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Spanish
time is
notionally
one hour
ahead of
the UK -
but
conceptually
Spain
might as
well be
on a
different
planet.
Nowhere
in
Europe
keeps
such
late
hours.
Spaniards
may not
take a
traditional
midday
siesta
so much
as they
used to,
but
their
life
cycles
remain
committedly
nocturnal.
They'll
saunter
out
around
8pm or
9pm in
the
evening
for a
paseo
, to
greet
friends
and
maybe
have a
drink
and
tapas,
and if
they're
eating
out,
they'll
commonly
start at
10 or
11pm,
sometimes
later in
Madrid.
It's not
unusual
for
someone
to phone
around
midnight
to see
if
you're
going
out for
the
evening.
Like
everything
else,
practises
differ
somewhat
by
region.
Madrid
is famed
for
staying
up the
latest,
with
Andalucía
a close
second.
In the
north,
particularly
in
Catalonia,
they
keep
more
Northern
European
hours.
And, of
course,
summer
nights
are the
real
late,
late
shows
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