by cwells | 2014-07-25 | Culture, Pix, Spain, Spanish, Train, Transit, Travel, Walking
My friends Theresa and Jesse were in Barcelona, Jesse for work and Theresa for vacation. Since Barcelona is a three-hour, relatively inexpensive train ride away from Valencia, I got a chance to visit them for a couple of days. Barcelona is an order of magnitude larger...
by cwells | 2014-03-04 | Bus, Car, Employment, Expat, Spain, Spanish, Transit, Travel
Four months ago, I arrived in Spain jet-lagged and overwhelmed. While the exhaustion from the jet lag has passed, being overwhelmed will continue to be a part of the expat life I have created for myself here in Valencia. It is amazing what a month can bring when I am...
by cwells | 2014-01-20 | Air, Transit, Travel
Gentle readers, you may know that I have a daughter who is in Africa from last August to this April, and I had planned to visit her since I moved to Spain. It’s much more accessible here than from the United States, and the flights take about seven hours total, not...
by cwells | 2013-11-27 | Culture, Spain, Transit, Valencia
The area where I live, Benimaclet, is a town that has been absorbed by the larger city of Valencia. Originally just outside of the capital city gates, this area had, and has, a life all its own. The university presence here means loads of college-aged kids, but also...
by cwells | 2013-10-08 | Expat, Spain, Transit, Travel
Today is exactly six weeks from when I submitted my visa paperwork. I have a little less than four weeks before my scheduled departure. I’m trying really hard not to flip out because I only have a few weeks left before I leave. Gentle reader, before you think...
by cwells | 2013-07-28 | Graduate School, Pix, Residency, Transit, Travel
One of the cultural excursions for the residency was a dinner cruise on the Seine River, which runs through Paris and gave us a unique vantage point from which to see Paris. Although we had seen some areas from the double-decker bus tour (a hop-on, hop-off tour is a...
