Back from the Alive

So, I've been in Madrid and without internet access for the past month. But I'm sure my obsess with it and then drop it nature is mostly at fault for not keeping up with this blog.

I grew up thinking I had or was influenced mainly by three cultures: Mexican, American, and Spanish. My grandparents were Spanish and I thought that accounted for a lot of the difference I felt between my family and other mexican families. Like certain words we use instead of others ("gafas" instead of "anteojos", for example). But being in Spain I realize I'm entirely a native stranger there as well. So much is familiar and yet so much is so different. I'm still wrapping my head around it.