No one in Spain would even think a conguito as a racist thing. Chinos are called as such because they are from china, not any other country, hence: the “chinos”
Conguitos would definitely cause a controversy in the US. I'm just speaking from my American perspective
@Daniela Sanz Spot on! nothing to be ashamed of!
@Daniela Sanz domestic slavery was commonplace in Early Modern Europe, Spain included. In 16th century Seville, roughly 8% of the population was enslaved and the practice wasn't abolished in the Iberian Peninsula until 1838 and the Spanish colony in Cuba until the 1880s. More than 20% of the people transported in the Atlantic Slave Trade were taken to Spanish colonies. The legacy is not as visible in Spain as in the US since most of this was happening in the colonies, but it's certainly the case that Spain engaged in the practice.
@@DanielaSanz.You are absolutely right. I read the medieval spain history and this is something that they said. There was no slaves as traditional slaves but rather slaves that sold themselves to it so they could survive. "Adopciones" they called it if i am not wrong.
We have dessert in Hungary called negro kiss, a sweet called negro, we also have gypsy steak and so on
I want to live in Spain
That Borat clip….cracked me up😂
Super informative and funny! 😂
Thanks! :)
Thanks for this. Packed full of useful and actionable first-hand information.
I love your channel, thank you.
Hey thank you so much for all the information. I’m moving to Spain next month through the Aux program…is that what you did??
I did an exchange program through my university and the school I was teaching at, but the aux program is great I've heard!
Are siestas paid if it's in the middle of your working hours?
I don't think so, because usually you come back to work afterwards and stay late to make up the hours
Great vlog!
How did you get a work visa to teach English in Spain as an American? I have an MA in TESOL and have tried for years to get an NIE to work there. All advertised positions only want teachers from the EU.😅 I speak Spanish and would love to live and work there! 🇪🇸
An NIE is not enough. That is simply a number that allows you to buy a car, a house etc. You will need residencia, a work permit, healthcare....
There are positions that sponsor non EU visas, the Meddeas program for example takes Americans
@@DarViajar Thank you, Ryan!
How did you get your permanent residency?
If you don’t mind me asking how did you get a teaching job? Did you go to university?
Yes! it was through my university that I got the job :)
Would like to visit Spain one day
Great video! :)
Thank you 😁
I love your video...I want move to Spain I need some one that can guide me .
hi Dar, thank you for a great video! how did you find your apartment for 280 euros? is there a specific site you used?
No! I just went to a rental agency and asked what they had
You got the reconquista completely wrong. 700 years didn't pass since the catholics ruled over the peninsula. 700 years passed since the 1st moors stepped on the peninsula until the last moors stepped off, and the moors didn't take the whole peninsula instantly, it was 700 years of them conquering due north and then the Christian kingdoms reconquering due south. So it is a reconquista without a doubt. You completely fell into Spanish leftwing wokeness right there.
And you fell into the VOX trap. Care to explain what is wrong with acknowledging that the Moors ruled a substantial part of Iberia for hundreds of years? Introduced new crops now taken for granted, irrigation for those crops that is still being used Today and built most of the major cities?
I agree that it was Reconquista, but how much good did it do Spain.?
Most Spaniards I know admit that the Moors were good for Spain. It is a part of the country's history. You might not like it, but it created the land we see now. Get over it.
@@hogwashmcturnip8930 WTF are you on about? I never said it was good nor bad. You're arguing a different point completely, no one is talking about that. I'm just saying that the Reconquista is a perfectly valid term that describes the actual historical period perfectly. Who said anything about the Muslims being good or bad? Get over yourself, progre-podemita.
Silly question - I’ve grown up in California and speak “Mexican” Spanish quite well. Can anyone explain to me how different this dialect is from “Spain” Spanish?
Pretty different! Check out my video "learning Spanish in Tulum" to learn some of the differences
Honestly not much on the standard lenguage. Thank to rule the homogeneous grammar and structure since 1492. Other way it's the slang and the fast accents as costeño on Mexico or andaluz on Spain with a a silent ending s, and chopping and shorting the words.
There is a Whole load of difference in Spanish language .I have never been to Mexico, but I am sure it is the same there. Basque and Catalan were mentioned, but then get we down to Regional variations. Valenciano is almost intelligible to outsiders as it is a form of Catalan. Mallorquin is another variant. Andaluz is different to Extremeño, which in some places is almost Portuguese. He seems a nice bloke, but like most Americans he has lived somewhere for 5 minutes and knows it all. You Never know it all, especially in Spain. And never claim to be fluent! You will be in for a total shock I know people who claim they 'get by, but can barely order a coffee. Spaniards in my current town tell me I am good, which is odd because in the last place I lived they told me I was rubbish! It is all relative.
He has the right idea, but he hasn't even got past the nursery slopes yet.
My advice would be read every book, watch every vlog, every language course you can, and then totally Ignore them! The whole joy of Spain is it is a little surreal. If you expect it to fit Your rules and perceptions you will Fail. If you come with an open heart and mind and a willingness to learn, you will be welcomed. One of the biggest compliments I ever got was when someone who had lived in the UK and been married to an English person, turned to me and said 'Are you Sure you are English? You are nothing like them! You think like Us!' Home at last!
Only slangs change. But they are literally the same, also the accents. But people will understand everything you say. Now if you use latin american slang like speaking like salvadorans. Then yeah, they will have a hard time. I write books and i am fed up with people trying to say that spanish and castillan are two different languages. They are not.
@@euskoferre Spanish and Mexican are different. As a Non native speaker I was always made aware of that. Also my point was that Castilian is Not the natural language of Spain. Anymore than RP is what the average English person speaks. Each region has its own variant and some are easier than others. A Spanish person will know Exactly where you come from, or where you learned, by how you use Castilian. Some regions speak mixtures that are well away from ' Received Castilian' Extremeno is nearer to Portuguese and Valenciano is nearer Catalan. They are both ostensibly Spanish. My point in mentioning Catalan is try speaking 'Spanish' around there and you will get short shrift. Better to speak French. So, I think my point is, don't think that because you speak Hispano Spanish or school Castilian it will be instantly recognised or welcomed.
I will move to Spain in a year and I’m looking forward to it! ✨I’m leaving this comment here as a manifestation✨ I’ll edit this comment when I move there🍀 Thank you for the helpful informations!
Thanks for watching! I can't wait to see when you finally move! 💪 Good luck!
Hey I’m moving to im Puerto Rican living in Florida 27 years old… wish you the best of luck in Spain.
I want to move to spain
i wish we called spanish castellano lol, sounds beautiful
Do low-rent apartments have built-in heating? I freeze half to death in the Maltese winters. I speak Spanish and would like to live in Spain, if I can keep warm.
Yes! both mine did, at least. although gas prices can be kind of high if you don't have central heat.
@@DarViajar Thanks.
No. Most places in Spain do Not have heating. Ryan was Very lucky if he found it. Assume you will Not have built in heating. Also gas outside of cities comes in butane bottles. So you will have to change them, maybe lug them around and if you are in the shower when it runs out that is Fun!
@@hogwashmcturnip8930 Thanks.
Confundes algunas cosas y sigues sin saber lo que es la siesta
Uno solo puede intentar :)
Hi thank you for the very informative vlog but can I ask something how to apply for an employment in Spain since I am an Asian and working abroad now I'm not in my country right now and plan to move to Poland so I can move to Spain but kindly give me an insight on how can I get job to Spain from Poland? Thank you very much
Hi! I would talk to the people over at bureacracy.es. They handle all kinds of visa logistics and you can book a free consultation for them to answer you're questions. If you decide to use their services, you can get 10% off with my link: www.bureaucracy.es/darviajar
Is he on speed?
just really excited to talk about Spain!
6:50 it’s football not soccer 😀
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@@DarViajar 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇦🇺🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹🇪🇸
@@DarViajar Europeans were playing Football before America existed. We think your 'football' is Rugby for wimps. Rather like baseball is Rounders. A game played by little girls in the UK. What's all this 'World Series' nonsense? You are more or less the only country that play. We all know that many Americans are unaware there Is a world beyond their local Mcdonalds, but it is funny!
We’re you fluent when you first went?
Hi, I totally wasn't! I was at a lower intermediate level
"hate apple pie and freedom" 🤣
Any advice for me I'm moving to Pamplona
Watch out for those bulls!
You been here 2 years & think there's only 4 languages😂😂😂 have you been to Valencia
Me a Spaniard watching this to get back to Spain 😭
I obviously believe they have PT, but how does it work??
What do you mean by PT?
@@DarViajar public transport, do you have to buy ticket beforehand or on bus or metro. In NL we have a personal card and we put money on it to travel.
Oh, you can pat in cash on the bus or purchase a metro card and load it with money!
Intro: Velocity 2.0
Hey Ryan, la gente está muy locaaa
What the firetruck
The audio must have been 2x speed, I had to stop listening immediately...
Llevas dos años en Cuenca y piensas que se para la actividad de 13 a 17 h para la siesta? No tienes ni idea de lo que dices. ..
Las oficinas/industria paran de 13 a 15h, aprox, 2horas de máximo para comer, puede ser menos y sobre las 17:30 al acabar la jornada se empieza a salir . En cuanto a los comercios,, es que no se reactiva la actividad hasta las 17 30pm pq antes de esa hora la gente trabaja y no está en la calle y ademas en verano a 40 grados, o más, es insoportable. Por lo que la pausa para comer en Comercios se alarga y se hace un descanso debido al calor en verano y por que la gente sale de las oficinas/industrias partir de las 17h y ahí se animan las calles y el comercio.
Por eso se abren a esas horas, o sea cuando hay gente por la calle..
Lo de la siesta? Minoría absoluta los que la hacen entre semana, tu me dirás, en un puesto del trabajo con 2 horas para comer, de casa para comer, 20 minutos,cocinar y comer 1h? y café ver un poco el telediario10 mins y vuelta al trabajo otros 20 minutos de desplazamiento. De qué siesta hablas? Te lo digo yo, 0.
Totalmente, no se de donde copian esas ideas y las repiten. En cada video que mencionan esto hay decenas de mensajes corrigiendo esa imagen absurda que nos quieren poner.
@@raul46170 no se Dan cuenta que el hecho de comer un sándwich en media hora y un café que es lo que hay en su cultura, para nosotros es un sacrilegio gastronomico pq aquí hay una cultura de alimentación saludable.
He forgot to mention in the video that being white is a plus in Spain otherwise you get harassed and discriminated
Into was like an auction lol
In regards to that candy ad Conguitos", it is probably from before I was born haha 4 decades old! So not a good example from today's Spain... There is some level of racism unfortunately (as elsewhere) but generally Spain is a welcoming country for all!.
I agree, in hindsight an ad from the 60's doesn't do a good job of representing today's Spain. But, I was trying to point out that the candy has not changed
Well you didn't do it very well and it was unnecessary. As a foreigner all I have ever seen is a peanut As do the Spanish. Peanuts came from the Congo?
By now I hope you have realised the Spanish are blunt. If you are fat they will call you fat. If you are Black they will call you that too. No Fannying around or Fake PC.
By the same token, they are immensely kind. If you are 96, toothless and have not a hair on your head, they will call you Guapo/a Beautiful None of it is malicious. It is just the common parlance.
Coming from a place where we do pretty much the same it is Fakery I can't stand. The conguito isn't 'racist' It's a Peanut! In the same way that an English golly is a Rag doll! Get over it. There is enough to worry about in our world without making up nonsense.
Brits should go back mto Britland!!
Helpful but you speak so fast it was hard to follow!
You don't have any idea about our culture, maybe because American culture is the most part to work for live. My country have centuries of the rich culture maybe you need learn and enjoy more ! Estereotipos aparte disfruta y no caigas en lo mismo que las películas americanas
Penso che gli Americani vivanno solamente per lavorare.
Estas equivocado, España es católica, se inició el cristianismo desde la época de los Apostoles , como en Roma. A España, Tarragona vino San Pablo y también en dos ocasiones vino Santiago el Mayor a predicar. Que te enrollas con los musulmanes. Esa religión se inició en Arabia en en el año 560.
Hasta el 711 no llego el Islam a la Península Ibérica, Hispania, cuya Monarquía era católica igual que el pueblo hispanoromamo.
Has de vivir muchos años en España y leer y estudiar mucho de España, para conocerla. En USA todo el mundo es Cowboy, va con pistolas, mata en los colegios a los niños y profesores masticando chicle y tiran bombas atomicas a los japoneses y Napal a los niños vietnamitas. Y la policía mata a los negros y mejicanos.
En España a los chinos o asiáticos los llamamos CHINOS, y a los negros o mulatos, negros, o negritos. Pero no los matamos como vosotros.🇪🇦
No inmigracion; nuestro país nuestras normas!
Why are you talking so fast??!!
a lot of info to get through!
I love Spain, but hate the siesta. It's a pain in the ass because you can't get anything done. For example, most financial institutions close at 1...for the day. So, it should not come as any surprise that Spain consistently ranks low on world productivity and GDP. I do realize that money is not the measure of everything, but, it's a bit ridiculous...and it accounts for the average salary in major cities to hover around 1,400 euros a month. Typical retail stores open somewhere between 10-11AM, then close at 1:30 and MAYBE reopen at 4 or 5 or just never re-open. Why bother opening a business? Also, you see lots of restaurants that don't open until 8:00 pm and it's very common to see the owners or employees turning people away at 7 pm. One place I decided to observe turned away at least 10 tables. All those potential customers spent their money elsewhere. I guess the mentality of most business owners is to just get by. The businesses that stay open do a thriving business.
As a Spaniard I couldn't agree more with you, and I as well hate the siesta, as you said, it makes Spain lose productivity. Now, I honestly don't think people in major cities make around 1400 euro a month, I'm personally from a very small town and that salary would be considered very low, close to the minimal salary. Not sure how it is in big cities, but I honestly don't think it is around 1400.
@@m.m.7514 usted se puede echar la siesta?por que a mi no me da tiempo y a las personas de mi entorno tampoco.es un estereotipo. Y otra pregunta en qué países abren los negocios hasta las 22:00 de la noche como en España?
The rapid speed of the speaking was quite off-putting and I quit watching after about 45 seconds. Too bad, interested in Spain.
Funny, I thought the same too.
I'm just really excited to tell you about Spain! I'll try to cool it in the future haha
The speed intro was awesome!
If you can't cope with Ryan, don't come to Spain!
I like the compact informational presentation. Just listen and you will hear and understand.
6 meals a day you say?
*Interested Hobbit*
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
You Speak too fast
SLOW DOWN
He tryed to speak in the same velocity as the spanish..
@@sebastianmatz2828 And was still slow! LOL!
Annoying editing
Annoying comment
@@DarViajar You are making content for us to consume, not the other way around. Get to the point and cut down the annoying gimmicks and music. Take the feedback onboard.
Sounds like Mexico to me.
I might need to move to Mexico!
nice country and good video ==== but for the difficulty in language wise and the Govt Bureaucracy: I WILL NOT VISIT THIS COUNTRY+++ ADDING TO THAT : THE HORRIFIC BARBARIC BULL FIGHTING THAT STILL TILL TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sure the Spanish will be heartbroken. Of course there is no horrific cruelty anywhere else is there? It has nothing to do with the fact that there is no way they would accept you does it? You will have to catch a dinghy elsewhere!
American teaching English? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
yes, I found that funny too. Sadly, their bastardised, illiterate version will take over, because it is everywhere. My American pc, 'corrects' my UK spelling and I have to go back and correct It. Then we have this 'Math' thing. What is that about?Suddenly the Maths we have all been using for thousands of years is insufficient, so we now have a situation where a simple sum like 2+ 3 x15 -4 has 6 different answers! depending on what 'system' you use. I Wish we had that flexibility when I was at school! Instead of just getting things Wrong.
Very interesting!; We like to have ADVENTURES, that`s, why we see this, ItchyBoots