About dancebert

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Spain: Non EU citizen: Changing countries after getting residency in one:

Seems obvious that once an EU country grants "resident"* status to a non-EU citizen, one could move to another country with relative ease. Is it? I've been unable to wade through the unrelated google search results to find a definitive answer. * in quotes because I don't know the legal term.

Spain: Help please:

Segovia was the easiest. Seville was the most difficult. The rest of Andalucia (Granada, Arcos de la Frontera) was second easiest. Barcelona was frustrating because they substituted Catalans words or, when I asked for the Spanish translation of an English word, I was almost always given the Catalans word. I spent a month in Spain this May-June both as travel and to check out places to live next year for 3 months, where I will work to convert my 'good enough to get by' spoken Spanish into something resembling conversational skills. I visted (in order) Granada, Jaén, Sevilla, Arcos de la Frontera, Mérida, Cáceres, Salamanca, Segovia, Madrid, Cuenca and Toledo. The first trip to Spain the year before, where I also tried to use Spanish as much as possible, included Cádiz, Cordoba and Barcelona. FWIW I know about 2000 words in Spanish. Since retiring in 2008, most days of the week I did 15 minutes with my electronic flash card program to keep that vocabulary alive. Lived most of my life in Southern California where I acquired a decent version of the overheard accent. Prior to my trip this spring, I scored Level A1.2 (Initial) on the placement test for Aula Virtual de Español, or Virtual Spanish Classroom. While traveling I could have short, halting, simple conversations with patient native Spanish speakers. By the end of the trip such simple conversations flowed. My post trip score was between Level A2.1 and A2.2 (Elementary).

Spain: Links to Andalucian provincal bus companies?:

It's easy to find info on bus routes between Cities and towns with major tourist appeal. I'm looking for bus companies and their routes that mostly serve the locals in the province. For example, Cadiz-centric routes: http://www.tgcomes.es/rutas_todas.htm. Got links for the provinces of Granada, Jaen, Cordobo, Malaga, Sevilla or Huelva? In April, I arrive at Granada to start 5 weeks of travel in Spain. It will be my second trip getting to know Spain as a potential place to live. I'd rather spend time considering routes and towns before the trip than during it. +

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