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INTERNVIEWS
AU
BEAU
Hi! What is your name and where are
you from?
My name is Beau and I am from Belgium,
from Brugger. I am Flemish.
What do you do Valencia?
I came here in April to do my internship
with Nini. I was organizing events,
helping with the Festival Internacional
Dels Idiomes, doing the marketing and
comunnication. I studied communication, I
have already graduated, now I only came
to Valencia for vacation.
What do you find different in Spain and
Belgium?
Oh, a lot of things. First of all flemish
people are conservative, you can feel the
work pressure there, you always have
to remember about all the deadlines.
They follow the traditions and the routine.
For example they won't let their kids do
hitchhiking. 20 years ago it was normal
but now it is more danguerous so people
don't travel that way. Another thing is
that everything is always open from 7/8
o'clock in the morning. And in Spain from
9/10. Almost everything in Spain starts
2h later than in Belgium. In my country
we have lunch at 12 and here they eat
lunch at 14. Party starts at 23, when in
Spain it starts at 1 o'clock. Here life is less
stresfull, they just don't care that much
and always repeat "mañana".
Did you know Spanish before?
No, I have learnt Spanish here, in
Valencia. I only learnt it from people,
when you talk and listen a lot it is not that
difficult to catch a language. Surely you
have to check the basic rules, grammar
and so on but you can learn a lot from
poeple. Moreover I speak also Dutch,
German, French and English. But I don't
like English at all. I rather find it practical,
everyone speaks English cause almost
everyone knows it. But I don't like it. And
I love the sound of Spanish, it is just
beatiful.
What do you like in Belgium?
I have to confirm that we have really good
beer, you should come to Belgium to try
it. I also like the food, it is more stodgy
than spanish food so you feel full after
eating. My favourite dish is "Stoofvlees
met frigten" which is a Flemish stew with
french fries.
PAOLA
Can you present yourself in short?
What is your name, where are you
from, how old are you?
My name is Paola. I am 27 years old, I
am Italian and I am a student.
When and why you came here?
I arrived to Valencia last November for an
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