That said, we came here for the quiet life: the birdsong, the breeze in the trees, the tinkling streams, all that lark. We were seriously unprepared for the vigour and enthusiasm with which this small community lets its collective hair down! This is testimony to the way that the Spanish prioritise public life: being with friends and family and having a good time is all-important. We realized how sterile and homogenized our Australian “fiestas” have become, in contrast to these rough and ready Spanish events. The robustness and togetherness of life in a Spanish village is still very new to us.

Source: The Local November 26, 2019 10:52 UTC