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Welcome to Madrid, you must feel right at home with the wet rainy weather we're having  What area did you buy in? since we are staying in madrid long term we're looking at buying a place sometime as well but decided to wait and see what happens with house prices. Hoping for a real softning in the market, maybe than we can afford something. Just curious (been meaning to post this for while) but will you be working Spanish American or the new Spanish work hours? 1. Spanish 9-2 and 5-8 and arrive home at 9pm 2.American 9-5 with 30 min lunch 3. New Spanish longer hours 9 months of the year with 30 min lunch and 6 hours a day during the summer months. Deutsche Bank and Siemens are two companies that do it. And more companies are slowly adopting that.
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| Posts: 386 | Location: Tres Cantos | Registered: 29 June 2006 | |
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hey Nanny. it depends on the big company. ena works for a huge one (sogecable) and they do not do the summer hours. as for office hours, ena works 8:30-3:30 with half an hour-45 min. for lunch but there is a full-service cafeteria in her building so the 45 min. is doable. saludos, jer...
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| Posts: 12239 | Location: ny, u.s.a. --> madrid, spain --> the plaza mayor ! | Registered: 30 June 1998 | |
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quote: Also, aside from the shops, who else gets 3 hours for lunch?
opps I was thinking of the 3 hour retail siesta. that was quite an adjustment when we first came. I was used to Germany and a 12-2 lunch so I'd always check the check the clock before heading out. So needless to say the first few weeks I encountered a lot of shuttered stores. 1st day here I thought I walked into a ghost town, had never seen a city where they put the steel shutters down for lunch. I didn't know what was going on. That along with getting totally lost as we didn't know a word of Spanish! Finally had to ask at a hotel where we were. rob
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Hi Tim My girlfriend has bought the house in Valderrivas area.A 100% new neighbourhood. Very nice. And I am going to work very near, so everything easy. I will work from 8:30 until 17:30 with 1 hour break but I will see if it changes. PS- It is raining now so I do not miss english weather....  |
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| Posts: 9 | Location: madrid | Registered: 01 September 2005 | |
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one of the best things about living in Madrid is how compact everthing is. I can be downtown or up in the mountians in half hour. Can't complain about that. But the weather, well that's another story!
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hey dj.shackout, welcome to madrid!!! quote: my girl friend has bought a house now which has made it very easy for us in that dept... i also have a job to start on the 18th which is great..!! i am not trying to rub it in to anyone that has moved or is moving and are finding it a struggle i just wanted to share my red carpet treatment with you guys..lol..
that's all cool but do keep in mind that your situation is a FAR CRY from the situation of those who "has moved or is moving and are finding it a struggle". correct me if i am wrong but you are a uk citizen? if so, you are eu. you will not find many eu citizens here who have found it a struggle. with the exception of the language, all doors are pretty open here to eu citizens. i think you are confusing the american and other non-eu and hence non-legal to work and live in spain with the eu members on the board. it is actually the other way around, if you were having a tough time as an eu member it would be out of the ordinary. members of eu states should have no problems finding jobs here and getting settled. now, on the other hand if you are non-eu, congrats, you are one of the lucky ones. saludos, jer...
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| Posts: 12239 | Location: ny, u.s.a. --> madrid, spain --> the plaza mayor ! | Registered: 30 June 1998 | |
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I can account for the fact that many non-eu citizens have it rough in Spain. I look at may situation and no matter how positive I stayed or how many cotacts I made, it always boiled down to THE WORK VISA. I look at it another way too, it simply wasn't my time in Madrid. Now that I have a steady job, I can make ends meet when I return. In life, it's nothing wrong with heading back home and regrouping to take another stab at it from a different angle. Shawn
"Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down" - SONG OF SOLOMON, Toni Morrison
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| Posts: 1255 | Location: Richmond, VA but in MADRID now | Registered: 10 February 2002 | |
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i posted on this forum quite some time ago, but have been off the net a bit so have not been on here. i know a little spanish muy poko..lol. but i am planning on taking some lessons private, or in a group.. they say you pick the lingo up better when your surrounded by it so thats great..!!
- rent or buy a cell phone from me for your stay in spain, more info at 
- already have a cell phone, get a spanish SIM card for it at 
i know its more hard for them to get a big break in spain, its just that i have talked to a few eu"s .lol.. that have left the uk and thought yeah SPAIN..!!! but then not had it too easy when there. one lad left his home (rented) and job with little money in his pocket he knew only hola, adios and patatas..lol.. but now 6 years on he is fluent en espanol, has a girl friend,home and good job.. it was a big struggle at first he told me but hey 100% respect to him..!! he has made it. like you say though the big part of it is the language. thinking about his and other ppls situations mine has been more easy.. 
