Europe and America | by Nicolas Meire

A few days ago, I undertook a great trip from Spain, my native country to Canada. I have not been too long on North American soil, but I've noticed many changes regarding Spain. Since I was a kid I already knew that America was a completely different place from any European country, but this week I've been ditching that the change is bigger than I thought. Let's start with automobilism, a subject that I'm very passionate about. There is one thing that everyone knows, cars in America are bigger. I still do not know why this is, but I love them. Cars of American brands such as Chevrolet and Ford only in gigantic size. In Europe, few people have this kind of cars because they do not fit almost in any parking space and touch the roof of half of parking garages and garages. But it is not only with cars, in general it gives me the impression that everything in America is gigantic format. The cars here are spectacular. The bodywork, the engines and the size of the cars I love. It is awesome. Besides, I noticed that in America there are many cars of a brand that apparently is used a lot in America. GMC, a brand that in Europe is practically not known because it is not used for the reasons I said above. But it's not just cars, many other things change. As for example the houses. In Spain, the cities are not too big and they do not have very tall buildings. In America, on the other hand, the cities are much larger and have higher buildings such as New York, Toronto, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago or Vancuver. But it's not only in cities that we see changes. For example, in houses that are not in cities and are more in small towns, in Spain they are not usually the home of a family. They are usually floors of three or four floors in which several families live. On the other hand, in the towns of America, there are usually independent houses, separated from the others and a family, without being blocks of several. Also the food varies a lot, in Europe, for cooking olive oil is usually used, a product that is not too expensive. But in America it is barely cooked with oil, since it is excessively expensive since the oil is native of Europe. And what the Americans do is replace the oil with butter, which, as I have seen, is also great for cooking. Even though it seems silly, the media changes. In Spain, to send a message we use WhatsApp, but here in America, WhatsApp is rarely used, the Messages application is used, which comes by default with the mobile phone, an application that by the way in Europe is hardly uses. And of course something that changes and a lot are the Plugs. But for that it's always good to carry an adapter when you go on a trip.