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There were buskers on the metro yesterday. There often are, moreso since the crisis, and recently I've felt bad as I have't had any spare money for them although I do enjoy the music. In the morning there's no space or attitude for buskers. The people are half asleep and grumpy. When you change trains they literally push you out of the way and run to the next platform, all manners forgotten through fear of...

ttttttax!!! yuk

I think it's worth saying that it's a good idea to figure out your tax responsibilities before you leave as I am useless at that kind of thing and have just got all stressed out because of my tax return. Because I'm normally the sort of person who just ignores the whole issue I got home to lots of demands and letters last June. I didn't even live at or use that address but I'm...

a small hiccup for the new year!

I was so optomistic starting the new year.. I was going to get a better job, I was going to stop being skint all the time, really make an effort to overcome the crippling insomnia and so have the energy for more privates, I was on a roll... had loads of interviews, got on loads of lists at different academies, yeah great but then, for a day or two it all went horribly wrong. My...

Christmas in Madrid

So tomorrow my friends and I will have the closest we can to a British christmas... we've got most of the things but christmas is pretty different here. There's no particular traditional food - although I know in the UK people don't always have turkey, I'm sure it's what most people would consider the 'norm'. Here people often eat with the in-laws on one side or the other on Christmas Eve, then with the immediate...

end of a cycle - what have I learned?

Well, today is the last day for me until January the 16th. I've got 1 private student and I'm hoping to get some more temporary ones to tide me over the holiday period. I'll be really skint if I don't! I've been in Madrid for 6 months now, so... looking back, what have I learned myself? On the personal front I've learned that TEFL here isn't that much different from TEFL in South America -...