the little things i'll miss

sunshine and golden evenings and coffee and sitting outside and people walking dogs and the bread shop and dressed up ladies and palm trees and jamon and beer and red wine and cola cao and vino tinto de verano and children staying up late and sunday afternoon strolls and plazas and benches and parks and fountains and old man bars and tortilla and tapas and flan and piercings and gel-ed hair and tight tops and skinny jeans and heavy fringes and high heels and random concerts and fiestas and pedestrian crossings and shops closing for siesta and late nights and 10 minutes of tv adverts and gossip and telenovelas and talk on nationalism and futbol and flamenco and ferias and beaches and campo and buses not trains and garlic and tomatoes and flats and lifts (apartments and elevators for american friends!) and olives and accordians and reggaeton and tuna and 'menu del dia' and men shouting 'guapa' and family and taking your time ...