Europa Jaen

Plaza de Belen, 1 Jaen, Andalusia, 23001, Spain and Canary Islands

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5 nights in Spain, 2 hotels, 5 hotel rooms

A travel blog entry by emizner

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Things have been sufficiently interesting the past day or so.

Orientation started on Monday night, as was more or less a gathering to get basic information for the following day, meet the directors and get to know other people in the program. Most people seemed to have roommates when orientation started, so I was slightly confused as to …

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Feliz Navidad!

A travel blog entry by emizner

... The principal kept encouraging Andy and I to try all these different mixed drinks (most seemingly containing whiskey). Throughout the course of the meal, all of the teachers kept breaking into song that they would sing loudly while pounding their hands on the table. It was pretty fun.

The next day at school, there was more than one teacher in rough shape. There was a lot of quite time going on in every classroom.

On Thursday, I ...

I get one entry to be a scrooge and then I'm done.

A travel blog entry by emizner

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... for this Thursday is a full blown Occupy Jaen movement. I don't intend to voluntarily leave the office without this appointment. I'm hoping that if I stand at the counter long enough in the way, they'll decide to deal with this finally.

On other fronts, my school has decided not to pay us. We are supposed to receive a check for 700 euros (about $1000) on the first of each month. Further, the schools are supposed to ...

It's December? Where's the white stuff?

A travel blog entry by emizner

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... child then raised his hand and said "black people!".

Now, in any American classroom, this would be the point in time where the teacher looked horrified, and the whole class whirled around in their seats to check the faces of anyone in the class who happened to 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 ...

Quiet before the storm

A travel blog entry by emizner

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... and definitely nice to be meeting new people. I probably shouldn't have been out and about so soon after being sick, but I couldn't stand staying in bed one more day alone. I'd say it was worth it.

Tomorrow I have my first NIE appointment, which will allow me to get a foreign residency card and number. This will enable me to get a bank account, and then internet in my house hopefully. Things are moving along ...

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