Creativity is great! (Something I don´t have)

One of the things I really like about Spain is the fact that they use very cool images and designs everywhere! I don’t know if their ideas are influenced by other cultures or they’re original, but regardless I think they’re very nice. I have a great example of this: this weekend I was in Barcelona, and we went inside Burger King. OMG it was beautiful. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a nice BK. It had a beautiful wall with a huge blow-out picture of La Pedrera de Gaudi y el Palacio Nacional de Barcelona. I like to see things like this because not only does it make the place so much prettier, but it gives you historical references about the town. The layout of the restaurant was also very creatively done, and I just fell in love with it. And honestly we don’t have things like that in New York City. Burger King is just a fast food, very simple restaurant. I don’t really like fast food, and don’t really go too much to BK, but things like this make me want to go and eat there. The same thing goes along with other American food places, like Starbucks. Starbucks is always very chic but here they have more of a variety of gourmet food. It is very interesting to me to see the differences, and how the culture is imposed in the restaurant, not the other way around. You don’t find beer in a regular BK or McDonalds, that would be crazy in the US (They just opened the first Whopper bar in Miami this year, but is not common).

This doesn’t have to do with media, however this is I think one of the biggest difference I found between Barcelona and Madrid; and that was the cleanliness that Madrid has. Barcelona wasn’t like super dirty but there were garbage on the floor all over the place, it was noisier, and the people don’t dress up as much as they do in Madrid. It’s a more laid back vibe. I actually found it very interesting because when we saw the garbage we were like omg this is soooo dirty, and the funny thing is NY is dirtier. However, since we’re so used to living in Madrid already, seeing different things is kind of like a shock for us, and I really appreciate the cleanliness. That’s something I got used to very well and fast  (I wonder what’s going to happen when we go back home…) lol