On: We need to call American breakfast what it often i...

[ohyes]

When I visited Spain it was eggs and thick cut bacon, cafe au lait with whole milk. Which is basically what I eat here in the US, minus the bacon.

[Al-Khwarizmi → ohyes]

Spanish people typically don't have eggs and bacon for breakfast (a pity, I'm from Spain and I love that kind of breakfast).

You probably had breakfast at a hotel or some other place that caters to foreigners.

[ohyes → Al-Khwarizmi]

It was some outdoor plaza in Madrid. Might have been lunchtime. The milk was better than anything I've ever had in the US.

[karmapolice → ohyes]

No, that is generic continental breakfast or even English breakfast served in some hotel.

This is more typical:

https://www.shbarcelona.com/blog/en/pan-tumaca/ (it says Catalan but is common everywhere)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churro

Lots of people of course resort to cereals or some dessert (croissant, waffles...) but eggs and bacon is really weird. A toast with something on it (olive oil, butter, jam, the aforementioned "pan tumaca") is way more common.