Spain = Fiesta

Spain is extremely active in terms of fiestas.

This is not an opinion, but a FACT. That's why it should remain in present tense forever and (hopefully) be added into the content of Wikipedia and, later on, the next edition of World Encyclopedia.

During the past two years, I have enjoyed, and been bothered by, as many fiestas as I could have imagined. Everyone here throws one or two parties once in a (frequent) while.

Dozens of excuses have been used as a motivation to organize a delirious time of non-stop drinking and eatting experience. The most commonly ones are, for example, graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, housewarming, work promotions, welcoming, goodbye and etc. According to my detailed and (TRULY) reliable observations, these motivations are universal and make up 50% of all excuses.

10% are the less common, yet more creative, ones such as friend reunions (after not having seen each other for...1 week!), contests (e.g. cocktail making/drinking/presentation contest) and cheer-up party before, during and after exams.

So, what about the rest? The remaining 40% just does it on a whim. You know, there's plenty of things to enjoy in life. Let's get the most out of it. Good time, great friends, loud music, big laughters, dirty jokes, pastas, tortillas, Bloody Mary, drunkards, litters,...what can be more pleasant?

This is actually not reserved only to Spaniards, but also can be applied to most of the hispanic party animals, be it columbians, argentinians, chileans, mexicans or etc.

It's all in their blood; venereal, contagious, uncurable. The innate ability. The instinctive behaviour. The natural characteristic...you name it.

Nevertheless, most of the time it is not that bad as described. With responsibility and a little bit of consideration, fiestas can be extremely joyful.

On the contrary, you will wake up in the morning and witness the havoc wreaked upon your living room, kitchen and corridors; furniture out of place, dirty dishes left unwashed till the evening of the next day and floor left uncleaned.

Bear this fact in mind and arm yourself with the maximum optimism before coming to Spain. Especially, when you are going to share an apartment with untiring party animals, because you will have to deal with endless problems every weekend nights.

In case you ADORE parties, you should be blessedly immune to any kind of the consquences.

Enjoy the party!