Campervan, mail forwarding, many questions, can you help?
Apr 26th 2011, 1:50 pm
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Campervan, mail forwarding, many questions, can you help?
- somewhere to store my campervan (caravan storage?)
- a mail forwarding service, ideally to email
- van rental rates for a month and one way hire
- I'm thinking about keeping my RHD campervan initially but really I'd prefer to swap it for a LHD estate
- any comments on the atlantic coast all the way from Vigo in the west to Bilbao in the east?
- Doing odd jobs with only rudimentary Spanish. Is it possible? That is, in this country if I have some time to fill I fix computers. I wouldn't feel confident doing that without better Spanish; I'd feel like a conman! However, I wonder if there are some things that are socially acceptable for a foreign invader to do, like gardening. It's not about the money. Rather, I'm just wondering if I'll be able to do a bit of moonlighting of any kind. Perhaps volunteering might be a better idea. I don't know. One thing I've noticed is that in a new land I can take to things better than in the UK, but the logistics of the language is sometimes harder. Perhaps a small business selling things to small shops might be better in that the price is there upfront; less communication involved and indeed migrant businesses seem to be successful in this.
- a mail forwarding service, ideally to email
- van rental rates for a month and one way hire
- I'm thinking about keeping my RHD campervan initially but really I'd prefer to swap it for a LHD estate
- any comments on the atlantic coast all the way from Vigo in the west to Bilbao in the east?
- Doing odd jobs with only rudimentary Spanish. Is it possible? That is, in this country if I have some time to fill I fix computers. I wouldn't feel confident doing that without better Spanish; I'd feel like a conman! However, I wonder if there are some things that are socially acceptable for a foreign invader to do, like gardening. It's not about the money. Rather, I'm just wondering if I'll be able to do a bit of moonlighting of any kind. Perhaps volunteering might be a better idea. I don't know. One thing I've noticed is that in a new land I can take to things better than in the UK, but the logistics of the language is sometimes harder. Perhaps a small business selling things to small shops might be better in that the price is there upfront; less communication involved and indeed migrant businesses seem to be successful in this.
Apr 26th 2011, 3:28 pm
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Re: Campervan, mail forwarding, many questions, can you help?
- somewhere to store my campervan (caravan storage?)
- a mail forwarding service, ideally to email
- van rental rates for a month and one way hire
- I'm thinking about keeping my RHD campervan initially but really I'd prefer to swap it for a LHD estate
- any comments on the atlantic coast all the way from Vigo in the west to Bilbao in the east?
- Doing odd jobs with only rudimentary Spanish. Is it possible? That is, in this country if I have some time to fill I fix computers. I wouldn't feel confident doing that without better Spanish; I'd feel like a conman! However, I wonder if there are some things that are socially acceptable for a foreign invader to do, like gardening. It's not about the money. Rather, I'm just wondering if I'll be able to do a bit of moonlighting of any kind. Perhaps volunteering might be a better idea. I don't know. One thing I've noticed is that in a new land I can take to things better than in the UK, but the logistics of the language is sometimes harder. Perhaps a small business selling things to small shops might be better in that the price is there upfront; less communication involved and indeed migrant businesses seem to be successful in this.
- a mail forwarding service, ideally to email
- van rental rates for a month and one way hire
- I'm thinking about keeping my RHD campervan initially but really I'd prefer to swap it for a LHD estate
- any comments on the atlantic coast all the way from Vigo in the west to Bilbao in the east?
- Doing odd jobs with only rudimentary Spanish. Is it possible? That is, in this country if I have some time to fill I fix computers. I wouldn't feel confident doing that without better Spanish; I'd feel like a conman! However, I wonder if there are some things that are socially acceptable for a foreign invader to do, like gardening. It's not about the money. Rather, I'm just wondering if I'll be able to do a bit of moonlighting of any kind. Perhaps volunteering might be a better idea. I don't know. One thing I've noticed is that in a new land I can take to things better than in the UK, but the logistics of the language is sometimes harder. Perhaps a small business selling things to small shops might be better in that the price is there upfront; less communication involved and indeed migrant businesses seem to be successful in this.
Apr 26th 2011, 3:57 pm
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Re: Campervan, mail forwarding, many questions, can you help?
- somewhere to store my campervan (caravan storage?)
- a mail forwarding service, ideally to email
- van rental rates for a month and one way hire
- I'm thinking about keeping my RHD campervan initially but really I'd prefer to swap it for a LHD estate
- any comments on the atlantic coast all the way from Vigo in the west to Bilbao in the east?
- Doing odd jobs with only rudimentary Spanish. Is it possible? That is, in this country if I have some time to fill I fix computers. I wouldn't feel confident doing that without better Spanish; I'd feel like a conman! However, I wonder if there are some things that are socially acceptable for a foreign invader to do, like gardening. It's not about the money. Rather, I'm just wondering if I'll be able to do a bit of moonlighting of any kind. Perhaps volunteering might be a better idea. I don't know. One thing I've noticed is that in a new land I can take to things better than in the UK, but the logistics of the language is sometimes harder. Perhaps a small business selling things to small shops might be better in that the price is there upfront; less communication involved and indeed migrant businesses seem to be successful in this.
- a mail forwarding service, ideally to email
- van rental rates for a month and one way hire
- I'm thinking about keeping my RHD campervan initially but really I'd prefer to swap it for a LHD estate
- any comments on the atlantic coast all the way from Vigo in the west to Bilbao in the east?
- Doing odd jobs with only rudimentary Spanish. Is it possible? That is, in this country if I have some time to fill I fix computers. I wouldn't feel confident doing that without better Spanish; I'd feel like a conman! However, I wonder if there are some things that are socially acceptable for a foreign invader to do, like gardening. It's not about the money. Rather, I'm just wondering if I'll be able to do a bit of moonlighting of any kind. Perhaps volunteering might be a better idea. I don't know. One thing I've noticed is that in a new land I can take to things better than in the UK, but the logistics of the language is sometimes harder. Perhaps a small business selling things to small shops might be better in that the price is there upfront; less communication involved and indeed migrant businesses seem to be successful in this.
Apr 26th 2011, 4:16 pm
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Re: Campervan, mail forwarding, many questions, can you help?
I´ll have a pint of whatever he´s drinking 
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Apr 26th 2011, 5:06 pm
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Re: Campervan, mail forwarding, many questions, can you help?
Very good! Yes you might say that! I got the working holiday visa if I need a stop gap and my brother says he's saved halfway enough for NZ. But... the Argentine girlfriend managed to get a qualification transfer allowing work in Spain so all we need is a job offer and we can be together 
I like New Zealand and Aus but the girlfriend doesn't. Plus, on the surface my job seemed in great demand (Geologist) but in practice unless you're a chartered engineer it's no different than unskilled labour. I found this a bit bizarre in that I've had job offers for temporary positions in both Australia and NZ but didn't want to jump ship because there's no guarantee of something permanent and it would be a lot of paperwork for the girlfriend to get a doctors job there. And I can't stand paperwork :/
I like New Zealand and Aus but the girlfriend doesn't. Plus, on the surface my job seemed in great demand (Geologist) but in practice unless you're a chartered engineer it's no different than unskilled labour. I found this a bit bizarre in that I've had job offers for temporary positions in both Australia and NZ but didn't want to jump ship because there's no guarantee of something permanent and it would be a lot of paperwork for the girlfriend to get a doctors job there. And I can't stand paperwork :/
Apr 27th 2011, 12:13 am
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Re: Campervan, mail forwarding, many questions, can you help?
Very good! Yes you might say that! I got the working holiday visa if I need a stop gap and my brother says he's saved halfway enough for NZ. But... the Argentine girlfriend managed to get a qualification transfer allowing work in Spain so all we need is a job offer and we can be together
I like New Zealand and Aus but the girlfriend doesn't. Plus, on the surface my job seemed in great demand (Geologist) but in practice unless you're a chartered engineer it's no different than unskilled labour. I found this a bit bizarre in that I've had job offers for temporary positions in both Australia and NZ but didn't want to jump ship because there's no guarantee of something permanent and it would be a lot of paperwork for the girlfriend to get a doctors job there. And I can't stand paperwork :/
I like New Zealand and Aus but the girlfriend doesn't. Plus, on the surface my job seemed in great demand (Geologist) but in practice unless you're a chartered engineer it's no different than unskilled labour. I found this a bit bizarre in that I've had job offers for temporary positions in both Australia and NZ but didn't want to jump ship because there's no guarantee of something permanent and it would be a lot of paperwork for the girlfriend to get a doctors job there. And I can't stand paperwork :/
Apr 27th 2011, 11:57 am
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