Work and vacation in Spain
Most Spaniards work about 42 hours a week (except July and August), enjoy one month of paid vacation every year, and work for one year 11 months, receive 14 months salary. Every year in July or August, most Spaniards choose to go on vacation.
In Spain, most Spanish companies (this does not include public institutions such as schools, governments, hospitals, or special industries such as supermarkets or department stores) start work at 9 a.m. and start work at 10:30 At 11:30, you can go to a bar to drink coffee and have something to eat. I need to work all morning until two o'clock at noon. Lunch time is from 14:00 to 15:00, and you need to work until 19:00 in the afternoon. I only have half-day classes every Friday.
Generally, the working hours in a week are about 42 hours (except in July and August). When you see this, you may be thinking that Spanish people are so hard-working and they have to work 2 hours more every week. But the actual situation is this: the extra 2 hours a week are accumulated and consumed in July and August every year, because in July and August many companies only work half-day shifts (usually from 8 a.m. to 8 a.m. 3 p.m.), and a small number of companies will even close for the entire month of August and all employees will go on vacation.
Spanish Food
Spain is one of the three major tourist countries in the world. Here you can not only enjoy the sunshine, delicious food and warm service, but also fully experience the joy of life. Food is undoubtedly one of the most attractive cultural characteristics of Spain, and it enjoys a high reputation in the world for both quality and variety. Traditional Spanish cooking often uses vegetable oils mainly olive oil and animal fats mainly lard, and uses a wide variety of fruits and vegetables introduced by the Arabs as well as potatoes and tomatoes introduced from the New World of America as ingredients.
The tradition of eating tapas begins with a glass of Spanish red wine at the end of the day. The first and most original "Tapas": snacks or amuse bouche, what people eat before a glass of red wine: Spanish ham, cheese or a piece of bread with fresh olive oil and garlic. With the development of "Tapas", people are making it more and more carefully, and "Tapas" has also become a snack culture. Spain is a country with a very developed tourism industry. People’s introduction to Spanish food almost started with Tapas. Whether it is shrimps blanched in garlic olive oil or Spanish ham, both are loved by diners from all over the world and have become a classic "Tapas" art to this day.
Spain is the home of bullfighting and is rich in beef. Therefore, Spanish roast beef is also famous all over the world. It has been introduced to the Americas since the colonial period in the 15th century. It is characterized by tenderness and freshness, and the northern Basque style. The roast beef is even more delicious. The Basque Country is a famous gourmet region in Spain. There is a gourmet club there, which is an ancient custom for country men. It holds regular gourmet gatherings and cooks traditional Basque food.
Frozen soup
The best drink when returning to your garden from the sunny beach is an orange frozen soup made from fresh tomatoes, garlic bread, and cucumbers. The name is Gazpacho. Everyone who has been to Spain will be deeply fascinated by this refreshing frozen soup.
Olive oil
Inseparable from Spanish cuisine is Spanish olive oil. The pleasant climate of the Mediterranean is most suitable for the growth of olive trees, making Spain the world's largest olive oil producer, with olive oil production accounting for half of the world's total production. The oil squeezed from Spanish olives has the charming fragrance of fresh olives and is also rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E and natural antioxidants. Whether it's for salads or snacks, Spaniards always use olive oil.
At the Nunez De Prado oil mill in Cordoba, you can see that from artificial irrigation to manual picking to pressing, the entire process is completed in an extremely green way.
The Spanish love life, praise life, and enjoy life! This attitude deserves the attention of the world!