Moving to a new country can be a fascinating and enriching experiencebut also a challenge full of surprises. In that sense, the cultural clashes they are almost inevitable When a person moves to live in a place with different customs and lifestyles. Since the schedules From food to the way people dress, it can all be disconcerting at first. This has been the case of Rylie Booth, a young United States that works like english teacher in Spain and that, after a few days living in the country, he has shared through his TikTok account, ‘ryryboom’, the aspects that have surprised you most about Spanish culturewhere the Spanish style.
In the video titled “Things in Spain that could send Americans into a coma,” the content creator describes the differences she has noticed after just five days on Spanish soil. Even though I was already expecting some challengesconfesses that the differences have been even more surprising than he imagined. “I know that moving to a new place would be a culture shock and that it would be difficult and interesting,” he comments in the video, adding that he has not even spent a week in Spain and has already encountered several curiosities that he did not expect.
One of the first aspects he mentions is the meal timesa recurring theme for many foreigners who arrive in the country. «We don’t eat until three in the afternoon and right now it is five in the afternoon and people are on the street, but not for dinner. If you are going to have dinner around 6, 7, 8 in the afternoon, that is having dinner early,” explains the American teacher. This change of pace has caught his attention especially, since in his country of origin, the United States, dinner is usually much earlier. “We have dinner here around 9 or 10 at night,” she adds, visibly surprised.
Styling in Spain
But if there is something that has really left Rylie speechless, it is the women styling in Spain. “All women wear high heels everywhere, regardless of whether it’s cobblestone streets or not,” he says admiringly. Although, as he confesses, he was already aware that Spaniards tend to groom themselves more than other Europeansespecially more than in California, where he comes from, he never imagined that the wearing heels was so common in the day to day. “They wear heels every day,” she says with amazement.
Another aspect that has caught your attention is the freedom that teenagers have when it comes to dressing. «Teenagers, I live in a city, have great freedom when it comes to dressing. I know that living in a big city gives you more freedom, but here teenagers dress like they’re going to party,” says Rylie. As he reveals, young people between 12 and 16 “dress much better than me.”
The differences in schools
The school schedules They have also surprised the American. “Schools start at 9 in the morning and end at two in the afternoon, phenomenal,” he says, admiring the fact that school days end so early. Furthermore, he points out that something that he considers very positive is that teachers don’t eat at schoolsince, with that schedule, “they can go home to eat.” He finds this curious, since in the United States it is common for teachers to eat on school premises because the day is longer.
Finally, the content creator highlights the fact that Spanish schools have a 30 minute mid-morning breakduring which the students have a small “snack”. In comparison, Rylie mentions that in the United States this would be the moment of the lunchbut since classes in Spain end at two in the afternoon, it is not very common.
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