http://www.expatforum.com/expats/ The Spain Expats forum is a dedicated community of people that have moved to Spain. This is the place for Expats to meet and discuss anything including the Spanish way of life, working in Spain, food and property in Spain. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:46:08 GMT vBulletin 180 http://www.expatforum.com/expats/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.expatforum.com/expats/ http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33291-barcelona-malaga.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:44:13 GMT Where to live? Thats the 64 million dollar question! We currently live in Torrevieja and even though its very pretty and rent is relativley cheap,... Where to live? Thats the 64 million dollar question! We currently live in Torrevieja and even though its very pretty and rent is relativley cheap, we are bored senseless! Also I fly for a living so Barcelona or Malaga would have been my first choices but im not which areas are nice in either of them...any suggestions welcome...also if anyone know of cheap rentals propertys in these areas please let me know thanks neil x ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain hillgate69 http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33291-barcelona-malaga.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33280-batton-down-hatchs-spain.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:48:39 GMT yep my flight is at 7.30pm watch out land lubbers im back in full drinking mode ! just to boost your economy of course :D you never no jo jo i... yep my flight is at 7.30pm watch out land lubbers im back in full drinking mode !
just to boost your economy of course :D
you never no jo jo i might even have the right hotel name this time :D
BENIDORM HERE WE COME :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::love: ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain jkchawner http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33280-batton-down-hatchs-spain.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33274-weve-got-stravinski-back.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:32:24 GMT I dont know who remembers when Stravinski was a moderator on here, but he had a rest for a while (an age thing lol) and now he's back!!! He's gonna keep me in check and help out cos Sue's busy working hard !!!


YAY, I'm so pleased to see you back Strav!!!:D
Jo xxx ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain jojo http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33274-weve-got-stravinski-back.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33267-shipping-oz-spain.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:45:56 GMT Hi guys, Can anyone give some advice on shipping things from Australia to Spain? I am planning to move to Spain next year, and have all my... Hi guys,

Can anyone give some advice on shipping things from Australia to Spain?
I am planning to move to Spain next year, and have all my things that I want to take with me in Melbourne.
I would like to find a reliable and affordable company that can ship things for me from Melb to Madrid.

Please help.

thanks

Sai ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain sainomono http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33267-shipping-oz-spain.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33244-toughest-countries-find-job-europe.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:58:58 GMT Sorry to be the bearer of more bad tidings, but saw this article today: The toughest countries to find a job in Europe The toughest countries to... Sorry to be the bearer of more bad tidings, but saw this article today:

The toughest countries to find a job in Europe
The toughest countries to find a job in Europe | Yahoo! Finance

It seems that the only worse country than Spain to find a job is Latvia! And its a close call, Latvia has 19.7% unemployment and Spain 19.3%!

Something to think about if you are considering moving over here at the moment and need a job to survive here.

Caz.I ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain Caz.I http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33244-toughest-countries-find-job-europe.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33233-reading-books.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:48 GMT MaidenScotland and I are interested in starting up a reading group - you know, everybody reads the same book and comments on it. If anybody likes... MaidenScotland and I are interested in starting up a reading group - you know, everybody reads the same book and comments on it.
If anybody likes the idea please go to the expat lounge to the stickie and give a couple of ideas of books you'd like to read :)

http://www.expatforum.com/expats/exp...book-club.html ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain Pesky Wesky http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33233-reading-books.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33209-p-e-curriculum.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:21:59 GMT I have just been offered a P.E. job in Spain and would like some help developing a P.E. curriculum in English. I will be teaching 6 to 16 year olds... I have just been offered a P.E. job in Spain and would like some help developing a P.E. curriculum in English. I will be teaching 6 to 16 year olds mixed. Can anyone help? ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain morro http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33209-p-e-curriculum.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33208-spanish-equivalent-aa.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:20:01 GMT No, not Alcoholics Anonymous (not yet anyway) but the Automobile Association. I know my insurance policy includes breakdown assistance but does this... No, not Alcoholics Anonymous (not yet anyway) but the Automobile Association. I know my insurance policy includes breakdown assistance but does this only apply to accident-related breakdown? If so, what's the nearest equivalent to the AA or RAC?
And those luminous vests - must they be yellow? Will orange do? ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain mrypg9 http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33208-spanish-equivalent-aa.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33190-cvs-spain.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:12:20 GMT Hi everyone,

I've just moved to Barcelona and I have been looking for work here. There have been quite a few jobs that I have been qualified for and I've sent in my CV along with a cover letter but I haven't even received a response. I've been living in Australia and I've been doing my CV the way I'm used to. Over there it's chronological and you give a bit of a description of each job. Are things done differently here?

I'm a qualified English teacher and I was wondering is it better to send my CV to schools or drop it off.

By the way I also have a European passport and I already have a NIE. Is the NIE something you put on your CV as well.

Marco ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain thurgauer http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33190-cvs-spain.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33182-funny-letter-about-renewing-passport.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:34 GMT Dear Minister,


I'm in the process of renewing my passport but I am a total loss to
understand or believe the hoops I am being asked to jump through.

How is it that Bert Smith of T.V. Rentals Basingstoke has my address and
telephone number and knows that I bought a satellite dish from them back in
1994, and yet, the Government is still asking me where I was born and on
what date?

How come that nice West African immigrant chappy who comes round every
Thursday night with his DVD rentals van can tell me every film or video I
have had out since he started his business up eleven years ago, yet you
still want me to remind you of my last three jobs, two of which were with
contractors working for the government?

How come the T.V. detector van can tell if my T.V. is on, what channel I am
watching and whether I have paid my licence or not, and yet if I win the
government run lottery they have no idea I have won or where I am and will
keep the bloody money to themselves if I fail to claim in good time.

Do you people do this by hand?

You have my birth date on numerous files you hold on me, including the one
with all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30-odd years. It's on
my health insurance card, my driver's licence, on the last four passports
I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out
before being allowed off the planes and boats over the last 30 years, and
all those insufferable census forms that are done every ten years and the
electoral registration forms I have to complete, by law, every time our
lords and masters are up for re-election.

Would somebody please take note, once and for all, I was born in Maidenhead
on the 4th of March 1957, my mother's name is Mary, her maiden name was
Reynolds, my father's name is Robert, and I'd be absolutely astounded if
that ever changed between now and the day I die!

I apologise Minister. I'm obviously not myself this morning. But between you
and me, I have simply had enough! You mail the application to my house, then
you ask me for my address. What is going on? Do you have a gang of
Neanderthals working there? Look at my damn picture.

Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to activate the Fifth Reich for God's
sake! I just want to go and park my weary backside on a sunny, sandy beach
for a couple of week's well-earned rest away from all this crap.

Well, I have to go now, because I have to go to back to Salisbury and get
another copy of my birth certificate because you lost the last one. AND to
the tune of 60 quid! What a racket THAT is!!

Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to
assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day? But nooooo, that'd be
too damn easy and maybe make sense. You'd rather have us running all over
the place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some tosser to
confirm that it's really me on the goddam picture - you know... the one
where we're not allowed to smile in case we look as if we are enjoying the process!

Hey, you know why we can't smile? 'Cause we're totally jacked off!

I served in the armed forces for more than 25 years including over ten years
at the Ministry of Defence in London . I have had security clearances which
allowed me to sit in the Cabinet Office, five seats away from the Prime
Minister while he was being briefed on the first Gulf War and I have been
doing volunteer work for the British Red Cross ever since I left the
Services. However, I have to get someone 'important' to verify who I am --
you know, someone like my doctor... who, before he got his medical degree 6
months ago WAS LIVING IN PAKISTAN ...

Yours sincerely,

An Irate *British* Citizen. ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain tallbob http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33182-funny-letter-about-renewing-passport.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33141-moving-telefonica-orange.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:12:41 GMT has anyone moved their internet&phone calls from Telefonica to Orange? Orange claimed they had a ´special agreement´´ with Telefonica whereby they do the calls and internet, but the line rental stays with Telefonica. Of course Telefonica deny all knowledge of this, but it seems that you can have line rental with one company and calls etc with another.

Orange has a good offer on at the mo, cheaper than Telefonica´s Duo internet service which we have - no fibre optica here so canñt get really fast service, only 6MB.

what i am concerned about is that while handing over from one to the other, Telefonica will try adn scupper Orange and we´ll end up without internet, which would be totalyl disastrous for my work (and general sanity). or that something will go wrong, adn the thought of being without phone and/or internet is too horrible to even contemplate.

So my qu is, has anyone done it, and did it all go smoothly?

thanks ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain aljarafe http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33141-moving-telefonica-orange.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33133-help-needed-carriage-wheels-costa-blanca.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:35:47 GMT Do any members or guests know of anywhere in the Costa Blanca, to have made or buy, a set of authentic carriage wheels for a horse and carriage, they... Do any members or guests know of anywhere in the Costa Blanca, to have made or buy, a set of authentic carriage wheels for a horse and carriage, they must be maximum 70 cmm.
My neighbour has been searching for over 3 months, and need these in time for Xmas, no he is not Santa, but he does do xmas charities.

Thanks ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain chickenkiev http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33133-help-needed-carriage-wheels-costa-blanca.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33116-christmas-crackers-plane.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:48:41 GMT Hello,

I live in Palma de Mallorca and have family coming over for Christmas. I've given my Mum a shopping list of stuff to bring with her which includes Christmas crackers. One of her friends has told her she can't bring them on a plane because they're classed as explosives :confused:!! I brought a box back last year with no problems....and didn't even think about it, but my Mum does tend to worry and doesn't want to be removed from the plane as a potential bomber with 12 crackers:rolleyes:. Does anyone know the facts?? I've found differing opinions so far on the net. They're flying Easyjet from Gatwick.

Many thanks in advance. ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain Flighty Fish http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33116-christmas-crackers-plane.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33079-life-pinoso.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:55:10 GMT Hi everyone, me and my husband are retiring in a years time, have been out to Pinoso three times to have a look and find out about the area. wanting... Hi everyone,
me and my husband are retiring in a years time, have been out to Pinoso three times to have a look and find out about the area. wanting to meet English people out there. would love to hear from any expats who currently live there?? any advice would be great, good places to live etc
we are out again in May!! ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain mal45 http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33079-life-pinoso.html http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33073-texaco-petrolifera-sa-spain-employment.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:28:03 GMT I was offered an employment contract from Texaco Petrolifera SA - Spain. Does anyone know who this is? I am curious whether this is valid. I was offered an employment contract from Texaco Petrolifera SA - Spain. Does anyone know who this is? I am curious whether this is valid. ]]> Spain Expat Forum for Expats Living in Spain LRinglespaugh http://www.expatforum.com/expats/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain/33073-texaco-petrolifera-sa-spain-employment.html