When you venture out into the world and study abroad, you are bound to experience a few introspective revelations, such as, "These people talk funny" or, "What's the metric system?" One such epiphany I've had is that Spain and America are the same but different.
Don't get me wrong; Spain is one bodacious place. Compared to the United States, its culture is the Shakira to our Avril Lavigne, the Peyton Manning to our Jason Campbell, the Cinnamon Toast Crunch to our Kellogg's Cracklin' Oat Bran. Spain harbors some of our country's richest cultural relics.
CiCi's Pizza, for example. OK, we all know that would be too good to be true, but Valencia does have the next best thing: Telepizza. When my Spanish exchange student, Tamara, and I went looking for a place to grab lunch, I asked her what the neighborhood had to offer. After listing some relatively pricey, local restaurants, she mentioned a place with all-you-can-eat pizza for less than five euros. "
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