Spain is at the western edge of the Central European time zone - it really belongs in the Western European time zone (with Portugal and the UK), and so the sun rises very late in the winter - around 8am! Thankfully school doesn't start until almost 9. This means that even sleepyheads can enjoy the sunrise from our terrace at this time of year. I'm just glad we aren't in Galicia (north of Portugal), where it must be really hard to wake up for school and work at this time of year.