Puente

Every once in a while I come across a custom here in Spain that I think that the US is really missing out on.

This week I only had two days of school. Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday (Today) is a cultural day and nobody goes. Thursday is the Spanish Father's Day. Friday is puente.

For those of you who don't know, puente means bridge. This confused me. But my host mom explained to me that whenever there is a Thursday fiesta they take Friday and "build a bridge to the weekend."

That is awesome.

Also she told me that if there is a Wednesday or Tuesday Fiesta, that sometimes they build aquaductos to the weekend!