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Forum: Spain
Mar 30th 2012, 5:55 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,893
Posted By siesta

Re: Semana Santa

Just a simple note: Easter Monday is festivo in Baleares, Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana, Navarra and País Vasco.
Forum: Spain
Mar 22nd 2012, 10:53 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 27,948
Posted By siesta

Re: CRB/Spain

Alternatively, if you want, you can do it in person. It's the same paper you have to fill in, same fee but no solicitor. The problem is that not all cities have a Gerencia Territorial de Justicia,...
Forum: Spain
Mar 8th 2012, 9:07 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 4,716
Posted By siesta

Re: Galicia:Rias Altas/Baixas/Costa da Morte?

First of all, I'm quite glad to read that someone is interested in visiting Galicia, as opposed to the most popular "south". Casa Santo Estevo has written an amazing summary of tourism here, so I...
Forum: Spain
Feb 5th 2012, 11:41 am
Replies: 9
Views: 750
Posted By siesta

Re: Galicia

Hi there! I'm Galician. I know Cee (and O Pindo), I used to spend my summers in the area when I was younger.
Forum: Spain
Jan 31st 2012, 9:19 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 54,281
Posted By siesta

Re: How long did it take you to learn Spanish?

People just say "encantado" (short of encantado de conocerte).
Forum: Spain
Jan 31st 2012, 7:36 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 54,281
Posted By siesta

Re: How long did it take you to learn Spanish?

I have no idea where it comes from, but it's not "me caguen Dios" but "me cagüen Dios". Cagüen doesn't exist but I assume it's an colloquial expression that has been transformed to make it less...
Forum: Spain
Sep 15th 2011, 5:02 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 527
Posted By siesta

Re: Vueling Xmas Flights

There won't be any flight to London after November, the route has been cancelled.
Forum: Spain
Aug 25th 2011, 12:25 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 7,083
Posted By siesta

Re: Moving kids with no spanish to a spanish school

I also think there are too many subjects. Going on with my previous post, I really liked A-level system there where you can concentrate on less subjects and you have more freedom to choose them. That...
Forum: Spain
Aug 25th 2011, 12:11 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 7,083
Posted By siesta

Re: Moving kids with no spanish to a spanish school

Hehe, I'd need a whole forum to answer that but I can tell you the first impressions/differences of a Spaniard going there: students divided in ability sets was a shock for people; no exams, marks,...
Forum: Spain
Aug 25th 2011, 11:28 am
Replies: 37
Views: 7,083
Posted By siesta

Re: Moving kids with no spanish to a spanish school

Mothers might be "catty" (sic) about repeating basically because many parents are more worried about what other people might think than their own kid's education. It's that sad. So that's not a proof...
Forum: Spain
Aug 24th 2011, 12:42 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 7,083
Posted By siesta

Re: Moving kids with no spanish to a spanish school

Kids have been repeating here for ages and I've never heard of problems in social development. Yeah, they are not in the same class as their friends but sometimes that might be a good thing as well....
Forum: Spain
Aug 24th 2011, 12:25 pm
Replies: 148
Views: 9,916
Posted By siesta

Re: Bad food brought from Supermarket

I don't have anything against Lidl, I've been there and it's good for buying some stuff. And if you say your local shop is like that, then you're lucky! I was only saying that when talking about food...
Forum: Spain
Aug 24th 2011, 12:19 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 7,083
Posted By siesta

Re: Moving kids with no spanish to a spanish school

Yeah, but I don't see any logic on always passing and not having proper exams/marks in any subject, especially when they're a bit older. And at least in primary school, when a kid repeats the year,...
Forum: Spain
Aug 24th 2011, 11:47 am
Replies: 37
Views: 7,083
Posted By siesta

Re: Moving kids with no spanish to a spanish school

That's really good!

What's your opinion on the Spanish system where you are marked every year and in each subject and you don't go on to the next year if you fail vs the British one?
Forum: Spain
Aug 24th 2011, 11:43 am
Replies: 148
Views: 9,916
Posted By siesta

Re: Bad food brought from Supermarket

Lidl, Dia?! Isn't there anything better in those regions? Those are low-cost supermarkets where people go for special offers but never expecting good quality. There are local markets too, at least in...
Forum: Spain
Aug 23rd 2011, 10:44 pm
Replies: 148
Views: 9,916
Posted By siesta

Re: Bad food brought from Supermarket

I think it's normal that sometimes people want to buy food in British shops...but general complains about food here... Or maybe it's because you all are in the south.
Forum: Spain
Aug 23rd 2011, 1:18 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,456
Posted By siesta

Re: Studying Spanish at Salamanca Uni

I've talked to my friend and I'm afraid she doesn't know much about it. She only said what I'd mentioned earlier. She know of a couple of foreigners who are working in bars, especially students bars...
Forum: Spain
Aug 23rd 2011, 1:13 pm
Replies: 148
Views: 9,916
Posted By siesta

Re: Bad food brought from Supermarket

:thumbs_up:

I think the association would be "oficina del consumidor": http://www.ocu.org/
There's an option that says "Cómo reclamar", but I guess this is mainly used to complain about bills,...
Forum: Spain
Aug 22nd 2011, 8:57 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,456
Posted By siesta

Re: Studying Spanish at Salamanca Uni

I think the language requirements are inversely proportional to the number of jobs. I know many people who have gone to the UK to study/work and as you say even those with basic level of English got...
Forum: Spain
Aug 22nd 2011, 8:34 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,456
Posted By siesta

Re: Studying Spanish at Salamanca Uni

Salamanca is a really nice place to study and a good university too. There's always lots of foreigners studying there so there's a good atmosphere for students, culture, language exchanges, etc. I'm...
Forum: Spain
Aug 16th 2011, 4:01 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 33,592
Posted By siesta

Re: Asian Supermarket near Malaga?

cricketman!! you're back!!! :)

I totally agree (of course). Here, people don't eat Asian food at home, most of them not even out. I like Chinese every now and then (out, never home) and I don't...
Forum: Spain
Aug 14th 2011, 6:07 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,520
Posted By siesta

Re: Sad news report

Re: the story, apparently it wasn't the parents, it was another girl who was playing with her.
Forum: Spain
Aug 14th 2011, 5:54 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,520
Posted By siesta

Re: Sad news report

I agree with you there.

I was only saying that MSN is probably not the best place for news. As simple as that.
Forum: Spain
Aug 14th 2011, 12:52 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,520
Posted By siesta

Re: Sad news report

They're Moroccan. MSN News is a strange place to keep oneself informed, I must say.
Forum: Spain
Jul 22nd 2011, 11:35 am
Replies: 10
Views: 957
Posted By siesta

Re: Spain to restrict migrant workers from Rumania

UK, as some other countries, don't accept Romanians and Bulgarians without some kind of contract:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/eea/bulgariaromania/liveworkuk/

They...
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