• The life of an American in Madrid
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WItNvgTrTDM[/media]
ok
So where can I line up to suck Madrid's metaphorical glorly hole. [sp]I actually wanna go to Madrid. I miss it everytime I go to Europe.[/sp]
Nice try with the lip syncing...
Okay, it was more an advertisement than a documentary. Actually I'm living and studying in Madrid right now and of course he's right about all the good things in this wonderful but fast paced city. Since it's a big city and the capital of spain there are still things which bug me: -Madrid has a high rate of unemployment (in comparison to i.e. Barcelona) -The renting prices are extremely high depending on where you want to live -It's kinda unfair but the city is very dirty since people don't usually give a fuck. Even in restaurants people just throw their trash onto the ground (WTF?) -Food is good but also very focused on meat, meat and meat! "Heatlhy" food is usually extremely expensive -The unisversity I'm studying in (Universidad Complutense Madrid) looks quite damaged from the outside and hasn't got former technical equipment standards for students -The education system itself isn't that good actually -Clubs close at 6 am and the good ones are usually extremely expensive to get it (12 - 20 €) -For some persons the nature of conversations here in Spain may be a little disturbing because spanish people talk very loud and fast. For others sometimes it seems as it's kinda aggressive but that's just the mentality Apart from that I still like being here because of the people I met and the still beautiful environment.
[QUOTE=TedStriker;46198316]Okay, it was more an advertisement than a documentary. Actually I'm living and studying in Madrid right now and of course he's right about all the good things in this wonderful but fast paced city. Since it's a big city and the capital of spain there are still things which bug me: -Madrid has a high rate of unemployment (in comparison to i.e. Barcelona) -The renting prices are extremely high depending on where you want to live -It's kinda unfair but the city is very dirty since people don't usually give a fuck. Even in restaurants people just throw their trash onto the ground (WTF?) -Food is good but also very focused on meat, meat and meat! "Heatlhy" food is usually extremely expensive -The unisversity I'm studying in (Universidad Complutense Madrid) looks quite damaged from the outside and hasn't got former technical equipment standards for students -The education system itself isn't that good actually -Clubs close at 6 am and the good ones are usually extremely expensive to get it (12 - 20 €) -For some persons the nature of conversations here in Spain may be a little disturbing because spanish people talk very loud and fast. For others sometimes it seems as it's kinda aggressive but that's just the mentality Apart from that I still like being here because of the people I met and the still beautiful environment.[/QUOTE] Glad to see someone kind of liking living here. I study Biology in the Complutense and agree with everything you say.
[QUOTE=TedStriker;46198316]-For some persons the nature of conversations here in Spain may be a little disturbing because spanish people talk very loud and fast. For others sometimes it seems as it's kinda aggressive but that's just the mentality[/QUOTE] I take it you haven't heard a [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8JhI0FywtY"]Chilean[/URL] speak Spanish. I still can't understand a word that the guy who takes care of our apartment building here in Santiago says. :v:
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