Anti-viral writings for financial resilience, location independence and meaningful relationships.
Last month I moved from Spain to Portugal. This move was different, in the sense that a new class of objects appeared in my otherwise pretty scarce inventory: guitars. As you may already know, during this pandemic I started to learn to play the guitar. I could have learn it by watching YouTube videos, but … Read more
Let me tell you a story. In Ruzafa, one of Valencia’s trending neighborhoods, there was a small restaurant called Kana Makhan. I wouldn’t know about it if it wasn’t for a digital nomad meetup that ended there. One of the meetup’s goals was a continuous exploration of Valencia’s night out scene, and we were trying … Read more
The other day I was out exploring Lisbon’s surroundings, namely Sintra. If you don’t know about this area, it’s a very interesting place. Not only it is surrounded by a fabulous natural park, but it also features intriguing pieces of architecture, many of them carrying symbols not yet fully understood. There is a castle on … Read more
Instead of just perpetuating historical, outdated information, that is. As you can guess, today’s I’m in a rather relaxed mood, so I thought I could throw in my 365 days writing challenge something funny. Or at least something that I find funny, because your mileage may vary. So, what if countries’ names would actually have … Read more
A couple of months ago, a friend from Valencia, Duane, invited me to brew beer together. I never did this before, although I witnessed other ways to make alcohol, like distillation (which is quite popular in the country I was born, Romania, where basically every family has – or has access – to a device … Read more
It’s been already a year since I moved to Spain and many parts of my life are starting to fit together quite nicely. One of the most important parts, work, was specifically interesting during last year and in today’s post I’m going to share what went good, not so good and great about working from … Read more
At the end of February / beginning of March, Fallas, one of the biggest festivals in Spain and the iconic event for Valencia, explodes on the streets. Like, literally, it starts with an parade in which people are walking down a boulevard while throwing incessantly petards in front of their feet, up to the point … Read more
It’s been already a year since we moved to Spain, and I already wrote about the overall experience. In today’s article I want to focus on a specific area of the expat lifestyle, namely remote working in Spain. Spoiler: it’s better than you would expect, but with a few caveats. These caveats are turning to … Read more