Adele
@Adele
American expat in Spain
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8 posts
About me
American
Lives in Girona
Speaks English & Spanish
Registration: 06 April 2009
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On the fringe by Adele
hello, hola my name is Adele. I've been living near Girona for nearly 6 yrs now . . . I am looking to connect with some of my fellow country peole from America and develop a community of like-minded people. I love it here, but because my spanish is ...
Hi Robin, I've been picking little phrases here and there, and in my village everyone speaks Catalan, so i understand what they're saying but i tend to rip apart the language so i answer in Spanish. I do agree that learning Catalan would make ... Read More
Camino de San Juan
I was wondering if anyone in this forum has ever embarked on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela? If you have, i would love to hear about your journey. I leaving Girona via train on May 20th to Pamplona to connect to the Camino Frances and ... Read More
New Here by twopenneth
Hi Im twopenneth and Im a newbie here, hoping to meet some other expats and share experiences about the Dutch culture. If you want to know more about me, I blog at http://kopenandkoken.blogspot.com. Its registered here in the ½ûÂþÌìÌÃs as well. ...
Hello and welcome. I, too, am new to this site as an expat. Where are you living now? A few of our good friends are from Holland. One lives in our village, and the others live in a nearby village. We are located northeast of the French/Spanish ... Read More
On the fringe by Adele
hello, hola my name is Adele. I've been living near Girona for nearly 6 yrs now . . . I am looking to connect with some of my fellow country peole from America and develop a community of like-minded people. I love it here, but because my spanish is ...
I bet! Czech Republic -- i heard that Prague is quite a nice place, is that so? Read More
On the fringe by Adele
hello, hola my name is Adele. I've been living near Girona for nearly 6 yrs now . . . I am looking to connect with some of my fellow country peole from America and develop a community of like-minded people. I love it here, but because my spanish is ...
Hello there, Right now, there isn't a huge problem with the Catalans speaking in Castellano spanish. But i know that they would prefer us to speak in Catalan for sure. I don't know, i'm just improving on my spanish and i would rather perfect that ... Read More
On the fringe by Adele
hello, hola my name is Adele. I've been living near Girona for nearly 6 yrs now . . . I am looking to connect with some of my fellow country peole from America and develop a community of like-minded people. I love it here, but because my spanish is ...
Hi Julien, Thanks for replying to my post. I've been living in this region (Catalunya) for nearly 6 yrs. Although, we had never planned on being here for that long, life just had an mysterious way of extending our stay. My husband's work has ... Read More
A Poll for American Expatriates by Heidelbergerin
I've put a poll on my blog asking expatriates who have left the United States (for any reason) what the #1 reason they WOULD return to the US is - and the #1 reason they would NOT return. I think for all of us there is a little bit of pull toward ...
The reason why I left America and went to live in Europe was because the Dot.Com business crashed in 2000 and Bush hijacked the Presidential election. But life unfolds as it should and I'm a lot happier living in Spain. But i do relate to the ... Read More
On the fringe
hello, hola my name is Adele. I've been living near Girona for nearly 6 yrs now . . . I am looking to connect with some of my fellow country peole from America and develop a community of like-minded people. I love it here, but because my spanish is ... Read More