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LA GUIRI

colloquial Spanish noun - foreigner

¡Bienvenidos a todes! Welcome to my 2022 Gap Year.
After relocating from Melbourne, Australia to Torre del Mar, Spain for 5 months as an English Language Assistant, I have since been backpacking through Eastern Europe, around the UK, and in Costa Rica (among other places).
Now, I am back home safe and sound.

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Day 19 (Seville)

I am in awe. Normally, I don't love cities, they're more of a spend-two-days-seeing-all-the-good-stuff-then-leave kind of places, but I...

Day 17 (Covid & cuttlefish)

Following on from my town hall cita, today I went to my 9.36am appointment at the local health centre to get an EU Covid Cert. (The word...

Day 13 (history & hiking)

One week down of living in Torre del Mar! I found out on Friday, that it's not just Wednesdays that we lunch with the grandparents...we...

Day 10 (town hall & tortilla)

I think it's finally hit me that I'm overseas! I had a successful trip to the Ayundamiento (town hall) this morning. As I mentioned on...

Day 9 (photos)

This morning I went for a walk with another Aux to the Ayuntamiento (town hall) to make an appointment for me to get my Padrón (more on...

Day 8 (money & feeling foreign)

I know all of my posts have mentioned food so far, but food is such a big part of the Spanish lifestyle. It's slightly different during...

Day 7 (vaccinations & examinations)

My first proper day...done! We drove from the farmhouse to the townhouse in Torre del Mar last night and my bags are now officially...

Day 5 (bikes & Chinese food)

My host mum was very kind and found me a second hand bike on Wallapop (the Spanish version of Gumtree). We drove to Torrox, a town known...

Day 4 (mealtime clarifications)

Okay, I think I’ve worked out what that late fish meal was the other day. Today the girls had ham cheese toasties at 4pm which they...

Day 3 (magic kings & mealtimes)

Alright, I made it! Yesterday (5 Jan) was the day of Los Reyes Magos (the magic kings). This means that all the main streets are closed...

The flight

Okay, so as I mentioned in the Visa post, I was required to book a flight out of the Schengen Area within 180 days of entry (as this is...

The visa

Ah, the Visa. I would definitely recommend getting on top of this as soon as possible as there are a lot of documents to get ready and...

The application

I will try my best to outline the process in applying for the English Language Assistantship for Australians in Spain (this website also...

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Catherine Hill

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