An American expat in Spain
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From California but lived in several countries and states. Somehow I ended up with two profiles, I am also peanutbritt in the forums here.
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Stop with the winter already….
Posted on 02/03/2013
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...
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The cost of living question – answered!
Posted on 09/02/2013
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...
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The average work day in Spain
Posted on 03/02/2013
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,...
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The holidays may be over for you…
Posted on 05/01/2013
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...
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The visit home – Part I
Posted on 11/12/2012
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,...
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Have a Sh*tty Xmas.
Posted on 01/12/2012
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...
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How not to budget your move to Spain
Posted on 15/11/2012
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...
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Salaries in Spain and the standard of living
Posted on 09/10/2012
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...
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Salaries in Spain and the standard of living
Posted on 09/10/2012
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...
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My neighborhood Feste Major
Posted on 16/09/2012
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...
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