Blog 1-Culture

Being from Nashville, Tennessee, I was not exposed to many individuals with a spanish speaking background. There were a few spanish speakers, but it was very very rare that they were fluent in the language. Once I came to austin for school, I was thrown into a mix of many different cultures, and many people in Austin are either fluent in spanish or it is their second language and they are able to understand it fairly well. I think the most interesting thing that I learned reguarding the spanish culture is that they are very affectionate. I had an exchange student in highschool from Brazil and he said that even in Brazil the culture is very different. It is normal there for people to be affectionate toward one another. This is similar to what we have learned in class, which was surprising to me at first. I can not imagine having to kiss everyone or hug them before I would be able to leave a party. It is interesting how personal people in this culture can be. Making sure they say hey to those they pass in the street if they are not able to carry on a convorsation. It is interesting to me the different cultures, and I look forward to learning more about the spanish culture.