Author: ITOVARLEON

After being back from Spain for a little bit now, I can safely and confidently say that it was the best era of my life. Being as adaptable as I am, assimilating back into American culture has not been difficult, but there have been a couple little bumps. For starters, the prices of everything. In…

As someone who has been raised by Spanish values and has visited this country many times before, I can’t really say that I have had many moments of cultural confrontation. However, one thing I cannot wrap my head around is the way Spaniards eat their French fries with a fork. In the US, everyone eats…

One thing that American culture does differently compared to other countries is the amount of physical or emotional connection that is shared between each other. American people tend to keep more to themselves, as is typical for our isolationist culture. Instead of greeting each other with hugs and kisses on the cheeks as many other…