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So many of the things that I find funny or "unusual" here are usually nuances so I`m just going to list some of them:

• When people go shopping (older women for groceries), they have these rolly shopping bags/carts, which are kind of funny, but obviously practical since they´re walking pretty far and stopping at a bunch of places
• The only heat we have in our piso (apartment) is in the kitchen under the table so when we sit down for our meals, we plug the "table" in (its attached in the center of the middle) and use the table cloth as a blanket to keep the heat on us. so now whenever i sit down at the table (even when i don't want the heat), I automatically use the tablecloth as a blanket.
• In a lot of places, there are signs that say not to throw the toilet paper in the toilet. in fact, in many places, there isn;t any toilet paper at all for women. at the fútbol stadium, they didn;t even have a toilet paper holder. they're not even frontin'.
• It's very unusual to get food without a bebida or refresco. There;s always beer or café or soda. always.
• There's pretty much no censorship on t.v. During daytime television, I saw breasts and heard people shouting curses. Fina (my host mom) tells me it's because Socialists are in power. :)
• And yea, people smoke here everywhere--even if it says no smoking. many times when I leave my classes, I walk out into hallways that smell like someone was smoking right there because they probably were. They're trying to pass a law to change this, but I don't think it will really work because there's a much greater sense of "lawless-ness" here. I don't know quite how to explain it but there just aren't as many consequences(?) for doing things "illegal" or "incorrect" here because it just doesn't seem that important. I'm not quite sure how to describe it.