‘For whom do we wait?’ or ‘Going out in Spain’.

I’m not sure, if it is typical Spanish, but at least it always happens
when going out with Spanish people or in Spain. Maybe one reason is the
temperature. In Germany, it would be too cold – at least in winter.

What am I talking about?

You have an appointment at half past seven in the evening with a group
of people to go out for dinner. Typically German, you arrive there
around 7:25 p.m. The first of the Spanish people arrive about 10
minutes late. If you are lucky, half an hour later, everyone is there.
At some point, already well after 8 p.m., you start wondering why the
group doesn’t start moving in some direction. About half an hour later,
people start thinking about starting to move. Some time later, somebody
really starts to move. Maybe he does not manage to make the whole group
follow on the first try, but finally everybody started moving -  still
without a specific destination, but at least moving.

You start to get really hungry and hope to get something to eat soon.

After passing by about 10 restaurants and changing the direction
randomly about 10 times, finally the Spanish people also start to get
hungry. Around 10 p.m., you end up in some restaurant somewhere – just
perfectly in time for a Spanish dinner. At a time when German
restaurants  start thinking about closing the kitchen. Which also
means, at a time when you are completely starving.

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