Like many study abroad students before you, you have decided to pursue Spanish in the language's motherland. Maybe it took you a while to realize that Spanish food does not equal Mexican food, and you won't be eating rice and beans for four months. Or perhaps you did your research and are ready to siesta by day and fiesta by night. Either way, you're undoubtedly in for a slow-onset culture shock that's bound to look a lot like this:

1. You are immediately excited and alarmed by the Spanish sleeping schedule.

They go to bed at 2:00 a.m., wake up at 10, and have a three-hour nap scheduled into their day. We're talking about college students, right?

2. Free tapas is the best thing that has ever happened to you, and you literally NEVER get over it.

3. Suddenly wine is the cheap option when you go out drinking.

It is literally cheaper than water (which will always be served bottled).

4. You are constantly experiencing a dog-related sensory overload.

Why am I surprised that they have dogs here???

5. You visit other cities in Europe and weep when you have to pay more than €2 for coffee.

6. Semana Santa rolls around, and (even though you knew what to expect) you are caught completely off guard.

They do know who else wears those outfits, right?

7. Your only two modes of transportation are your feet or an ALSA bus.

Why do all the other passengers smell like B.O.?

8. Halfway through the semester you wonder why nobody warned you about the Study Abroad 15.

Just accept it. Your chub is here to stay.

9. You are reminded literally everyday that the Spanish had the largest and most powerful empire in all of history.

I don't even think this is a historically accurate fact?

10. You eat so much olive oil that you actually TRANSFORM into an olive.

Did you really have to put it on the fried eggs?

11. Your host mom becomes your savior and your nemesis.

Somehow you overlooked the fact that you'd be living at home again while you were studying abroad.

12. You end your semester by accepting that you will never actually be fluent in Spanish.

13. But it's okay because at least you got some good sangria out of it.