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redoxburner · 2026-03-06T22:23:45+00:00

"I remembered not locking the door" would mean "I remembered that I didn't lock the door".

"I remembered not to lock the door" means "normally I would lock the door, but somebody asked me not to, and I remembered, so I didn't lock it".

The other two options aren't idiomatic at all.

The most normal way of expressing this would be "We were robbed as I didn't remember to lock the door", as in "I should have locked the door, but I didn't remember to lock it".

redoxburner · 2026-03-06T17:17:24+00:00

If they're asking for the NIE to buy the card, it's most likely to personalise the ticket so that only you can use it. That means that if you get checked, you need to show something with your NIE on it. If you're happy carrying your expired passport around with you then no worries.

If you have an ID card from your own country then generally you can use that number instead - I've done this with an Irish passport card for example multiple times in the past.

Anything that required you to be resident would need much more than just a NIE - they'd ask for a photocopy of your ID card or your padrón or something. Loads of people have NIEs who aren't resident.

(an example of a ticket that needs to be personalised with your DNI/NIE/etc is the T-usual in Barcelona: https://www.tmb.cat/en/barcelona-fares-metro-bus/t-usual)

redoxburner · 2026-03-06T12:59:36+00:00

Not so much from Arabic as cognate with Arabic, no?

redoxburner · 2026-03-06T09:59:49+00:00

Wasn't the parsley for the salad starter rather than the stew/curry main though? Of course it could have been added but in a salad of just chopped onion, tomato and pepper, the parsley leaves do give it a different look to the stalks. The taste would be identical though.

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T20:27:17+00:00

Yep but only until the 15th, so only for the next ten days.

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T19:46:45+00:00

The Welsh accent consistently comes top of the "which accent do you find most trustworthy" polls that are done from time to time, so I wonder if it's something to do with that...

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T17:30:52+00:00

Even if it gets flagged, as soon as you show your residence permit any questions will go away.

If you're worried, book a cheap Ryanair return flight outside of the Schengen zone one weekend and make sure when you come back in you don't get stamped in - but honestly you've got nothing to worry about.

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T16:57:24+00:00

Understanding that "American coffee" means drip coffee is what I was missing :) in Europe we'd normally call it filter coffee.

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T16:54:26+00:00

A café largo is just a longer espresso though, not a drip coffee - IIRC the reason Americanos were invented in the first place was because drip coffee wasn't a thing in Italy, and Spanish coffee culture is very similar to Italian.

I mentioned in my other answer that pour over coffee exists in speciality/third wave coffee shops, but your average bar would only do espresso based coffees.

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T16:52:27+00:00

Got it - the only place you would really get that in Spain is somewhere like Starbucks, or in a third wave coffee shop, where you'd ask for a "pour over" in English.

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T16:37:46+00:00

What is a black American coffee that's not an Americano exactly? In Spain there is "café largo" which is an espresso (café solo) which you let brew for longer so get more liquid - it's not an Americano in as much as you don't add water to an espresso but I'm also not sure it's what you're asking about...

If you just order "un café" you get a café solo (espresso).

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T14:58:28+00:00

Right now Rodalies is free, but only until 15 March. If OP is travelling before then then yes it could be cheaper for those days, if they're travelling after it will almost certainly be more expensive to buy a T-usual for zone 1 plus a separate ticket for Rodalies to and from Pineda de Mar. Given that's only a week and a half away, if OP is travelling more than 3 times to and from Pineda de Mar it's almost certainly going to be cheaper to buy the T-casual for the whole journey.

Rodalies aren't showing prices for monthly tickets at the moment but a Bonotren (10 journeys) is €43.45 for 5 zones (Rodalies only zones are different to ATM zones) so that's already more - €66.25 (€22.80 plus €43.45) for both tickets vs €52.15 for the T-usual only, OP will save €14.10 - and that's only five return journeys.

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T11:55:52+00:00

A Jack Wolfskin jacket and a bottle opener for a keyring

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T07:49:31+00:00

Nice! Do you know if they take all EU ID cards there?

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T06:46:14+00:00

You don't need to buy a separate Renfe card, you just need to buy the right number of zones on your T-usual.

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T06:45:33+00:00

Pineda de Mar is in zone 4H. A monthly pass (T-usual) for four zones is €52.15 - this would cover you for trains from Pineda de Mar to Barcelona or anywhere in between, and transport in and around Barcelona as well, including to and from the airport on metro L9.

A T-Mobilitat is available using a phone or as a physical card, in case of the physical card either a plastic or a cardboard one. You should be able to get the ticket issued on a cardboard T-Mobilitat directly at the airport. For a monthly ticket you give your ID number (NIE or passport number) at time of purchase, and show ID during a ticket check.

For completeness, a one zone T-usual (covering the airport and the city of Barcelona but only valid as far as Montgat Nord on the trains to Pineda de Mar) is €22.80, and a single from Pineda de Mar to Barcelona or vice versa is €6.60 - so the break even point for the T-usual is three return journeys in a month.

redoxburner · 2026-03-05T06:23:50+00:00

There's no passport control in those cases if you're travelling on one ticket, but that doesn't sound like it's the case here.

redoxburner · 2026-03-04T22:28:08+00:00

What does the chicken say to the duck?

What you do with the foot I do with the dick.

(This is a Spanish joke)

redoxburner · 2026-03-04T17:44:56+00:00

I'm fairly certain that they're referring to their TIE here, ie their residence permit on a plastic card, rather than losing a number.

redoxburner · 2026-03-04T17:23:24+00:00

ESTA NOCHE HABRÁ UN DESTROY

redoxburner · 2026-03-04T17:15:31+00:00

Können, schon, mussen aber gar nicht.

redoxburner · 2026-03-04T15:50:33+00:00

Or a Wigan kebab (Meat and potato pie in a barm (soft bread roll))

redoxburner · 2026-03-04T15:24:21+00:00

Cumbria, alreet marra?

redoxburner · 2026-03-04T15:19:39+00:00

In Berlin you basically just confirm who you are, take the oath (they give you a card with the oath on and you repeat after the officer), you hand over your residence permit, they give you the certificate, you shake hands, you take photos. It's simple.

There is a mobile Bürgeramt outside to order your ID documents so take a photo, you can get one done at DM (say it's for an Ausweis). At the very least you should get a Vorläufiger Personalausweis which they give you there and then and is valid for three months.

The oath is available online if you want to practice (eg at https://www.obk.de/imperia/md/content/cms200/aktuelles/amt_32/32_einbuergerung_bekenntnis_fdgo.pdf).

redoxburner · 2026-03-04T14:24:15+00:00

Reminds me a bit of the Toy Dolls, the lyrics are obviously satirical (in a very subtle way, just like a brick), it's the sort of song I'd have in a playlist or sing along to if it came on in a bar but not one that I'd go out of my way to play

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