Just read "Load of bull"by Tim Parfitt.Very funny,how a brit adjusts to living in Madrid,with its gasrto delights and all night drinking to 7am,then go to the office to work.You can order on line,or search at a library.“A load of bull”,“An engishmans adventure in Madrid” 
toby some of your posts are “different” to say the least as i don’t live in madrid and am not english i’m keeping out of this one 
langp29 lives in madrid and he’s english but doubt if he’s read that particular book.
if you want to know what life is really like in spain just read the british papers cos they are alway spot on about us expats on the costa del crime 
sorry rolling eyes cos no sarcastic smileys
and just what has that got to do with me ?
English yes
Madrid is more than 400 kms way