The buildings here are built almost exclusively of stone, which just wouldn't survive in earthquake country. It makes them very stable in temperature -- cool no matter what's happening outside. The walls are very thick, so looking out the windows is a little like looking through a tunnel. The floors are tile, never carpeted, only occasionally wood. The interior walls are stucco, often painted in warm colors. It's a very different style of building than in the United States, and there aren't a lot of right angles. There is absolutely no siding anywhere, and I haven't seen any wood buildings either. In the cities the big buildings are the same steel and glass as the U.S., but the smaller buildings are still stone.
On another note, although the news is all about how Iceland's volcanic ash is disrupting flights and closing airports all over Europe, including all of France, we can't see any evidence of the ash here. It must be much higher in the atmosphere than we can see. We are so thankful that we made it across the Atlantic before the big plume messed everything up, and are hoping that Thom's flight home is not delayed next week.
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