http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g adventures and travels from three different countries... Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:05:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en day 16 http://www.gurneysjourneys.com/barthelona.htm I wouldn't want to burn any bridges, so this morning I kept an appointment I had with the BF School. They were friendly and very keen to offer me supply work - they were in need of teachers who could cover higher calculus lessons. Out of politeness, as you ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-16.html day 15 http://www.gurneysjourneys.com/barthelona.htm I think i'm nearly there. I went back to the good English teaching job and because they haven't got any classes right now they have offered me a weeks work on a residential course. This is one of the strangest jobs i have ever heard of. From what I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-15.html days 12 - 13 http://www.gurneysjourneys.com/barthelona.htm As promised I made the trip to Carcassonne in France to visit some University friends. The gite was rustic, the old village of Penne, with it's castle perched on a rock face, was beautiful, and the hiking took us past an enormous  (I mean 30 by 100 ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-12-14.html day 11 The low point of my day was waiting over half an hour in a queue to buy my train ticket. I knew I should have bought my ticket to France online a few days ago, but being in a foreign country I thought I should speak to someone about ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-11.html day 10 By 1pm I had heard nothing about the great English teaching job and I took the plunge and went flyering. To me, this is the lowest of the low in the job world. I imagined standing in the street desperately hassling people to go to whichever shit nightclub I ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-10.html day 9 Today started badly on the job front. I had no interviews, appointments or even jobs to apply for. I spent the morning fairly uselessly on the internet before meeting a friend for lunch followed by a free tour around some of the interesting architecture on Passeig de Gracia. Unfortunately ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-9.html day 8 As usual I woke up to an almost pitch black room. The tiny crack of light from behind the curtain should tell me whether is it day or night, but, in fact is coming from an interior window. We don't have interior windows in British houses, but here in ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-8.html day 7 http://www.gurneysjourneys.com/barthelona.htm My main problem today is that I have an important job interview in a few hours, and no handbag. It doesn't sound like such a dilemma, but it is so sweaty in Barcelona that I can't wear a jacket, and I have no pockets. Even though I have the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-7.html day 6 http://www.gurneysjourneys.com/barthelona.htm The English teaching job I had an interview for pays 1050 euros a month, and apparently that is a normal wage. I can't believe it would be possible to live on so little money. I came to Barcelona partly because the cost of living is so much cheaper than ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-6.html day 5 http://www.gurneysjourneys.com/barthelona.htm After rising early to send applications for "conference sales person" and "AVIS reservation agent", including such terrible, desperate phrases as "I believe I would be a valuable addition to your team" the day was mostly spent wandering around Barceloneta. At the Marina the tourists were milling around. Occasionally they ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/anna-g/day-5.html