Posted by: MadridMan
Only American in my Madrid Neighborhood-Until Now - 10/21/12 03:05 PM
Latest Blog Entry: "Only American in my Madrid Neighborhood-Until Now"
Seven years I've been living in the same working-class neighborhood in Madrid, Spain. For the first six years I have somewhat proudly proclaimed myself as "The American of the Neighborhood", never finding evidence to refute this. Times change.
No, I don't hang the American flag from my balcony nor do I play American music so loud so the entire neighborhood can hear it. Nor do I ask merchants, 'Excuse me, do you speak English?'. That's just silly. In fact, I don't want ANYONE to know I'm American. They can already figure out I'm not Spanish by my 'look' and accent/vocabulary so if they're curious enough, they can ask and I'll tell them. A few have asked, too, and don't treat me differently upon hearing the answer. (Read on, McDuff...)
Seven years I've been living in the same working-class neighborhood in Madrid, Spain. For the first six years I have somewhat proudly proclaimed myself as "The American of the Neighborhood", never finding evidence to refute this. Times change.
No, I don't hang the American flag from my balcony nor do I play American music so loud so the entire neighborhood can hear it. Nor do I ask merchants, 'Excuse me, do you speak English?'. That's just silly. In fact, I don't want ANYONE to know I'm American. They can already figure out I'm not Spanish by my 'look' and accent/vocabulary so if they're curious enough, they can ask and I'll tell them. A few have asked, too, and don't treat me differently upon hearing the answer. (Read on, McDuff...)