Archive for July, 2007

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Funny Stuff!

Any funny stories to tell? Please do, we’d love to hear them.

30Jul2007 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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The Ayuntamiento (The Town Hall)

I remember going on one ocasion.  I was in the middle of setting up a company and needed to go to the local town hall to look up/ask under which heading (epígrafe) my particular business resided. Anyway to cut a long story short I lined up (ponerse en la cola)  like you do and waited. The guy in [...]

30Jul2007 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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The Catalans

Got any funny stories about Catalans? What are they like and what makes them tick? Are there any real Catalans left in Catalonia? What do you think?

30Jul2007 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Spanish Bureaucracy is great…NOT!

Ever had trouble with this one here in Catalonia or Spain? Who hasn’t? Have you ever filled in the 20 forms asked for and presented your 3 passport photos and a complete report of what your dad had for breakfast the day before yesterday? What do you think about? Got a story to tell? Tell [...]

30Jul2007 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Ever had trouble with schooling?

Have you ever had trouble at school here in Catalonia? Trouble, what trouble you may ask? About 95% of the children’s schooling here is in the Catalan language. Is it fair to treat Castellano as a second language or should there be more Castellano or Spanish language taught? Your thoughts please…

30Jul2007 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Benvinguts a Catalonia!

Welcome to Life in Catalonia.Com. Have you ever visited Catalonia and had a good or bad experience? Have you been living here for a while and think it’s the best place on earth? Or do you think it’s the worst place in hell? Tell us, we’d love to hear your stories. Oh, and tell us [...]

29Jul2007 | admin | 0 comments | Continued