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Jaen Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Jaen, Spain and Canary Islands
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First day of school
... year. Our job is to plan activities to do in the English classes for this year, plan activities for next year's bilingual classes, and help the two teachers learning English with their skills. I can't stress enough how small the school is. It is a high ...
My apartment
... adding more pictures as i take them, so don't worry, soon you'll be able to look through this entry and see the whole place. ;-) Just in case you want to send fanmail or care-packages, here's my address. C/ Agustín Ródenas 9° 2D Jaén, Spain ...
More on the Feria
... there are fireworks at Shoreline Park, they don't let people within a good mile of where the fireworks are set off. Now, here in Spain, they are lighting them off 50 feet from me. Yikes! ...
Jaen
Switch van to collectivo for another few hours. Kidneys and nuts very sore from the horrendous ...
First Day
... over the summer because I don't know where it would be best for me to live, so I am moving all my stuff to Spain without any place to put it and I will be setting out to find a piso (an apartment) once I get there. This is perhaps the most daunting task ...
The Second Day
... I was able to talk to Erik via skype. It was such a relief to see him after such a crazy day. Getting myself set up all alone in Spain is by far the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life. First of all, (I realized this as I was eating lunch) I ...
Erik is coming!
... or not they had any beds free (I didn't care if I had to share a room with sixteen other people...I was going to see Erik and that's all that mattered). "Call back tomorrow to see if we have anything." This was tomorrow. So, of course, I gave them a ...
More on Feria and the Second Week of School
... a half. First of all, the potato was HUGE. Then, they filled it with tomato sauce, sour cream, shredded carrot, shredded beet, olives, and parmesan cheese. This potato was piled high with stuff, and that was just the vegetarian one! "The works" would have ...
The Third Day
... that I can sign a contract to secure myself a piso (flat). I also needed to open a bank account. Much to my dismay, Spain doesn't work on my schedule, so I ended up getting basically nothing accomplished. This was helped along by the fact that the ...
My Luck Changes
... out as fast as I could and then Erik had something important to tell me. "Long story short, I am going to be in Spain on October 20th." I couldn't believe it! He was already coming over for Thanksgiving, and now he had added another visit even earlier! ...
border crossing continued (still no sleep)
Arrive in jaen take sexy trike transport to other bus station where we board another combi for an hour. Laura loans her CD to the driver and we listen to the Spice Girls through very bad speakers. Fellow Peruvian passengers ...
First Day of Feria
... up to the center of town and ask for directions there. I've decided that that's how they give directions here in Spain. "Go over there and ask someone else." That's how we've been getting around so far. ...
Jean, no, it's Hay'n
... to improve road conditions and living conditions for the village people who live far away from the cities. In Jaen we stopped at the first repuestos (parts store) and talked with the owner. He took our burned out shock and left to find a new one for ...
Getting here is 75% of the battle!
... on a trip like this, I never get a good night's sleep the night before. Sleep usually consists of a couple of hours of tossing and turning the night before, stomach roiling like the North Sea, and it's not because of the trip per se... it's because ...
Jaen: The Parents meet Spain and sleepy fountains
... someone stupid. So we have been going around calling things "religious portrait" for the last few days and laughing hysterically. I'm sure Spain is impressed by all the high culture. We decided to leave the cathedral ...
Let's call this the "halfway there" entry
... 3 days a week). No one cooks for me, no one buys my food, and no one is there to rush to my aid when Spain does bizarre and challenging things to me for no good reason at all. My apartment is cold, and my shower is never quite warm enough. ...
Jaen!
... my help very much considering even the coordinators do not speak perfect English. The school is the city high school in Jaen and is called Jabalcuz. It is an I.E.S....Instituto Escuela Secondario, a secondary education institute, a high school in the ...
It's December? Where's the white stuff?
... be something other than white.....who would likely not be especially happy to be mentioned as an "animal of the Savannah". However, it's Spain. The teacher told the student that people don't count as animals, but didn't seem overly bothered by it. ...
Conquered my first week of work
... to a new piso-mate. We now have a girl from Poland living with us. She's about our age, and is studying English at the University of Jaen. She does not speak any Spanish, and I can't quite figure out why of all places she decided to go ...
Out of retirement and onto an equipo de natación
... the last one but (for anyone checking facebook), I clearly have news! So with this I bring you my renewed swimming career....in Jaen, Spain. I've only recently begun going to the pool in Jaen. It's been a goal for a while now, but I've been ...
I've found a home and climbed a mountain
... lot of time living in Morocco where his parents worked. During his years in university, he has spent 4 years in France and four years in Spain. He helped me out in getting a phone, and finding some of the local markets. He speaks French, ...
Heading into Pascua....
... is spending. Leading the spending problems downward spiral is, of course, Greece. However countries like Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland haven't been necessarily fairing so well either. As I've mentioned earlier, Spain's unemployment ...
Valentines, hairdos and Spanish nuclear winter
... they could make the cards for someone special if they wanted. Apparently this suggestion is taken in with much less repulsion here in Spain than it is in the US. About half of the class promptly set up walls of books around their card to protect it ...
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by...
... ;I don't know what kind of glorious junk they put in it but man it's good. Other American food/food available in America and not Spain. I'm dying for some hot peppers (jalpenos, serranos, and the like) to put on my food. Not to mention fresh ...
From Jaen to Yurimaguas
That morning we got up early and went to the market in Jaen to buy Rolando a new welcome mat. It wasn´t as big as his old one, but we think he liked it. He told Joe in English, ¨My friend, thank you.¨ Erin also made him a flyer for his business. We ...
Quiet before the storm
... work. "Ferias" is the Spanish word for festivals/fair. The famous Spanish ferias week is coming up this Saturday in Jaen. I can only assume things are about to get interesting. Last time I experienced ferias was the second week of ...
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