Madrid has a different feel to it than the other two cities. Personal Perceptions: After spending three weeks in Spain, in a multitude of different cities learning about their specific small scale culture, I can say that Madrid has the most different feeling to it. Barcelona was very fast paced with a culture that felt unique to Spain, while Granada had a small city feeling that I enjoyed. Madrid initially felt like a cleaner, bustling New York City (and I do not mean that in the way of constantly putting Spain in an American context i.e. ethnocentricsm or “evaluating other people and their culture by the standards of our own cultural preferences— (Livermore, page 65).” I loved the music, the food, the laughter, the different people - it felt authentic and all it’s own, even after
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