Top 8: Things I'll Miss vs. Things I'll Not Miss

Things I will miss about Spain:
1. Siesta. 2 hours of free time every day, even if you don't want to sleep? Yeah, I'll take it.
2. Cafe con leche. Best drink ever, and it's soooo cheap here! None of this $4.50 for coffee, like in the States.
3. Seeing all the other Spain students every day. I've become really good friends with them and it really is like becoming part of a family.
4. Traveling is soooo easy here. Well, getting to and from an airport isn't always so easy (cough VALENCIA), but getting to other countries is cheap and relative easy, compared to the US. For example, my two weekends in Paris and Rome (airfare, hostel, food, entrance fees, all of it) cost me 500 euros total (about $715). You can't even get a one-way ticket to this continent from the US for that amount.
5. All classes done before lunch. Even if lunch is at 2:00, it's nice to not have to go back afterward.
6. Studying on the beach. Especially when we get sick of studying and decide to play volleyball instead.
7. Snow-less winters (at least along the coast). Don't be surprised if I become a snowbird when I am old. I've already come to terms with it and accepted it.
8. llao llao frozen yogurt. So cheap, and you get so much. Sorry Oviedo kids, they currently don't have any llao llaos in your neck of the woods. :(

Things I will most definitely NOT miss about Spain:
1. The people here have a tendency to walk in the middle of the sidewalk. If someone is coming at them in the opposite direction, they move a quarter of an inch to the right to "let them pass" and then they go back to the middle. For the thousands of times that I have been the person coming from the opposite direction, I can say with confidence that they do not actually move. I am forever having to skirt people on the sidewalk so that I don't bump into them. And don't even think about trying to pass anyone on the sidewalk. A slow-walking Spanish woman can take up the ENTIRE sidewalk. And these sidewalks are not wide. For some reason, the city planners have decided to plant trees in the sidewalk, thereby reducing the surface area of the sidewalk further.  Bottom line: there is NO "stay to the right" policy in Europe. Everyone walks WHEREVER they want.
2. Thin walls. I can make out entire conversations from the apartment next door. And my bedroom does not even share a wall with them.
3. When you go out to a cafe with a group of people, the final bill comes all together. They don't separate it. It's not too big a deal if you're going out for coffee or ice cream or something, especially if everyone brought more or less exact change. BUT if you've gone out for dinner with 25 people, splitting a 200 euro bill is a pain, especially because they rarely itemize it. So everyone has to return to the menu, figure out what they owe, make sure that everyone pays what the owe, etc. Spanish people usually end up just splitting the bill equally, but what if someone got a 15 euro meal and someone else got something for 4? How is that fair? They just don't care here. Separate checks are realllllly nice.
4. DOG POOP EVERYWHERE. It's not illegal to just let your dog poop in the middle of the sidewalk, at least in Denia. Thankfully, other cities are cleaner, and it's just nice to not have to constantly watch where you're walking.
5. 36c/min outgoing calls made from our cell phones. And don't even think about texting. I miss my phone at home, with unlimited calling and texting for $16/month.
6. Having to see my friends and family through a computer screen because I don't have the option to see them face-to-face. Sometimes you just need to see people face-to-face.
7. Topless beaches. Is that really necessary? Who are you going to show those tanned boobs to, anyway? The only circumstances under which I would EVER sunbathe topless are in the event that I was alone or with very very VERY good friends. Oh, and if Antarctica completely melted into a giant puddle.
8. The superstition surrounding health. For example: leaving the house with wet hair (or actually, doing ANYTHING with wet hair) will result in you immediately falling ill with all manner of ailments. Tara's host parents are so concerned about this that they once put a bowl on her recently-showered head before they would allow her to go out onto the terrace to see the Fallas celebrations.