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Thu 10 Aug 2006
My next European destination is the city of San Sebastian on the north coast of Spain. I am off their for a few days surfing before I embark on a week’s English teaching (of sorts) at Pueblo Ingles in Northern Spain.
Some of you this side of the Atlantic may have seen this place in the news. Basically you throw 20 Spaniards together with 20 native English speakers for a week, ply them with red wine and food and just talk in English! We get a free holiday and the Spanish get the opportunity to immerse themselves in a new langauage (and pay for it!).
It will be a nice change of environment and get me away from my keyboard! So I am working extra hard at the moment and I need to because I have had a poor start to August. In fact every month seems to start off slow for some reason. Don’t know if this is a wider Internet trend?
Finally, for those of you who might be interested I have uploaded a video of me on my day at the highest railway station in Europe, the Jungfraujoch.
The video is quite amusing as you can see I become increasingly jaded with the whole day and constantly fed up with all the crowds of people!
August 10th, 2006 at 11:24 am
That looks pretty bloody great! Can’t wait to hear how it all goes… that sounds like my wort of thing!
August 10th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
Yea i’m really looking forward to it! Read about it in a magazine and thought I’d apply.
It will do me good to get away from the web for a few days
August 11th, 2006 at 1:17 am
Mate that video is pretty funny! Jades might un understatement. Tourists flock to places for a reaoson - cuz they’re cool! If you want it all to yourself then grab some spikey hiking shoes, a flashlight and go on an adventure up the side of the mountain!! Did you take any video of you sitting on the beach in Bali working on your sites? I reckon day to day working nomad life would be pretty good to have a look at… for about 30 seconds.
August 11th, 2006 at 9:36 am
Yea I knew it would be crowded and the Lonely Planet said you said to go despite the crowds.
I agree as well if somewhere is crowded with tourists there is normally a good reason for it. Perhaps why London is so busy compared to Birmingham, for instance.
I never took any day in the life but thats a good idea.
August 17th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
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