Three days ago, I moved to Madrid after six years in Dublin. As I navigate through this confusing roller coaster of feeling a foreigner in my home city, I come shockingly aware of what I love from both cities.
What I knew I'd miss
Madrid
- family (duh!)
- weather (double duh! - I'm writing this from a terrace and it's 28ºC)
- the taste (and size) of tomatoes
Dublin
- friends (you know who you are)
- everything being walking distance from everything else
- Irish politeness
- Irish accent
What I wouldn't have thought I'd miss
Madrid
- visible signs with street names (I know which street I am in!)
- pedestrians walking with bread on one hand and the newspaper on the other
- the smell of coffee and toast every morning on the streets
Dublin
- looking right when crossing a street (it's a matter of life or death that I adapt!)
- Penney's (where will I buy cheap tights?)
- not getting weird looks when you pay €3 by card
I'll have more to add to the list as I learn to live in this new place which is now my home.
You have one thing less to miss from Dublin... There is Penneys in Madrid, just under a different name... Primark! Long life to cheap tights!
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