The European Times Thursday

¡Hola!

All the people in Spain are very friendly and relaxed. They take everything easy and don´t worry about the time.

IES Bellvitge starts at 8.30 am and most of the students are finished at 3.00 pm. The students eat at 3.30 pm and have dinner at 7.00 pm, 8.00 pm or 9.00 pm. They eat warm food twice a day instead of once.

The schools are not the same as the schools in Holland. In Spain you go to kindergarden when you´re 3, 4 and 5. After that you go to primary school when you´re 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. After that you go to secundary school when you´re 13, 14, 15 and 16. After that you can do bachelor or half cycle and than upper or university.

In their free time they just go outside with friends, sport or do homework, so that is the same as in Holland. But the disco´s are different. I went to a latin disco and they are open in the afternoon till 9.30 pm. The music and the way they dance is also different, a big difference is that in the latin disco everyone can dance. Barcelona also has disco´s which are similar to the disco´s in Holland.

Kyra