What I am excited for

I am leaving Spain soon and here is what I am excited for at home:


-Rubber Spatulas. They have not really hit it big here yet. I typically flip my eggs with a knife and a spoon and enjoy my breakfast peppered with flakes of Teflon.

-Shaking hands. The first person I am introduced to in the United States is going to get the best hand shake of their life. Double kissing cheeks with strangers is cute the first couple times, but do you really know where their cheeks have been?

-Sitting in a restaurant and automatically being brought a giant glass of ice water. Because no one ever orders it otherwise, I mean honestly, it is 97 degrees, does nobody else need water right now?

-American outlets. Really I have no problem with the European outlets themselves, I personally find them very aesthetically pleasing, however the adapters I have to use are evil. I am always getting shocked by them. And once I was fully electrocuted. I could have sworn I was knocked clear across the room. The benefit of that was that the headache I had at the time was mysteriously cured.

-Hamburgers, steak, and anything else that requires a grill

-My Sonicare toothbrush. Why I decided not to bring it is beyond me.


...and things I will miss:

-The beautiful streets and buildings

-The Madrid metro

-Immaculately dressed Spanish children wearing toddler sized tasseled loafers out to dinner

-The snowflake setting on my aire acondicionado

-Tinto de verano, the most delicious drink in the world

-The calamari

-European escalator efficiency