{"id":972,"date":"2017-02-01T10:44:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T18:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/?p=972"},"modified":"2019-07-09T10:11:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T08:11:34","slug":"spain-expat-odds-and-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/spain-expat-odds-and-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Expat Odds and Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or, a round-up of heretofore unmentioned tips for expats and expats-to-be:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>MAIL AND DELIVERIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Almost everything I once ordered through amazon.com stateside is available through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.es\/\">amazon.es<\/a> in Spain. I use the same account and log-in, have received deliveries without incident. An amazon.es CSR called to verify bonafides for my first order.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-974\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170112_sol_095edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-974\" src=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170112_sol_095edit.jpg\" alt=\"Plaza de Oriente\" width=\"500\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170112_sol_095edit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170112_sol_095edit-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaza de Oriente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I missed a couple of print issues of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/\">Economist<\/a> after transferring my subscription, but now receive them and other items via conventional mail. Expect to plow through much red tape to book an <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apartado_de_correos\">apartado de correos<\/a> post office box, if you want one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhl.es\/es.html\">DHL<\/a> has offices all over Madrid. So does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seur.com\/en\/\">SEUR<\/a>. UPS doesn&#8217;t, but does deliver here, and a UPS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ups.com\/gb\/en\/services\/tracking\/mychoice.page\">My Choice<\/a> account can be used in Spain as handily as stateside. UPS&#8217; Madrid phone number is 902 888 820.<\/p>\n<p>Expect to pay through the nose to ship to the U.S. via DHL. \u00a0I did, twice.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>BROADBAND INTERNET<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vodafone.es promotes high-speed fiber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vodafone.es\/c\/particulares\/es\/tienda\/internet-y-fijo\/descubre-la-fibra-de-ono\/\">broadband<\/a>. I got it, regularly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\">clock<\/a> downloads at close to 300 mbps, even through a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_private_network\">VPN<\/a>, and have found the service reliable, at least so far.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>INTERNATIONAL CALLS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Or, more specifically: calls to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>I had good luck with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennytalk.com\/\">PennyTalk<\/a> for awhile, then luck bad enough to discourage further patronage.<\/p>\n<p>I set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viber.com\/en\/\">Viber<\/a> account, called a Los Angeles friend, chucked Viber after sampling the connection quality. Viber may legitimately complain that I didn&#8217;t give them a fair trial.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to use a computer that can stare back at me, paste black tape over display camcorder lenses, and am thus an unlikely source for Skype tips. Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>I tried direct dialing the U.S. from my Spain Vodafone cell phone account. The calls got through, but the Vodafone network didn&#8217;t like the sudden, unexpected appearance of so many international calls on my bill, and sent dark text warnings of account restrictions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-975\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170118_guad_094edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-975\" src=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170118_guad_094edit.jpg\" alt=\"Cercan\u00edas platform at Madrid Atocha station\" width=\"500\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170118_guad_094edit.jpg 500w, https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170118_guad_094edit-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cercan\u00edas platform at Madrid Atocha station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vodafone&#8217;s English tech support can be reached by dialing 22189 from a cell phone with a Vodafone SIM in it, and pressing &#8216;3.&#8217; You also can visit one of many Vodafone centers in Madrid for an all-in-Spanish yak about your plan, but should plan on arriving close to opening time, unless you enjoy long sits in waiting rooms.<\/p>\n<p>After much back-and-forth, I now have:<\/p>\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#x2666;<\/span>) \u00a0A\u00a0&#8216;tarifa prepago internacional&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subscriber_identity_module\">SIM<\/a> in an old smartphone. The plan is separate from my regular Vodafone plan, and I use this phone only to call the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#x2666;<\/span>) \u00a0An extra called &#8216;International Bono&#8217; on my regular Vodafone plan. I&#8217;m fuzzy on details, but think I&#8217;m accepting a small monthly account surcharge to make relatively inexpensive calls to the U.S. As importantly, the pairing of International Bono with an account tells the Vodafone network that the customer wants to call overseas, and shouldn&#8217;t be pestered with text messages about account restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>(English tech support may want to tell you about an older option than International Bono. Ask the tech to check.)<\/p>\n<p>I can use International Bono if I devour the minutes on my prepaid internacional SIM, regard it as a back-up.<\/p>\n<p>Please note: I set up both these plans only a few weeks ago, don&#8217;t yet entirely understand what I got, may write prematurely. I&#8217;m sharing what I know. I no longer receive threatening text messages, and think I can call stateside without spending a leg and an arm on future bills.<\/p>\n<p>Competitors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movistar.es\/\">Movistar<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orange.es\/\">Orange<\/a> may be way better than Vodafone for expats, for all I know. I own Vodafone stock shares.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>TARJETA ANUAL DE MUSEOS ESTATALES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>36\u20ac and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exteriores.gob.es\/Portal\/en\/ServiciosAlCiudadano\/InformacionParaExtranjeros\/Paginas\/NIE.aspx\">NIE<\/a> number on your visa entitles lucky you to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museosdemadrid.info\/abono-museos\/\">Tarjeta anual de Museos Estatales<\/a>, good for free admission for a year at the link-listed museums. I don&#8217;t have to wait in long lines to commune with de Ribera&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museodelprado.es\/coleccion\/obra-de-arte\/ixion\/8d65d17f-1f2a-470b-8744-db931fb01c42\">masterpieces<\/a> at the Prado!<\/p>\n<p>Strongly recommended, but you&#8217;ll need that NIE to get one. Not for tourists.<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m sorry, tourists! Don&#8217;t hate me! I was once a tourist here, too.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-973\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170112_sol_086edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-973\" src=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170112_sol_086edit.jpg\" alt=\"Felipe IV statue at Plaza de Oriente\" width=\"367\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170112_sol_086edit.jpg 367w, https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/20170112_sol_086edit-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felipe IV statue at Plaza de Oriente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SERVICE IN SPAIN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On this very URL in 2015, I <a href=\"https:\/\/transitophile.com\/chango\/athens-rome-barcelona\/\">wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Barcelona and Madrid both struck me as efficient, businesslike places. Some Spaniards reading that last sentence may have just coughed up coffee on their shirt fronts, but that was my impression, and I\u2019ll stick to it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s still my impression today, after six continuous months in Madrid. I expect deadlines to be met and businesses to open on time, and they have. Maybe I&#8217;ve been lucky, but I&#8217;m much more inclined to judge stereotypes-to-the-contrary as malarkey.<\/p>\n<p>Some Spain businesses <em>do<\/em> close for several hours mid-afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>BUSINESS RECOMMENDATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just one new one, for now: if prepared to chat entirely in Spanish, consider <a href=\"http:\/\/www.euromof.com\/\">Euromof<\/a> as a source for home office furniture.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>ONLINE RESOURCES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I could point out other personal web sites, but think it smarter to hand off to fellow expat Bill Dietrich&#8217;s excellent <em>Moving from USA to Spain<\/em> round-up at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdietrich.me\/MovingToSpain.html\">http:\/\/www.billdietrich.me\/MovingToSpain.html<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>ExpatExchange, Expatica and Expat all host online forums for Spain expats, but I suggest visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expatforum.com\/expats\/spain-expat-forum-expats-living-spain\/\">ExpatForum<\/a> first. Me thinks you&#8217;ll find the most users there.<\/p>\n<p>Major Spanish-language newspapers include <a href=\"http:\/\/elpais.com\/\">El Pa\u00eds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/\">El Mundo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/global\">La Vanguardia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.es\/\">ABC<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiempo.com\/\">Tiempo<\/a> offers weather reports.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>APPS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish student ready to look past Google <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\">Translate<\/a> may consider:<\/p>\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#x2666;<\/span>) \u00a0Diccionario RAE y ASALE (<a href=\"http:\/\/dle.rae.es\/\">DLE<\/a>). Both dictionary and teller-about-verbs, if you press the CONJ. (for conjugate) button with a verb on screen. DLE also IDs transitive vs intransive verbs.<\/p>\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#x2666;<\/span>) \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spanishdict.com\/\">SpanishDict<\/a> may be an easier conjugator-of-verbs for new students.<\/p>\n<p>(<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#x2666;<\/span>) \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linguee.com\/\">Linguee<\/a> offers uses-in-context translations of phrases uneasily translated by conventional dictionaries.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy with the official Metro de Madrid and Renfe Cercan\u00edas apps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or, a round-up of heretofore unmentioned tips for expats and expats-to-be: MAIL AND DELIVERIES Almost everything I once ordered through amazon.com stateside is available through amazon.es in Spain. I use the same account and log-in, have received deliveries without incident. An amazon.es CSR called to verify bonafides for my first order. 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