Meet The Parents

Hello there and happy new year...2011! Almost 3 years since my last post? Im surprised my blog still hasnt got any spiderwebs as background..in any case...I passed some nice christmas back home in Munich with Marcos and some snow the last day before our return (yes! he finally made the big effort to "suffer" during 5 days with my parents ;)) and the 25th we passed it with his family back in Madrid. Its funny because our relationship somehow reminds me of the film triology (until now triology) of "Meet The Parents"...my dad reminds me of Robert De Niro every time he tells Marcos to take care of me...and Meet The Parents 2 could be the way Im afraid could be when my family meets his family...2 different cultures and backgrounds, a hippie German-Bolivian family meets a conservative Madrileño family...what will come out? I am still wondering because both families never met until today. Will this year be the year where they finally meet? Will there also be "faux-pass" all the time? My dad talking about his favourite topic, politics, for example? Im thrilled...and I also wonder, how are we going to managein a long-term to bring together 2 different cultures? I mean, 2 really different cultures!
I was thinking about what people say about Germans (I am 50% German ;-)) in general they are cold, serious, organized, punctual blabla...and what do they say about Spaniards?...in any case, I need alot more patience here than in any other country Ive been, for example 3 things happened to me today which describe what I mean with this: I was queing in a coffee shop for a coffee and 1a: when I am about to pay suddenly a couple cut in line right in front of my face 1b: they dont care I protest I was first and 2: the woman on the til is more busy with her phonetalks than to cash and doesnt seem to be bothered about the queue 3: when I am trying to grab some sugar in the self-service counter there are around 5 ppl chatting and blocking the stand and do not bother about my "excuse me" to get some sugar. But like I said, happy new year 2011 ;)!