Yesterday we waved goodbye to our second set of Aussie visitors, my dear parentals. It’s a bit strange when you grow up, and you are supposed to be an adult, and you realise that your Mum and Dad don’t know everything, like how to order a coffee in Spanish, or the direction of the trainContinue reading “The week my parents were here”
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The week we were hop ons
After five months here, it feels as though we are finally finding our feet. My job is starting to feel like mine, not something that I am pretending to do until someone catches me out (classic imposter syndrome). Our apartment seems more like home that is has before. And we are even making friends! InContinue reading “The week we were hop ons”
The week of La Diada de Sant Jordi
For most of this week I have felt like Harry Potter, in the last movie when he is asked about the Tale of the Three Brothers. “You know, the tale of Sant Jordi?”, people say expectedly. “Ummm…” The tale, told to me several times in the past week, goes that once upon a time, aContinue reading “The week of La Diada de Sant Jordi”
The week of the three towers
How good is spring?! The days are lengthening, the sun is shining and the flowers are blooming. Tortosa feels alive, like a new town. After a two winters in a row, we are really appreciating all of this, and the promise of warmer days ahead. Yesterday we got out and enjoyed the sunshine by ridingContinue reading “The week of the three towers”
The week I figured out the wattles
We’ve just returned from a frolic around Malta, Sicily and Rome, catching up with some dear friends, learning more about the amazing history of the Mediterranean, and eating our body weight in pizza/pasta/chocolate-filled croissants. There were so many things to do and see and smell, but one particular feature kept catching my eye… The wattles!Continue reading “The week I figured out the wattles”
The week of English
Maybe it was because of St Patrick’s Day, but this past week has had a tinge of the UK about it. Not only did a bar down the road start serving Guinness for the first time (you just can’t escape those ludicrous hats!), but a couple of events this week have reminded me of theContinue reading “The week of English”
The week of #CLIMATEES2015
This week around 100 climate scientists, meteorologists, oceanographers and modellers descended on Tortosa for CLIMATE-ES 2015, an International Symposium (capslock intended) about climate change research across the Iberian Peninsula.
The week we tried to learn Spanish
‘What?’ I hear you say! ‘Haven’t you been living in Spain for three months now? Haven’t you been trying to learn Spanish for, I don’t know, the whole time?!’ The truth is, it’s actually been quite hard to for us to find a structured way to learn Castellano. The main reason for this is that,Continue reading “The week we tried to learn Spanish”
The week of wind
Despite the fact that my job is all about the atmosphere, the one thing that is guaranteed to ruin my day is wind. Not passing wind, that’s hilarious, but unrelenting, tree-bending, dust-blowing, hair-mussing wind that come from air migrating from one spot to another.
The week we Via-ed Verde-ishly
Warning: for some inexplicable reason, this post contains an alarming amount of alliterations. Yesterday we bundled our bikes into the bottom of a bus and headed off to explore the mountains that surround Tortosa. We ventured with verve to velocipede on the Via Verde. Via Verdes (or Greenway) are old train lines that have beenContinue reading “The week we Via-ed Verde-ishly”
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