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Siestas range from power naps to long coffee breaks and are still very much part of the Spanish culture, says blogger Jeremy Holland.
Written by an American expat, From Barcelona, is a blog dedicated to the city, the life and the people of the capital of Catalunya (Catalonia).
While the siesta may indeed be dead in Madrid or Barcelona where the longer commute for Spaniards to their place of work makes it difficult to return home in their lunch break, it has been my experience that it is alive and well in smaller cities especially in the south of Spain. In smaller towns where you can be at home by 2pm after clocking off at 1:30 Spaniards generally eat and then will have a small kip on the sofa even if they don't make it to their rooms!!
I am a dutch-canadian and living in Spain since 2001 and regarding the SIESTA AND FIESTA?, still happening everyday. Try to phone someone between 1.30 and 4:30?? every shop is closed, except restaurants and newspapershops. So, if you want to know about Spaniards working? No Productivity.
It is said that if they would have 1 extra day for another fiesta, there would be no more days for the kids to go to school. I don´t know who was writing the article, but you are in the states and I am in Spain.I see it every day. A fiesta on Thursday? they also take friday etc.
Yeah, that´s true. If you´re in the North, you might get the impression that no one takes a siesta, but a lot of that is bull. Spaniards are bothered by the stereotype expressed by BERT above and will vigorously deny that they take the siesta even if they do. In Europe the siesta is considered more evidence of the backwardness of Spain compared to the rest of Europe. As Spaniards try to convince themselves that have reached the same level of development as the rest of the European community, particularly France and Germany, they have engaged in a rigorous propaganda campaign of "modernity" and thus the siesta is anathema to this new "branding" image. Apparently falling asleep for 30 minutes while watching TV doesn´t technically qualify as a siesta. Whatever. And in pretty much any town south of Madrid, you´ll find that people openly admit to enjoying the siesta. Many will joke that it´s the national sport. If you´ve ever lived in Seville or Granada, you know for a fact that nothing gets done during those two to three hours.
While the siesta may indeed be dead in Madrid or Barcelona where the longer commute for Spaniards to their place of work makes it difficult to return home in their lunch break, it has been my experience that it is alive and well in smaller cities especially in the south of Spain. In smaller towns where you can be at home by 2pm after clocking off at 1:30 Spaniards generally eat and then will have a small kip on the sofa even if they don't make it to their rooms!!
I am a dutch-canadian and living in Spain since 2001 and regarding the SIESTA AND FIESTA?, still happening everyday. Try to phone someone between 1.30 and 4:30?? every shop is closed, except restaurants and newspapershops. So, if you want to know about Spaniards working? No Productivity.
It is said that if they would have 1 extra day for another fiesta, there would be no more days for the kids to go to school. I don´t know who was writing the article, but you are in the states and I am in Spain.I see it every day. A fiesta on Thursday? they also take friday etc.
Yeah, that´s true. If you´re in the North, you might get the impression that no one takes a siesta, but a lot of that is bull. Spaniards are bothered by the stereotype expressed by BERT above and will vigorously deny that they take the siesta even if they do. In Europe the siesta is considered more evidence of the backwardness of Spain compared to the rest of Europe. As Spaniards try to convince themselves that have reached the same level of development as the rest of the European community, particularly France and Germany, they have engaged in a rigorous propaganda campaign of "modernity" and thus the siesta is anathema to this new "branding" image. Apparently falling asleep for 30 minutes while watching TV doesn´t technically qualify as a siesta. Whatever. And in pretty much any town south of Madrid, you´ll find that people openly admit to enjoying the siesta. Many will joke that it´s the national sport. If you´ve ever lived in Seville or Granada, you know for a fact that nothing gets done during those two to three hours.
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