A Spanish tradition that I will enjoy this year for the first time is eating 12 grapes when we move on the the new year. Each grape represents a month filled with prosperity and good luck in 2007.
The new year is almost here and it is a typical time to look back, evaluate the passed year and look forward to the new year.
This last year has been a year with quite some adventures. I quit my job and left for Spain. In Spain I spend the first three months learning the language and afterwords I started looking for a job. I did find some work, but I still need to start. It’s all quite fuzzy, but I’ve got good hopes to start in January.
Sport-wise things didn’t go as planned. I stopped running and, unlike in Leiden where I owned four bikes, I don’t have any bike any more. I do just about manage to go swimming once a week.
Next year will be a surprise, but still some things are already clear. January the 2nd I will move from Alcorcon to the center of Madrid and I will start living in an apartment in ‘Luna’. I hope to be employed for about half a year for a Spanish company and afterwards I will go together with Ana to Glasgow, to have a nice look around Scotland.
I would like to thank everyone for their comments this last year. I wish everyone a very nice 2007!
Vanuit Madrid wens ik iedereen een hele goede kerst toe! Geniet ervan met je familie en je vrienden.
Mijn eerste dag was een rare, maar misschien is dit wel typisch spaans. Gisteren arriveerde ik netjes rond 08:40 en trof een gesloten deur aan. Ai. Na een minuut of twintig wachten verscheen mijn eerste collega, voor wie mijn komst als een donder bij heldere hemel kwam. Na wat koffie werd er een telefoontje gepleegt en bleek ik toch op de juiste plek op de juiste tijd te zijn.
Jawel! Ik heb