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November 25th, 2005

Mailing Stuff Home, or Giving a Gift to the Family of Don Correo?

The Spanish post office is a pack of thieves. There, I've said it. I lived there for about four years, working and studying, and anything of value which was sent from my family in the US to my address in Barcelona mysteriously 'lost its way' on the long trip over the Atlantic...

September 9th, 2004

Mullets and Other Unexpected Surprises

My first discovery upon arriving in Barcelona was that I didn’t know Spanish. I’d taken up to level 6 at school, but it might as well have been Swahili. Daily conversational Spanish definitely takes a little getting used to. And that’s not the only thing...

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