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When you have friends visit you in Europe, you start to see things again from the American viewpoint. Being over here I tend to forget about the way Americans see things until I have an American next to me pointing out every difference, and then I remember very clearly.

Yes, Europe is rather grimy. No, that man probably shouldn't be smoking in our elevator. Are we almost getting hit by every moped? Yes, that's true it is rather inefficient to go to the fruitera, bakery and grocery store. Have I kissed 14 peoples' cheeks today? Yes that is quite a lot of kisses. Is 11:00 pm late for dinner? But I ate lunch at 3:00 pm. Oh, that's late too isn't it. Take this food to-go? Like not eat it at the restaurant we came to? Right, I remember. Two euros for a wine, I suppose that is pretty cheap...

The last one is the one that takes the cake for me. Because now my view is that anything over 3 euros a glass (at a restaurant) is crazy expensive. I am going to just fucking lose it when the american restaurants try to charge me their ludicrous prices. The bottles I buy at the supermarket are always under 5 euros and fantastic. Can someone do some research on this issue? Why the hell are the prices of wine so drastically different? Do we just need more vineyards in the states? Pues, empezamos ya! Sometimes the spanish sentence just comes out first. But seriously, you Americans are really good at getting shit done, and getting shit solved so listen to me. Stop fussing over birth control and gay marriage and fuss over something important. I will return thirsty and broke, so you guys have about t minus one month to give me an answer.

Cono! Only one month until I leave. No, no, no......

(These are just random thoughts they have nothing to do with friends who have visited or friend that is coming TODAY.) I need to go americanize myself. Carlita will be arriving in two hours. And I hope she is bringing her mexican accent. I honestly don't think she will be able to use her travel Spanish without the mexican accent. She is so damn good at it. Oh my god I can't wait to see the spanairds' faces, they will be so offended!