So no the existence of the Siesta itself is not a myth how ever that doesn't mean there are not myths and misconceptions regarding it
Well since publishing the last part of this series, on Spanish Myths people have on twitter have passed comments that have lead me to expand on the seista blog So here it is *Well As said in the previous one, Seista is not all over Spain as it use to be , well some one ask why is that well , I can not of course be 100% certain but there seems to be two reason Tradition some places and people like the tradition of the Seista (after all as often said Spain has a different pace of life ) And well the weather is the over factor, what do I,mean well simply put the further south you go in Spain the hotter it gets , And as you can work out I am sure, it is very hard to work in the extreme temperatures at the height of the day so many roles and jobs in these regions will therefore for practical reasons seista And will Seista means nap in Spanish, that doesn't mean everyone who has the seista off is asleep many people will and do treat it as a long afternoon break/lunch break It is worth noting that in towns and places where the seista is common that during the seista period these towns are very quite with not many people about and little traffic, compared to to the times outside of seista Yes there will I am sure be other reason why places/poeple do and do not seista that I haven't covered
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So no the existence of the Siesta itself is not a myth how ever that doesn't mean there are not myths and misconceptions regarding it when discussing this on twitter yesterday someone asked me about this and said that siesta starts at midday , which sounds right but no where they have the Siesta it starts at 2pm but wait you say why 2pm not noon ? That has a few reasons one Spain is in the wrong time zone for historical reasons so in the summer it is 2 hours ahead of the sun so 12 noon for the sun is 2pm for the clocks Now the next misconception/Myth is everyone and everywhere in Spain has the Siesta, well this is untrue in some areas as often in larger cities like Madrid they will work through and not siesta (Again people in these places may still siesta as it is a personal choice in some cases I think ) Even in the cities and towns and Villages where they have the seista it is not all stop everything closed as often the larger supermarkets stay open as do the bars |
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