Work
The average work day in Spain
The average work day in Spain is negotiating its way between tradition–when no air conditioning existed, the country was poor, and business was 99% local–and the present day, which sees multinational corporations making Spain their home and the technology industry pulling the old corporate culture into the global economy. This means people work long hours, [...]
Money, Work
How not to budget your move to Spain
Whether you are in Spain for a finite amount of time and are interested in making a permanent move, have made the actual move and are living here, or have no plans to either stay or leave but week after week find you are still here (as was the case with me four years ago), [...]
Money, Work
Salaries in Spain and the standard of living
Note: This was originally the last part of the post: Working in Spain but has been expanded and thus warranted (in my opinion) its own, albeit short-ish, post. You know that moving here requires a change in your cultural expectations, some of which you will be prepared for and some of which will leave you shaking your head [...]
Money, Work
Working in Spain
Working in Spain as an American citizen is harder than you think On the other hand, it’s also easier than you think. What do I mean by that? First, if you plan on coming here and finding a company that will sponsor you with a work visa, you can forget it. Unless you are [...]
Work
I’m like that foreign exchange student you made fun of
Remember that kid in high school? The one whose English you laughed at, not to mention the way she dressed and wore her hair? Maybe you said a few words to her in the lunch room or if her locker was located next to yours, but you usually didn’t bother chatting with her too [...]
Open Letters
Stop with the winter already….
Posted on 02 March 2013
Dear Spain, So…yesterday as I was running through what I thought was a break in the rain, actual hail ricocheted off my uncovered skull. I arrived to the cafe where I was meeting with my friend with wet hair and mascara blobs sitting on my lashes, because I use this kind of mascara that makes [...] Continue Reading
Money
The cost of living question – answered!
Posted on 09 February 2013
About once a month in the winter and once a week during the 3 other seasons, I receive a question regarding the cost of living in Barcelona, usually in the form of: “What do you think is the minimum someone needs to earn per month to live comfortably in Barcelona?” Sometimes there is more to it, [...] Continue Reading
Spanish Celebrations
The holidays may be over for you…
Posted on 05 January 2013
Back home, the holidays are Over with a capital O. Come January 2nd, gifts have already been returned, re-gifted, put into use or put away. The new year has been rung in and work resumes uninterrupted. But not here – the holidays are still in full swing. Today, January 5th, there is an additional Xmas [...] Continue Reading
Daily Life
The visit home – Part I
Posted on 11 December 2012
It’s Xmas time again, and I am on the second leg of my bi-yearly pilgrimage to the states. I’m in California after a brief visit to my brother’s place in Rhode Island, where he forgot me at the airport and already had three drinks in him when he finally answered his phone, 45 minutes after [...] Continue Reading
Spanish Celebrations
Have a Sh*tty Xmas.
Posted on 01 December 2012
Editors note: Since it is Xmas time, I’ve brought back an oldie but goodie for the holidays. Enjoy. It’s Navidad time here in Barcelona (aka Christmas or Xmas to us North Americans), and of course that means many, many days off for the Spaniards. For example, I am at the tail end of a 5 [...] Continue Reading
Spanish Celebrations
My neighborhood Feste Major
Posted on 16 September 2012
This city will not let me work. It’s the end of summer, Sunday night, and I am sitting here at 9:35pm trying to get a jump on the work week coming up (I’m freelancing and I work from home) and I’ve been listening to an arsenal of firecrackers a few streets away machine gunning off [...] Continue Reading
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