An amazing video of the Puma boat in the real Volvo Ocean Race!
Archive for: November, 2008
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 [...]
my Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-11-23
just posted the photos of my daytrip to the Castillo de Xàtiva: http://tinyurl.com/castxat #
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.
day trip to Castillo de Xàtiva
The mystery day trip yesterday took us to Xàtiva, a small city about 40km south of Valencia. Kai and I met Carolina and Gianni at the train station and it turned out that Carolina had prepared a huge picnic for later! [singlepic=176,320,240,,center] Whole map of the are on Google Maps. The train took us in [...]
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 [...]
Finish leg 1 Volvo Ocean Race Game at Cape Town, South Africa
Somewhere in the early morning hours I finished leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race Game in Capetown, South Africa. The total time it took me was 31 days, 20 hours and 45 minutes and I reached position 7,426 of a total number of participants of more than 55,000. [singlepic=128,320,240,,center] I had a nice bottle [...]
Virtual Racing goes in “stealth mode”
For this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, stealth mode has been introduced. This is new tactical initiative that gives the crews one opportunity on each of the longer legs to have their location hidden from position reports and the public for 12 hours. From the Volvo Ocean Race Game website: