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... Where were the angry old men who seemed to stare down every person that walked by? How awkward could it be with a kid, grandpa and mom-like bar tender.
Oh, how about if the kid was one of my students.
Mind you, he is the equivalent of a 7th grade boy…so he does not have the social wherewithal to introduce me to whoever he was eating with. When I walked in, I realized it was him and said, " Hi Luis" and he waved and kind of looked freaked ...
Oh, so you want to be a resident of Spain?
... to go to the Officina de la extranjera in your respective province and hand in all your copies, get finger printed and pay the 15 euro fee.
4. In 45 days, return to the office and pick up your residency card!
Seems easy enough, right? OBVIOUSLY NO! We were sitting in our session in Madrid and about 1/2 the room freaked out when we heard, " If you do not have an entrance stamp on your visa then it is not valid." MOST of us had layovers somewhere in ...
Oh how I miss American washing machines
... machines. I wringed dried my clothes and went to the clothes line outside our window on the 5th floor. The question in my mind was, " What is clothes drying etiquette?" My neighbor to the bottom looked as though her clothes were pretty dry. Is it rude to put my sopping wet clothes that are still dripping with water out so that they drip all over her nice dry clothes? I just wringed out the clothes as best I could...and ...
Wrap up of my first full week!
... Carrefour in Torrelavega, a town about 20 minutes away from San Vicente. Mercadona is essentially an American supermarket…but it is a HUGE supermarket in comparison to the ones in the towns. A thing to know about Spaniards is their sense of personal space. In the United States, if you bump into someone or need to pass in front of them in an aisle, it is customary to say "Excuse me" or "Sorry" and everyone is very conscious of not being in anyone else's way. Not in Spain! It ...
Caminando la costa cantabria...
... br>
Finalmente, tomamos el auto y nos fuimos a donde estaríamos los próximos tres días, Laredo, una pequeña localidad costera, a unos 40 minutos en carretera desde Bilbao. Nuestro amigo Oscar tiene un departamento a metros de la playa y como ya no era temporada, la tranquilidad se notaba en Laredo, poca gente en las calles, pocos negocios abiertos...perfecto, ya no estábamos para fiestas!.
Ese día lo dedicamos a conversar en el living, comer comida cantabria (que ...