My “studies” español has therefore come to an end and I am supposed to be ready for life and work in Valencia
Archive for the 'life in Valencia' category
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 [...]
NIE (Número de Identificación de Extranjero)
Today I could pick up my NIE which stands for Número de Identificación de Extranjero or Foreigner’s Identification Number.
fun night out
Last night I went out with two of my co-students, Nils and Kai, both from Germany. We met at Plaza de Tossal in Carmen, one of the main nightlife districts, and first went to the Chill Out Lounge, a nice little bar with low seats and pillows and great music. A lot of locals go [...]
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 [...]
El día de Todos los Santos
Today I wanted to finally look for jeans, but when I arrived at a shop I was standing in front of closed doors. Instead I went to the supermarket and got some groceries. Back home I had a look at the public holidays and found out that today is “El d‚àö‚â†a de Todos los Santos”, [...]
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. [...]
Door to door sales
A phenomenon I was not really aware of before coming to Valencia is the door to door sales of just about everything you can think of, imagine and more. I did hear that I needed to be aware of scams were people come to your door and say that they are from some sort of [...]
