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Summer is underway. 16 Jul 2013 | 10:24 pm
The weather is heating up and the days are long, which means frequent trips to the beach. During the week, you head there after work to cool off and to give in to the gravity that has been pulling at ...
The visit home – Part II 25 Jun 2013 | 06:30 pm
I visit the US twice a year. Part I was the winter visit, now here is Part II – summer. It is amazing how fast you adapt to the environment, especially if it is one you’re already familiar with. When ...
Stop with the winter already…. 2 Mar 2013 | 09:12 pm
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 w...
The cost of living question – answered! 9 Feb 2013 | 10:22 pm
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 s...
The average work day in Spain 3 Feb 2013 | 08:45 pm
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 ...
The holidays may be over for you… 6 Jan 2013 | 12:21 am
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...
The visit home – Part I 11 Dec 2012 | 12:34 pm
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 airpor...
Have a Sh*tty Xmas. 1 Dec 2012 | 06:28 am
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 tha...
How not to budget your move to Spain 15 Nov 2012 | 07:57 pm
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 aft...
Salaries in Spain and the standard of living 10 Oct 2012 | 01:36 am
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 cha...
