by cwells | 2013-08-14 | Employment, Expat, Spain
Well, gentle readers, I just spent two-and-a-half days on an unproductive venture to submit my visa paperwork. Here’s what I did wrong: I did not have enough financial information. At least a year’s worth of information needs to be included for a checking...
by cwells | 2013-07-19 | Car, Expat, Spain, Spanish, Travel
So I took today off to get ready for my trip to France as well as handle a single document off of my “visa” list. This was #6, the document from the police department that affirmed that I was not a criminal or fugitive. By 9:15, I had the document in hand....
by cwells | 2013-07-11 | Air, Culture, Employment, Expat, Graduate School, Residency, Spain, Travel
The world is strange. Bureaucracy is even stranger. While I am willing to throw caution to the wind in some carefully considered situations, I know that I must carefully managed other events in my life, or they will manage me. Consider, gentle reader, the concept of a...
by cwells | 2013-05-16 | Employment, Expat, Travel
Four months from today, I will arrive in Valencia to live. Most of the work I have done to this point has been gentle maneuvering of my environment, but now planning has to be in earnest. I have spoken with my work folks, and trying to get all of my ducks in a row to...
by cwells | 2013-02-01 | Expat, Housing, Spain, Spanish, Travel
In some ways, this trip to Spain was a test. I wanted to learn enough about Valencia to see if I would be comfortable living here alone. Of course, this means that making friends is not optional… it is a necessity. There are two groups to which I belong: the American...
by cwells | 2013-02-01 | Culture, Expat, Spain, Spanish, Travel, Walking
The last time I was in Spain, I made a comment about having a “panhandle me” kind of faces and/or demeanor. This time in Valencia, I was the apparent source of directional goodwill for other visitors to the city. I was asked for directions six times, with...
