personalized license plates
smoke detectors
greeting cards
perservatives and salt
obese people
excessive please/thank you/excuse me/sorry
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those are just some of the things that I notice, they range from ubiquitous to benign to frankly irritating. i’ve been away on the lake for a few days, but the further I venture from the city the more I realise that I am not cut out for most parts of this country. its been great to see my family, but its just time for me to be back in my element. there are so many things that I miss, so many people that I want to see everyday like it was before, but it does no good to let everyone else know about it. i thought that Spain was a lifestyle that could be taken with me anywhere I go, and it can, but its still not the same. i wont be greeted by endless sunshine and dry summer heat everywhere I go. i won’t be able to find the people, the energy, the mood that runs through the streets of spanish cities anywhere else in the word, because its so unique, it what makes Spain a special place.
in four days i’ll be back in Washington DC, so things will improve, but it will never match the warm breeze blowing through my window, the long walks by the river, the train to Cádiz on a sun-soaked weekend…those are the little things that will never be replaced
