Archive for: December, 2008

walk in the park

Dec 30, 2008 Published under food, life in Valencia, trips 171 views

Today a year ago we visited the Great Wall at Jiankou for the 5km hike along the wild wall. We had gorgeous weather, blue skies and did a picnic at the ruins of one of the watch towers. Coincidentally today in Valencia also was gorgeous: 20 degrees and blue skies. The perfect day to finally [...]

a post at last

Dec 21, 2008 Published under general, life in Valencia 168 views

It has been some time since I last wrote a blog post. I guess it is because Mia has been around and therefore someone to share my thoughts and experiences with and therefore less need to write here. But of course it is also nice to write some sort of record of the impressions and [...]

last day in school

Dec 18, 2008 Published under education, life in Valencia, work 168 views

My “studies” español has therefore come to an end and I am supposed to be ready for life and work in Valencia

Passing Cape Horn

Dec 14, 2008 Published under games 150 views

With my boat “otherway” in the Vendee Globe Virtual Regatta I am currently rounding Cape Horn in the “other” direction. [singlepic=240,320,240,,center] [singlepic=239,320,240,,center] Whereas my other boat Blanquilla that sails the race in the “correct” direction constantly has the wind in the back, this route is proving to be a constant challenge! In the Volvo Ocean [...]

Eat In Valencia

Dec 13, 2008 Published under life in Valencia, web stuff, work 127 views

Since I really miss something to do apart from school, yup I’m talking work, currently I am in the process of developing a website that has the purpose of listing ALL restaurants in Valencia. Of course there are websites that already (try to) do that, but they are either far from complete and/or projects that [...]

Finally our shipment from China arrived!

Dec 11, 2008 Published under move to Valencia 142 views

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 [...]

Day trip to Jávea and Dénia

Dec 08, 2008 Published under trips 152 views

Yesterday we visited Jávea and Dénia for a day with two classmates Johan and Nils. It was the perfect day for it: mostly blue skies and a temperature of around 18 degrees! Yup, in December! Jávea and Dénia are situated halfway between Valencia and Alicante and it is the most eastern point of the peninsula; [...]