pazcat
Australian expat in Spain
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Australian
Lives in Benidorm
Registration: 01 March 2011
Montessori school in spain by Irina wati
Montessori school in spain, what is the basic language?
It depends on the school, there are some that just do Spanish and other which are bilingual or even multilingual. Depends where you are looking really. Read More
Visa for Non EU Spouse by velja
Hello, I need a bit help on this topic and I cant seem to find any lawyer in Murcia area (any recommendations are more than welcome). I've came to Spain several months ago, so in the meantime my Schengen Visa has expired. I got married here (my ...
You shouldn't need a lawyer at all for this, if your wife is Spanish then taker her along to the oficina de extranjeros and they shall explain all the steps to you. http://www.consultor.com/oue/ Read More
Is this a near impossible task - to find a job and move here? by Dianaf
Hi there my name is Diana. I am a teacher in Toronto, Canada. I am currently visiting Barcelona but ever since I came here 11 years ago I knew I had to live here one day. As a North American, is this a near impossible task - to find a job ...
How does that work though? By all means come over on a visitors visa for as long as you can to search out work and if you do happen to find work great, but you still need to go back to Canada or the US to apply for your work visa from the nearest ... Read More
Escaping Belgium by Tadamczuk
Dear all, I have a bit of a dilemma and was hoping someone can help me out. 聟 here goes I have a great job offer in Poland and need to start in September. The problem is that notice periods in Belgium are very specific. If I give my notice now, ...
Regards to the apartment, doing things that are legally required is the best way to go. For instance, it's unfortunate but yes you will have to pay the penalties for breaking the contract early. But once you do this then that's the main part of the ... Read More
Do men also leave their country for a woman? by globetrotter
Being an expat for a while now I realise that I only know women who have left their home country for their man. There are two types: 1. Those who fell in love with a "foreigner" and decided to emigrate to his home country. 2. Those who followed ...
I did, I doubt I'd be in Belgium otherwise. Read More
Unstable climate in Belgium !
I find the weather extremely hard to get used to, I haven't felt actually hot for 4 years now and the last couple of summers have been almost non existent. You're right it can affect moods but the weather here can make you sick with lack of vitamin ... Read More
Building permission for shed or observatory?
Thanks for the reply. I'm just a bit confused by it all, I know in the UK you can build/ erect a shed without permissions provided it meets a certain criteria. Anything over that and then you need to get permission and may even require an ... Read More
Building permission for shed or observatory?
Hey all, We have been looking at applying for a few jobs in Estonia and in turn have had a look at some of the real estate options and I was wondering if you owned a property with a nice sized yard or land what would be the process to build on the ... Read More
Need information about bilingual/international schools in Paris
Sorry to bump an old thread but I think it's a shame nobody could help you out. I too am in the process of looking for international schools in/around Paris and am not finding much info myself. If anybody has any recommendations of which ones are ... Read More
Things I dont like. Things I do. by Guest2944873
1. When people toot their horn at night-time to say bye to someone theyve just visited or dropped off. 2. People who flick their cigarettes onto the street infront of you as you are walking along. 3. People never using the inside lane of a ...
You're right, it's just something different. It's not a big deal as I make seem to be but I was genuinely surprised by the way it's done here with the white bags. In the interest of saying something positive again, I like the music festival season. ... Read More
Things I dont like. Things I do. by Guest2944873
1. When people toot their horn at night-time to say bye to someone theyve just visited or dropped off. 2. People who flick their cigarettes onto the street infront of you as you are walking along. 3. People never using the inside lane of a ...
@ schoolmum All those wheely bins are for the recycling which we have and I have no issue with at all, but you cannot buy one for your white bags and you cannot put the white bags inside a can or anything else. Again, the policy is flawed when we ... Read More
Things I dont like. Things I do. by Guest2944873
1. When people toot their horn at night-time to say bye to someone theyve just visited or dropped off. 2. People who flick their cigarettes onto the street infront of you as you are walking along. 3. People never using the inside lane of a ...
20 Euros? I wouldn't complain about that. It's 40 Euros here, 2 euro a bag. It's disgraceful, it costs 4 or 6 euro just to put the rubbish out and that's if the horribly poorly built, undersize bags don't split on you and you have to double up. Then ... Read More
Things I dont like. Things I do. by Guest2944873
1. When people toot their horn at night-time to say bye to someone theyve just visited or dropped off. 2. People who flick their cigarettes onto the street infront of you as you are walking along. 3. People never using the inside lane of a ...
When we go to the Netherlands I always bring as KFC back, probably not what most bring back but I need a good fried chicken fix every now and then. It never used to worry me not having it but when you can't it becomes an obsession. The toilet thing ... Read More
Things I dont like. Things I do. by Guest2944873
1. When people toot their horn at night-time to say bye to someone theyve just visited or dropped off. 2. People who flick their cigarettes onto the street infront of you as you are walking along. 3. People never using the inside lane of a ...
Like: Beer The people Planckendael zoo Don't: No KFC Light Pollution And another vote for the roads. Read More
Haggis Anyone by Guest2944873
We live in Liege, does anyone know where we can buy Haggis? Colruyt, lidl, delhaize, spar, aldi, carefour..? Or is there a specialist vendor somewhere in the area?
I wonder if they have bacon lol i miss uk baconYes :) They have real bacon, we live not far from there and go every couple of weeks. And more importantly they sell pork for roasting with the skin left on, it's the only place I know of that do ... Read More
Any hard rock/heavy metal scene in Brussels? Bars, discos, shops? by Kaly79
Any hard rock/heavy metal scene in Brussels? Bars, discos, shops? A part from the classics downtown...DNA, Classic Rock... Something more authentic? Thanks,
I can second rockclassic, before the kids came along we would go there occasionally. Nice place from what I remember. Read More
Fishing in Belgium?? by pazcat
Hi all, I am wanting to start fishing again whilst here in Belgium but I am having a hard time finding much info out and I was wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction. Are there any clubs that cater for English speakers?(I have ...
Hey guys, sorry for the lack of reply sooner but I'm not all that much better off than when I first posted mainly because I was messed about by a major online tackle retailer with a big order and didn't end up with any kit so I was a little ... Read More
Getting internets in Brussels by notorious cat enthusiast
A non-whimsical post this time.... I'm looking at a nice apartment to live in - real fancy like, with carpets and curtains and more floor space than you could shake a stick at, were you that way inclined. Anyways the only crap bit is that it ...
Well, it would depend if you can maybe get a better deal if you added your phone and tv to the package. But if you just want internet well we have had two different providers, we use belgacom but they don't offer a super quick connection but to be ... Read More
Fishing in Belgium??
Hi all, I am wanting to start fishing again whilst here in Belgium but I am having a hard time finding much info out and I was wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction. Are there any clubs that cater for English speakers?(I have ... Read More