Checking Out the Barcelona Comic Con 2015 (Salo del Comic)
I began drawing a comic in February, 2014. It’s a funny webcomic called Things in Squares. So when I heard that there was a “Salo del Comic” here in Barcelona, I decided that I...
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How to Work in Barcelona on a Student Visa
This is a brief post meant to inform anyone curious about how to work in Barcelona as a student. I am in Barcelona on a Spanish student visa. I have the TIE. I arrived...
Hold on, University of the Road: From Full-time Traveler to Full-time Student
I graduated with a degree in undecided In August of 2009 I set out from Oregon on an unknowable journey. They’d given me a bachelor’s degree, and with it I knew that I didn’t...
Where to Pick Up Your Spanish NIE in Barcelona
This post is a follow-up to the last post I wrote about applying for your Spanish NIE/TIE card. For those of you just joining this series of helpful articles, know that I’m writing...
How is Catalan Different from Spanish
I’ve been in Barcelona for nearly two months now and still I do not speak Catalan, despite it being similar to Spanish. Anyone who speaks Catalan also speaks Spanish, which becomes the default language if...
Why I Decided to Study in Spain
On October 18th of this year, 2014, I arrived in Barcelona prepped for a year and a half of studying here in Spain. This brief informative blog post is meant to present the objective reasoning...
How to Apply for the Spanish NIE/TIE in Barcelona
Note: This post is a follow-up to the article “What to do After you Receive Your Spanish Student Visa,” which is itself a follow-up post to “How to Apply for the Spanish Student...
What to Do After You Receive Your Spanish Student Visa
This article is a follow-up to the article about how to apply for the Spanish student visa at the consulate in Chicago. At the consulate they’d advised that my passport would be...
How to Apply for the Spanish Student Visa at the Consulate in Chicago
UPDATE: This article has a sequel here: What to do After You Receive Your Spanish Student Visa. I thought that since I’ve been going through the process of getting the Spanish student...
