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- raybolger20
thanks for the advice... I can get by with Spanish-took about 3 yrs of it-and live in San Fran so I hear it a lot.
some one also menioned teaching english in Japan. You need a teaching degree for this no?
- Bottlerocket0
Big cunts arn't good.
- shaft0
Barcelona is a perfect place to dream of, just as San Francisco (my 2 fav. cities on the planet).
The weather is nice, though it's less windy. The beach is fully usable. The main difference is you never ask yourself "is this legal?" when you want to do something well.. let's say unusual but harmless. You want to drink wine at the beach? Go on. People grow weed like this:Don't worry about Catalan, everybody speaks Castellano (aka Spanish) there.
As an English speaker you'll pick up Spanish quickly.
There are some problems - the unemployment is high, salaries rather low and the reason people live with parents until their thirties is that housing is so damn expensive.
I wonder if you could be hired as a foreign one-person company. I know people used to work in the UK this way and they do in Poland now.
- Stylus0
huge cunts!
- JazX0
housing can suck, Anarchitect is so right.
- Bottlerocket0
he he he. Wern't deepend cunts?
- Stylus0
I love people who post advice, but really only want to illustrate thier current situation, like it's some sort fo a pose.
Bottleneck
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Well when I was working for this company called deepend we had our annual general meeting in Barcelona and I stayed at the Hilton and spent a week in London beforehand because we were flown over from Australia and I ...
- JazX0
Absolutely, Catalonian is much different than New World Spanish. I mean you can pick it up, but my Espanol was lacking when I was there. They understood me, but not me them, a lot of the time.
- Bottlerocket0
I love people who post advice, but really only want to illustrate thier current situation, like it's some sort fo a pose.
e.g.
'well when I was in the south of france, it was a lot easier to find work than that 6 months in Barcelona, luckily I had this super sweet contract there, that led me onto., blah, blah, blah'fucking prats
- Anarchitect0
housing. that's the thing you should be worried about.
from my experience living abroad [3 different EU contries] that can be a fucking hell.
- zaven0
I have been working in barcelona all last year, im italian, i learned spanish in less than a month, but barcelona is catalonia, not just spain.
So people there speaks catalan, and they are not so happy if they have to speak in spanish for work reason.its a great town but catalan mentality is a bit close compared to average spain.. so if you are foreigner and dont speak catalan forget to work as a freelance..
If you are well know in your field and have the right contacts( you know the right person in FAD www.fadweb.org the website now is down but check it) then maybe you have some chanche
good luck
- JazX0
not dificult to find a job, depending of your area of expertise.
you better know spanish [some french wouldn't kill u either]
and say that you're from canada.
unfittoprint
(nov 3 04, 18:16)I agree with unfit, saying your Canadian always helps to be honest in most situations. Too much hatred toward your average American. You better have knock-out design skills though, there are plenty of unemployed great graphic designers and web guys in Spain. It's comptetitive from what I've heard.
- JazX0
It's as easy for an Aemerican to work in Europe as it is for other people to work in the US. Frankly difficult.
kezza_2
(nov 3 04, 15:30)yep
- slinky0
stop being such a pussy a learn to live with the results... you will get another chance in 4 years.
over-reaction should be a crime...
oh, and also sorry if i hurt your feelings...
love
slinky
- agentfour0
they speak catalynian in barca not spanish dont they?
- stewardez0
Europe welcomes Americans
- Bottlerocket0
What makes you think that Europe wants more americans to come over?
- dave_bxcr0
if you really really want something...
you better go for it
- unfittoprint0
not dificult to find a job, depending of your area of expertise.
you better know spanish [some french wouldn't kill u either]
and say that you're from canada.
- RedFoxxworth0
You can teach English in Japan in a snap. You can possibly end up there a while too, and you can freelance from there... another idea...