INTERNeX Canada: Spanish stereotypes part II

Hey guys!

How is your weekend going? I hope you’re doing well and you are having a lot of fun!

As you remember last week I wrote a few things about Spain, and I explained a few stereotypes. I talked about Flamenco and bullfighting, so I still have a few tings to tell you guys.

Let´s start with the “fiesta”: Well, we like to party a lot, but not everybody in Spain likes to party…And what I experienced is that Europeans in general like to party like us. So I don´t  find us totally different..Maybe the only thing is that we usually go out later and of course we come back home during the morning (For example is normal to go out around 12pm or 1am…and come back at 7am or 8am)

Another interesting thing about fiestas is that almost every city, town or village has its own fiesta at least once a year.

Dark hair and dark eyes:  It´s not the first time I read something like “Spaniards  have dark eyes, long eyelashes and wavy dark hair, therefore they are very magnetic and sexy”. Well, we have to think that not everybody looks like Antonio Banderas or Penélope Cruz. And of course, not everybody has dark eyes or hair, because there are also blonde people and so people with green or blue eyes too.

Lazy and untidy people: I think that’s the worst stereotype ever for us.  I know a lot of people in Spain who are obsessed with cleanliness.There are lazy people everywhere, but Spaniards work hard like everybody does, and in Europe Spanish workers are really welcome.

This is my particular vision, and probably maybe you don´t agree. So don´t hesitate on comment, giving your opinion or asking whatever you want to know.

Have a nice Sunday everybody.

Best,

Mercedes

INTERNeX International Exchange
Suite 200 – 211 Columbia Street
Vancouver BC -V6A 2R5-
Web: http://www.internexcanada.com
Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149
Email: pr@internexcanada.com

INTERNeX Canada: National Prototypes!

I am sure everybody who has spent some time in Vancouver has already noticed how international Vancouver is! The Canadian population for itself is a mix of different nationalities… It’s funny because all our candidates in their very first days always say…Oh but I haven’t see any Canadian yet…of course you did! This is Vancouver, the home for some many different people!

But what would be the typical prototype of a Canadian person? For example when someone thinks in a Spanish girl or guy they always imagine someone with dark hair and dark eyes… I am a good example that the prototypes are not always true! If you think in a Swedish or Russian girl probably you would describe them like tall, blond, and it’s true in some point but they are of course a lot of other kind of person, all kind of beauty…

So before coming here I imagined Canadians like blonds, tall and resisted of the super cold weather! And the only thing that I will agree with myself right now , would be that they are really made for the cold weather, well the most of them. I love the people who are wearing flip flops like if we were in summer, or running with shorts! So here is some tip of how to recognize a Canadian, if they are wearing springs clothes when you were twenty different  coat, probably are Canadian, if they have some coffee in their hands, probably are Canadian, if they  use Eh! For everything, hell yeah! Congratulations you meet a Canadian!

By the way, forget about the tags, the prototypes… every single person are special and unique no matter where they were born! And that’s the best! Can you imagine how bored it would be a world with the same kind of people?

Enjoy the differences!

Cheers,

Irene

INTERNeX International Exchange
Suite 200 – 211 Columbia Street
Vancouver BC -V6A 2R5-
Web: http://www.internexcanada.com
Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149
Email: pr@internexcanada.com