2. You have replaced Saint Valentine<\/a> with Sant Jordi. 3. You know off the top of your head the traditions of correfocs<\/em> and castells. 4. You are no longer surprised every year when the caga tiós and the caganer<\/a>s<\/em> appear in the Christmas market.<\/p>\n 5. You have tried to dance the sardana<\/a> (successfully or not).<\/p>\n 6. Your Barcelona friends have never been inside the Sagrada Familia<\/a>. (But have you?)<\/p>\n 7. You have become an expert in Modernism.<\/p>\n \n8. You have become an expert in mojitos. 9. You have become an expert in vermouth.<\/p>\n 10. You have become an expert in gin tonic.<\/p>\n 11. You have become an expert in cañas.<\/p>\n 12. For you clara is not a girl’s name, but the name of a drink. 13. Your days are sometimes filled with the sound of voices chanting “cerveza beer” with a Pakistani accent.<\/p>\n 14. You’ve drunk absinthe at the Marsella. 15. You have tasted all the fresh fruit juice flavours at the Boquería<\/a> (proving that there is more to life than alcohol)<\/p>\n \n16. Your breakfast is a ham sandwich swallowed at a café counter at 11am.<\/p>\n 17. You never book a table before 2:30pm or 9:30pm.<\/p>\n 18. You always have local ham or Ibérico ham<\/a> in the fridge.<\/p>\n 19. You have replaced your usual toast and butter with pa amb tomàquet <\/em>which you pronounce “pam tumacat”<\/em>.<\/p>\n 20. You find it totally normal to eat standing up in a restaurant.<\/p>\n 21. You can’t imagine drinking hot chocolate<\/a> that isn’t very thick and served with cream and churros<\/em> or melindros. 22. You celebrate appropriately the return of the xiringuitos<\/em><\/a> to the beach in April.<\/p>\n \n23. Your points of reference are no longer the points on the compass, but the sea, mountains, Montjuïc and Tibidabo.<\/p>\n 24. You have a Bicing card 25. You quickly gave up trying to use your Bicing card in certain situations (such as going up a steep hill, or waiting an hour to return your bike at the beach in Summer).<\/p>\n 26. You have long stopped trying to cross the road when the light is red (you don’t want to die).<\/p>\n 27. You can find your way even in the little streets of the Gothic, and in the Horta labyrinth. 28. You can move like a ninja through crowds of tourists in the old city.<\/p>\n 29. You systematically avoid the Ramblas<\/a> during peak times.<\/p>\n 30. You feel like you’re in an American TV series every time you take a taxi<\/a> to Eixample (“Corner of Aragó and Villaroel, please!”)<\/p>\n \n31. You’ve taken up sports: cycling, swimming, running… Yes, even you can do it!<\/p>\n 32. You find something strange about a weekend without a festival, vintage market<\/a> or festa major<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n 33. You’ve given up the idea of swimming at Barceloneta<\/a>, preferring Nova Mar Bella, the Llevant beach, or even the Costa Brava. 34. You no longer buy Inditex clothes from outside Spain (Zara, Bershka, Massimo Dutti…)<\/p>\n 35. You know the Barça anthem<\/a> by heart.<\/p>\n \n36. You’ve become a super hero since you got your NIE<\/a>, your empadronamiento<\/a> and your change of driving licence. 37. You call it the beginning of the ice age when the thermometre<\/a> says it’s below 15 degrees.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n![\"casa](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/casabatllo-post--2.png\")
<\/a>\n<\/p>\nDrinking<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/a><\/p>\n![\"cocktail](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/cocktail-parapluie.png\")
<\/a>\n<\/p>\nEating<\/h2>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\n![\"sun\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/soleil.png\")
<\/a>\n<\/p>\nGetting around<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/a><\/p>\n![\"little](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/petit-taxi-.png\")
<\/a>\n<\/p>\nSports and leisure<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a><\/p>\n![\"football](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/ballon-barca.png\")
<\/a>\n<\/p>\nDaily life<\/h2>\n
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