My “studies” español has therefore come to an end and I am supposed to be ready for life and work in Valencia
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Mia has finally arrived in Valencia!
On Saturday afternoon I could finally pick up Mia from the airport after our 2.5 months of separation! It was great to see her walking through the gate, pushing her cart with a stack of suitcases on it. We took a taxi back home and went to the supermercado to buy some things for in [...]
Student visa Mia approved!!!
Great news! Mia just called that this morning (it’s 7 hours later in Beijing) the Spanish Embassy called to inform her that her student visa to Spain has been approved! So in a couple of weeks the long wait is over and we can together start our life in Valencia! The initial date of the [...]
beautiful light
A weird day today. It seemed all right waking up in the sunlight, but it was extremely cold. Read on the news that a cold front has arrived in Spain and the first snow has already fallen in the north. In Madrid it has been raining heavily causing flooded roads and lots of traffic jams. [...]
the week that was
Finally today the sun is shining again and the sky is gorgeous blue after more than a week of pitiful weather. The most important reason why I haven’t been writing my blog: grey and wet outside makes me dull and without energy. Another reason to write today is because I have an hour extra. Wintertime, [...]
tutoring Chinese
Last week or something I met a guy in the elevator of my building. He is from Nigeria, has studied in the States and is now en route to London to continue his study. We chatted a bit and after learning that I had spent time in China, he said that his plan is to [...]
Happy Miercoles and Valencia Day
Every Wednesday at my school it is Happy Miercoles (Happy Wednesday), all students that want to participate go with 1 or 2 teachers to a bar for a few drinks and afterwards you can join dinner. A good opportunity for me to get to know some people, so I decided to join. My class finished [...]
my 2nd day in school
When I arrived at school yesterday they had made some changes as my co-student canceled an hour before. So instead of giving me 4hrs per day, they changed it now into two hours per day for the first week, but then guaranteed private lessons, plus on Monday 4 hours private class. Well, that’s ok with [...]
things happening in Beijing and Valencia
I wanted to write this post earlier already, but didn’t get to it. So now we have a collection of a couple of days… While having a look at my Woopra stats two nights ago, I came across an article that was recently published in CityWeekend Beijing, about hikes on the Great Wall. A nice [...]