Home in Spain

My home in Spain is very different from my home in the United States. In Spain, they are very energy efficient. For example, clothes are hung out in the open air instead of using a dryer, they take short showers, and my host mom is always running around after to me to shut off the lights that I leave on. Meals are also very different, lunch is a huge meal here, and dinner is not eatin until around 9 p.m. Following along with the meals, they have some interesting food and drink mixes, like wine and coke (kalimoxto), the coffe here is much stronger, and they usually only drink warm milk These are all things which are very different from my home. More than anything, the one thing that really suprised me is the kitchen door. In the United States, in general, homes are open spaces, but here in Spain, there is a door seperating the kitchen from the rest of the apartment, and they close it while they eat. There are also many similarities between my home in the United States and my home in Spain. The aparments here have the same basic set-up as ones in the U.S., bedrooms, bathrooms, a living room, and a kitchen. The inside of Spanish homes are very modern, just as modern as a normal house in the U.S. with internet access, television, warm water, ect. I think there are more similarities than differences actually. However, when I return home, I plan to take a few things with me . . .  kalimoxtos, strong coffee, and energy efficiency.