Things are different here...

Here is a list of things which totally tripped me up at first (but now I´ve gotten used to...mostly :) ) :
The light switches are more like buttons wGTch two directions (i´m not sure how to describe them...) In addition, they are about 6inches lower than the one in the states (i´m guessing becasue they build their houses with metric measurements). Those six inches don´t seem like they would be an issue, but when your gropping for the light switch in the dark it can be quite confusing!
The front doors here don´t have knobs like the ones on the states. Some have a huge knob in the center (that doesn´t turn) or just one of those fancy knocker things. The doors are always locked and to get in you either use a key, or press the buzzer and wait to be buzzed in or for someone to come to the door.
Lots of the streets here are TINSY, if the cars were the size of the ones in the US they would run into all the cars parked in every single spot possible besides (barely) enough room for a euro sized car to get through. Also, basically all the not main streets are one way, which is nice for walking, but must be sort of confusing for driving!
On the subject of streets, the do NOT for squares here! Streets take off from other streets at all sorts of random angles, which made me extremely confused as to where I was for the first few weeks. What an amazing feeling now though to have mastered the strange streets and be able to get wherever I want to go in this fabulous european city :).
About half the time when a TV show or movie is originally in English and dubbed in to Spanish they leave the english playing in the background, which I´m sure is fine for native Spanish speakers but it makes it so I can´t understand anything happening in either language! Actually right now, I hardly understand anything in either langauge, my mind jumps sporadically back in forth, accidently inserting words from one langauge into thoughts in the other language! It´s quite the odd sensation :). Hopefully soon (they tell me after 3 months here...) I will be able to think (and speak and understand) everything only in Spainsh.

I´m sure there are lots of other strange things that I´m forgetting, I´ll add them later. I have to go finish getting ready to go out with Carmen (host sister) and her friends tonight!