Cultural Differences Between Americans And Spaniards
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As a U.S. Navy veteran, I have seen countless differences between the
American culture and other countries’ cultural differences while being
deployed overseas. By far one of the most interesting to me was revealed
during a seven month deployment to Spain. The term Siesta would probably
mean not ....
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.... the restroom etc.. but the Spanish have a totally
different idea . The Siesta according to the Spanish is a break or
authorized work stoppage beginning after lunch and lasts approximately four
hours; normally between 1:00 pm- 5:00 pm , with work resuming at 5:00 pm
and ending at 9:00 pm.. The idea behind Siesta is to escape the torturous
Spanish summer heat during the hottest part of the day. That made
perfectly good sense to me, because I was very reluctant to step foot out
of an air conditi ....
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