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Originally Posted by chassis
That's Europe. Have you been there before? It's different than the U.S.
My solution is to order immediately, or no later than when the drinks are served. To get the check, dessert or more drinks after the main meal, you need to flag the waiter/waitress down. If you don't ask for the check immediately after the meal, the assumption is you are going to hang out at the table, talk, order drinks, etc. You didn't chase the server for the check, you expressed your desire to pay. Totally normal.
That is the European cadence. It's not bad, worse or slow. It's different.
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I have only been to Spain and service was definitely worse. Not just slower, but the servers were typically not as friendly, like you were a bother to them. Not always, but definitely more than in the US where I personally rarely feel like I get poor service. Some of the better service is Spain was smaller places where the owners also handled serving... a couple of those were actually fantastic.
As for $35k for 4 people... yeah I dunno. I'm sure you can EASILY spend that much if you wanted to. I mean you can probably spend that just on flights on some of the uber fancy first class cabins or fancy hotels. However since my last name is not Musk or Bezos I'll pass on $35k trips. We spent like 2 weeks in Spain, me my girlfriend and my mom. I'm not sure what it cost, but I would be shocked if it was more than $5k all in. We got the flights cheap, around $400-$500 round trip each. I think the only hotel we had pre booked was in Madrid, we then rented a car and drove south staying a few days in various cities until we got to Seville. We would research and book hotels in route. It was a great trip. If I did it again I might splurge on the flight as it was pretty miserable.