Abroad in Spain: Travel Blog

According to this article in El País, Spain has made some pretty radical changes to its immigration policy over the last month or so. These changes are in response to the “economic crisis” situation that Spain finds itself in and include things such as giving incentives to legal immigrants who are unemployed to go back to their home country, toughening family reunification criteria, and increasing the amount of time illegals can be held under arrest.  Continue reading this post…

Now that I have my visa and my plane ticket to go to Spain, my next logical step in preparing to leave for Burgos in September is to start looking for housing. The best way that I know for finding a place to live in Spain is the old-fashioned way: scouring the papers and classified ads for available apartments. And that’s exactly what I plan to do over the next few weeks.  Continue reading this post…

One good resource that all foreigners living in Spain should know about is the Spanish Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración’s website. The website actually has a special “foreigner’s section” located at http://extranjeros.mtas.es/ which provides a wealth of information about the documents required for getting work permits for Spain, residency permits for Spain, NIE numbers, etc.   Continue reading this post…

I decided to try my luck with the whole “video blogging” thing and so I made this video to let everyone know that my visa has “officially” been granted and now I’m one step closer to going to Spain in September. It’s probably not the best video on the internet… but hey, it’s my first attempt.  Continue reading this post…

I was just surfing the web and came across a really great site for tourists planning on traveling to Spain. The site is http://www.spain.info and it contains a wealth of information about where to go and what to see in Spain. It also includes some great historic and cultural information about the various areas/regions of Spain.  Continue reading this post…

I thought I would write this post for those of you who want to learn more colloquial Spanish to tell you about an interesting word with a double meaning that is used often in Spain. The word is enchufe.

You see, enchufe literally refers to an electrical plug or socket; however, it is also used in Spain to refer to someone “on the inside” who pulls a few strings for you.  Continue reading this post…