Today finally our shipment from China arrived after 3 months and 1 week of waiting for it. So great to be surrounded by your own things. We moved the things around a bit and have a real cozy place now! The company that delivered the stuff was not aware that they were expected to unpack [...]
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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 [...]
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.
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, [...]
package from China
Just now the mailman rang my doorbell; he had with him a package from China. Mia mailed me a box with bedding and pillows a couple of weeks ago and thus it had finally arrived! It was all perfectly fine (nothing much can happen to it, right?), although the box hardly looked like a box [...]
move to Valencia – Sept 22
For the last time in a while I hope I packed my suitcase once again. Well packed… more like throwing it all in. Paid the equivalent of about one month rent and headed to Amparo’s casita. Later on Amparo also came and we went to the bank to open an account. Normally that is only [...]
move to Valencia – Sept 21
Gorgeous weather again so I decided to take the double-decker tourist-bus for a tour around town. My plan was to head to the beach and it seemed that the bus had a stop close enough. It was a nice trip although most of the sights I already had come across on my walking trips. Nice [...]
move to Valencia – Sept 20
I had quite a hangover and didn’t do anything all day. The microphone and camera for Skype work great so I could do some talking with Mia.
move to Valencia – Sept 18
Beautiful morning, took some photos from my hotel, so Mia could also enjoy the new environment a bit Discovered that bloody Movistar (from Telefonica), where I bought my prepaid phone card from yesterday, doesn’t have an agreement with China Mobile and therefore sms is not possible between Spain and China on their network. Luckily Skype [...]
