After one year and three months of living in Barcelona and teaching English, I have returned to Texas Because of that I thought I would share 3 things I learned during my time abroad:
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1) Living to work vs. working to live
In contrast with most Americans, Spaniards don’t put work in front of everything. They take the time to actually enjoy life. They might have a coffee before work (as in… they actually sit down and enjoy it… imagine that) or have a two hour break for lunch which is always spent with family or friends. Fun fact: most Spanish companies require their employees to take the entire month of August off instead of letting them cash out their PTO.