{"id":12842,"date":"2025-05-23T09:19:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesoundofthecosta.com\/?p=12842"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:19:27","slug":"they-stroll-i-bump-the-art-of-wandering-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesoundofthecosta.com\/en\/they-stroll-i-bump-the-art-of-wandering-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"They stroll, I bump: the art of wandering in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"619\">It started with an elbow to the ribs. Not mine. I was innocently walking down a narrow street in D\u00e9nia, thinking I had just enough space to pass someone. But the people in front of me weren\u2019t moving. We\u2019re in Spain, so they\u2019re <em data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"434\">strolling<\/em>.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"619\">In waves. No straight line, no rhythm, no clear tempo. When I tried to move left, a lady in a polyester floral dress swung her arm back so suddenly that I nearly caught her. And in that moment, I knew: this was going to happen a lot.   <\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"704\">Overtaking is not Spanish.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"1166\">I grew up in a country where the rule on the bike path is: if you want to go faster, you overtake. In Spain, it works differently. You notice it on the pavement, in supermarkets, at the airport. People here don\u2019t walk with a goal \u2014 they move. Along the way, they talk, stop, walk back, point, sigh, and often laugh.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"1166\">Efficient? Nope. And if you try to hurry as if you\u2019re catching a train? Then you\u2019re the odd one out. Not them.    <\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1205\">Sidewalks as a social tapestry<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1599\">The sidewalk in Spain isn\u2019t just a path. It\u2019s a public meeting place, a social tapestry where family conversations take place, neighbours catch up, and children drop crumbs. And that takes priority.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1599\">Time and space are experienced differently here. If, as a Dutch person, you think in straight lines, sooner or later you\u2019ll bump into someone casually strolling through it. <\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1634\">The art of stopping<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"2015\">I\u2019ve learned to walk more slowly. To allow myself to stop without reason. Sometimes I even walk aimlessly \u2014 just to practice. And when I see a group blocking half the sidewalk, I no longer sigh and walk around. I slow down. I observe.     <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"2015\">And sometimes\u2026 I fall into the pace. Because what if it\u2019s not a blockage, but an invitation? Strolling seems to be the norm in Spain.  <\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2022\" data-end=\"2047\">But sometimes. Every now and then\u2026 <\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2049\" data-end=\"2327\">I still find myself behind someone with a shopping trolley who decides to stop right in the middle of the crosswalk to text. And then I think back to the old days. To the straight lines, the walking paths, the wide, clearly marked bike lanes with dots. And yes \u2014 sometimes I still bump into it, internally.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2329\" data-end=\"2476\">But then I smile. And walk a little slower. Because this is Spain. And in Spain, you don\u2019t rush. You move as if you have time. Or, as they say here: <a href=\"https:\/\/thesoundofthecosta.com\/en\/manana-manana-why-the-slow-spanish-life-isnt-lazy-its-cultural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ma\u00f1ana, ma\u00f1ana<\/a>.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It started with an elbow to the ribs. Not mine. I was innocently walking down a narrow street in D\u00e9nia, thinking I had just enough space to pass someone. But the people in front of me weren\u2019t moving. We\u2019re in Spain, so they\u2019re strolling. In waves. 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