Have a Sh*tty Xmas.
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…
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Eight reasons I live in Spain.
In no particular order, here are some things I am appreciating at the moment about living in Spain. 1-Cursing. There is plenty of cursing in everyday speech here in…
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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…
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…
My neighborhood Feste Major
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…
The Spanish are not shy
The Spanish in general are not a shy nor modest bunch. Any trip to the beach will make that abundantly clear before you even step foot onto the sand. This is not merely due to the fact that all beaches…