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pizza and gyros

7/7/2017

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​The first day we tried to order a pizza around 1:00, not realizing that nobody eats until 2:00.  What Americans consider "lunch time," from 11:30 - 1:30, is the time in Spain when nobody eats.  The pizza place we found was only open because the owner was making pizzas for the 2:00 rush and was kind enough to go ahead and make us something, although we didn't figure this out until later.  There was some confusion, as he seemed to be asking us in disbelief why we didn't want lettuce and tomato on our pizza.  He also kept saying "solomente carne?"  which means meat only.  We thought he wasn't used to people only ordering pepperoni and answered "si,"  while smiling and nodding.  Self satisfied that we had ordered a pepperoni pizza, we glanced in relief at each other as he brought us our pizza.  Then, about ten minutes later he brings out a meat only foot-long gyro sandwich.  We were too embarrassed and language challenged not to take it.  In piecing it together, when we had asked about euros, it sounded like gyros.  He gave us as many opportunities as he could to correct him, but we didn't get it.  Isn't it perfectly logical to have someone ask you if you want lettuce and tomato on your pizza?  This, evidently, is not a new form of Spanish cuisine.

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    Sally and her family moved to Spain for a year from July 2017 - July 2018.  They lived in a little town called Puzol, which is about 20km north of Valencia.  Her kids, Carson and Celia, attended  the American School of Valencia, an International School located in Puzol.  The goal for the whole family was to experience another way of life, and learn Spanish.  

    This blog began as a way to record her experiences with Spanish culture,  but is now devoted to the many cultural differences found around the world and the ways to continuously discover them.

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