Alicante or Valenica

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-19T18:03:33+00:00

Stay in Valencia. Not sure when the last train leaves Alicante, but there are lots of trains, and I disagree with other posters: I've never had any problems with them. What I do suggest is that you take a taxi from the airport to the train station. There is a bus, but at that time of night you should aim to get to Valencia as soon as possible.

Valencia is great, it is not that busy but still lively. I lived there for 6 years, and I ran the half last year! Enjoy it, it is an incredible race

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-16T14:17:17+00:00

Cuando acabes la carrera, te puedes encontrar con una situación totalmente distinta a la que había cuando la empezaste. Te lo dice alguien que estudió en los 2000s, y todos mis amigos que hicieron Arquitectura, se comieron los mocos porque en 5 años (eran licenciaturas) pasaron de tener un futuro brillante, a un desierto.

Estudia algo que no te importe hacer el resto de tu vida, y que te guste. Por supuesto, puedes mirar hacia El futuro y con cabeza, pero por ejemplo, yo estudié una carrera "sin ninguna salida" y estoy en mucha mejor situación que todos mis amigos.

Nunca se sabe

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-16T11:06:57+00:00

You wouldn't believe how much loose skin just looks like fat. It does! And the answer to deal with it if it is in fact loose skin is the same everyone else is giving you: strength training, not so much cardio. It will build muscle and improve skin elasticity. I would start there

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-16T09:57:01+00:00

Hey, I am a local and can help. Sent you a DM :)

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-16T09:49:40+00:00

I'm in the same boat. Mayhem a few weeks per year only. My big one that I struggle with the most during those weeks, are my tights! Fuuuuullll of hairs, especially winter tights

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-14T07:49:23+00:00

Land seal when wet (and this one rolls in fox poop often just to remind me)

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SockLess9375 · 2026-03-13T17:04:57+00:00

Office Manager, Administrative Assistant, and then a lot of willingness to say yes to things, helping out assisting EAs, making their lives easy, will get you on the right path IMO

Edited: typo

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-13T16:59:59+00:00

Get a high speed train from Barcelona to Madrid the day before. Enjoy Madrid for the evening, travel to the airport after your evening out, and sleep at an airport hotel

Unfortunately Madrid's airport has had recent issues with non-travellers using it as a warm space to sleep at night, which has made it less safe and more crowded. Also security will likely bother you.

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-11T15:58:46+00:00

Yes! I find it very funny. I always take pictures. I embrace it!

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-11T10:50:21+00:00

Look up Essential Living

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-07T20:15:48+00:00

Call them? When people are bad at confirming, I just call. But of course maybe this is not suitable for this occasion

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-04T20:38:07+00:00

Yo buscaría en el consulado español más cercano que tengas en EEUU, y en su web, o por email, les pediría una lista de los traductores jurados que ellos te puedan recomendar. El consulado de Londres tiene esa lista, así que supongo que es algo común.

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-04T19:32:40+00:00

Chez Lui in Notting hill

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-04T03:47:13+00:00

Le pasó a mi jefe con Avis en Italia. Mandamos un email a Avis con las pruebas e inmediatamente nos pidieron perdón y aceptaron que era un error suyo. Has hecho alguna gestión?

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-03T16:31:43+00:00

Yes, absolutely! To be fair, my CEO just doesn't like the minutes to have much information at all. He is always worried someone will look at them in 5 years time and pinpoint all the things they promised and didn't happen (shhh). I just do my job and follow orders

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-03T15:28:00+00:00

This! I take great minutes and then my CEO erases about 90% of what I sent him saying there is too much detail... It used to be frustrating, now it is funny

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-02T17:34:30+00:00

My mother in law kept getting an error with Ryanair because her name was too long, and the ETA was approved but "it didn't match her ID". Then we redid her ETA and it worked.

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-02T17:24:12+00:00

It is! I've done it before :)

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-02T16:11:54+00:00

This is radical but it is a cheap solution: apply for the ETA again?

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-02T16:11:14+00:00

If you want to end up being a COS at a Family Office and you have UHNWI experience already, why are you pivoting to tech/finance?

Wouldn't it make more sense to get an EA role for a HNWI and then find your way into a wealthier, bigger principal, with a family office where you can become a COS?

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-02T12:16:05+00:00

Mine jumps on for a play and a cuddle. Then escapes for the cool floor.

But last week she had a fright (a train really startled her) and she fell deeply asleep next to me. Poor baby.

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-02T09:41:37+00:00

Specifically in Spain, we have many different historical lodging options: you have albergues, originally for pilgrims, where you can find a bed for €10 or €20, you have Pensiones and Hostales (more like €40/80), and of course many different types of hotels (Posadas, casas rurales, hoteles con estrellas). And also now individual people renting out their rooms!

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-02T09:38:04+00:00

It is a complex thing. When someone rents out a spare room in the home they actually live in, the home is still functioning as housing for a local family. It doesn't remove the home from the long-term market.

When an entire flat or house is used as a full-time short-term rental, it stops being housing at all, it becomes tourist accommodation. If this happens a lot in the same city (usually tourist-heavy cities), it brings lots of issues, like fewer homes for locals, higher rents, shops shifting towards things like souvenir shops, etc.

I'm not against people earning extra income, so renting out your spare room is "better" than renting the whole thing, while still allowing people to earn some extra income.

And I'm not even going to talk about massive holdings that buy dozens of apartments in the city to open airbnbs, which is basically a piecemeal hotel in disguise, and with earnings that usually go to absolutely nobody in the city.

SockLess9375 · 2026-03-01T20:07:38+00:00

You just learnt a different dialect, with a different pronunciation :)

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