Road trip to Oviedo - Spain culture shocks

I was lucky to have worked in Oviedo a few times. I dont have the words to describe what a lovely little city it is.

What is the cultural shock? You mean you guys are so ignorantus

Nothing wrong with formality. It serves to maintain or even elevate the value of a culture, opposing banality or by all means, descent into the abyss...!

Why do these people keep saying Expats, not ex-pats they moved to a country, not of their birth, they are immigrants, they immigrated. Does it make them feel better because somehow ex-pat doesn't sound like I couldn't make it in my home country because those immigrants are poor?

Spain Speaks! It would be nice if you spent more time with the camera facing outside.

Happens to all migrants we get all culturally confused

Is the Asturian spanish the same like in Madrid, Barcelona or is it very different?

"Sleeping with the dictionary" - that alone makes the video worth watching :D

hey brian go bac to your dub twang man

why do people put thumbs down? I mean it's exactly what it says on the tin a paddy and an oz headed north (sorry i called ya kiwi on another comment I was drunk that night) .... thanks for the video ... hard beat the picos

The biggest complaints are what are hard coded in our Hispanic culture from Spain to my home Colombia and through Latin America we are like this during the holidays. It’s fun for us and it’s part of us, I don’t think we can really relax it. We all hate it as kids because of the formality but as an adult we grow to respect. The complaints just reminded me of myself and other Hispanic kids when we were younger lol

YOU KNOW, it’s so annoying how many times he said “you know” 🤣 so typical for Irish 🍀

In Spain they say no when they mean yeah

Great keep the videos rolling Stuart

Wow he really speaks very clearly. I'd have never guessed he's Irish.

I live in the US and have been to Spain 5 times within the last decade or so. Oviedo is always on the list and the drive from Madrid up is just amazing.

Are all Irish driving like brainless idiots (see Min.1.50)or is he a special moron ?

You know,you know,you know, you know

Probably Brian now thinks more in Spanish than in English...

There is a long history of Irish un Spain

I thought he was spanish!

No formal Christmas in the Basque Country, they´re very informal though not surprising as they´re experts in eating and drinking any time of the day, any season, any festival!

Brian's accent in English sounds partially Spanish now

and obviously it took 21 yrs to have the level of Spanish he now has - we never stop learning

your Irish friend Brian doesn't look at all tanned, look at his hands

As far as your conversation goes, there's nothing shocking about Spain. Being nicely dressed during some occasions is not shocking at all nor having extended lunch with your friends- albeit very nice traditions.

I like this kind of videos. Brilliant!

Thanks
It is great to watch you travelling to my town Oviedo.

the 2 hours break I think is more common in the south I'm from Asturias and the common break it is one hour or 30 minutes if you want

you can avoid the toll if you go trough Pajares you can take the road near to La Madalena, it is a national road with lot of trucks and the trip will be longer but you will save the money if you don't mind the extra time

I was surprised to see from the road you are travelling in, that the north of Spain is pretty barren also, with a few exceptions, most of the landscape you went through, looks like Arizona....BARREN...

If you come to Asturias here is a list of food I think is way better than the not so typical cachopu:

Fabes
Escalopines al Cabrales
Pote asturianu
Pitu Caleya
Chorizu a la sidra
Criollos
Arroz con Leche
Frixuelos

I suggest you to visit the eastern part of Asturias (Conceyu Cangues d'Onís) and buy cheese from Asturias, Gamonéu, La Peral and Cabrales are amazing.


Obviously I like cachopu, but "onde ten unes bones fabes..."

This dude is definitely Spanish haha. Really solid Irish accent tho props for that

Asturias is Spain and the rest is conquered land hehe.

Nowadays Christmas in the UK and Ireland kicks off in early November.

Very interesting video. I've visited Spain a couple of times and I love the country, but I've been only in the central/southern areas. I have several Spanish language exchange partners and they tell me I have to visit the north next. I was happy to hear the comments about how long it took him to speak Spanish comfortably. Although I have not had the opportunity (yet!) to live for an extended time in a Spanish-speaking country, I've been studying Spanish now for 3-1/2 years, and the timing of the progression of my language learning is pretty comparable to his.

I don't get the connection betweeen the title "Spain culture shocks" and your drive on a beautiful, modern highway. What is shocking about that? If would be shocking if you had to travel on donkey back on a dirt path.
That toll road, the AP66, starts just outside of León and it is very expensive, in my humble opinion, It was a very expensive road to build having to make a lot of long tunnels and bridges. The alternative, national road N360 , goes over the spectacular Puerto de Pajares and is much more beautiful, although it is a lot slower. If I weren't in a hurry, I would definitely take it. The great thing about Spain is that you can drive all the way to León from Madrid and only pay toll going through the Guadarrama Tunnel, which you can also avoid by going over the top el Puerto de los Leones. I drive from Vigo to Madrid and only pay toll, if I want, at the Guadarrama. I can also drive from Vigo to Sevilla on a fantastic highway, with no traffic, and pay no toll.
I was expecting much more from this video. We learned almost nothing about Spain or even the drive. Twenty nine minutes just chatting about jobs and working hours disappointed me.

I'd like to hear Brian's take on "Spanish"/Castilian colonisation of Catalonia (and imperialist attitude) being him native to the decolonised part of Ireland.

Do you know why the north of Spain is so different from the south? Because they're not the same country.

What a boring vid to farts talking shit not worth watching

Very Informative channel 👍 Greetings from a wet Torrevieja at the moment.

I love when foreigners discover northern Spain for the first time. Like, they have an idea in mind about what is Spain, and once they set foot on the north is like "what? is this actually Spain?".
Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Euskadi are awesome <3

We have an expression here, “Junuary”, because it can snow in June.

Oviedo is the birth place of my grand father, and great grandparents, my grandfather immigrated from Oviedo to Cuba during the civil war, I became a Spanish citizen through the law of historical memory, my grandfather was a very large land owner in Oviedo, thank you for your videos they r very informative n helpful, me n wife r considering a second home in Spain.

at least you saw snow.

I enjoyed your convo!

Enjoy fabada asturiana, sidra and cabrales cheese!!

I love the north of Spain, and Oviedo is well worth your time. Their food is really good, especially the cachopo.

Thank you for the this informative video. Almost €14 the toll. Too expensive. ⛔🙈🙄At least the Public Healthcare System is superb.👏👏👏