I arrived at catalunya square to meet my good friend Laia, around 19:30, the metro was packed full of people all cramming on desperatly to get to the square before the event started. When we got there, not too far from our meeting point at Cafe Zurich, the crowds were horrendous. There were too many people. I didn't get a very good view of the carnival from where I was, and undoubtedly because of fully grown men standing on chairs from the nearby Cafe. The event lasted about an hour, and a lot of work had clearly gone into it, the costumes were great! Here are some photos that I took anyway...
After spending time back in England over the festive period, it was very hard for me to come back out here to Barcelona, I often thought of not coming back out and giving up on the whole thing, not because I don't like it here, I just miss my family that's all. I contemplated is this all worth it? How much money I'm spending over how much I'm missing out on back home. Also it seems fairly impossible for me to get any industry experience out here. I have decided that I am going to try to find a job, something that I can work around my studies. It will be good for me to earn some money to help with the expenses of living here. Tomorrow I will get a Spanish SIM card, so that companies can contact me easier, and I will also get copies of my passport done and some photographs. I will need all these things to apply for my NIE, its an ID number to enable me to work. I do hope this process is straightforward. A friend told me she found it impossible to get an appointment to apply of the NIE. Fingers crossed!!
After spending time back in England over the festive period, it was very hard for me to come back out here to Barcelona, I often thought of not coming back out and giving up on the whole thing, not because I don't like it here, I just miss my family that's all. I contemplated is this all worth it? How much money I'm spending over how much I'm missing out on back home. Also it seems fairly impossible for me to get any industry experience out here. I have decided that I am going to try to find a job, something that I can work around my studies. It will be good for me to earn some money to help with the expenses of living here. Tomorrow I will get a Spanish SIM card, so that companies can contact me easier, and I will also get copies of my passport done and some photographs. I will need all these things to apply for my NIE, its an ID number to enable me to work. I do hope this process is straightforward. A friend told me she found it impossible to get an appointment to apply of the NIE. Fingers crossed!!
