Different faculties are scattered throughout a town, sometimes around several places. They all live quite independent lives. Only the Head of Faculty and a few people from administration have direct contact with the University administration. Every Faculty has its own administration. Lunch, the main meal, is about 3pm.
People have the whole afternoon for a very rich private life.
After finishing home duties, in the evening houres, people go on the streets to walk up and down to meet their friends, to socialize. We drive on the right side of the road, do not use cars so much because distances are much shorter, the population density is much higher and streets are full of people almost 24 hours per day. It was quite difficult for me to get used to having five days a week for one's professional life and only two days for the family. I have always felt short of time. Streets have seemed to me so empty and traffic so heavy.