The Tyler Group by Larissa Riquelme https://padlet.com/larisriquelme00/larisriquelme00 en-us 2014-07-23 03:04:09 UTC 2014-08-30 13:22:36 UTC hello@padlet.com The Tyler Group Expat Connections at Barcelona Expat livet larisriquelme00 https://padlet.com/larisriquelme00/larisriquelme00/wish/30852362

Så du har besluttet å opp pinner og flytte til LUN Barcelona? Vel hvem kan klandredeg! Med sin imponerende Modernista-arkitekturen, høflighet av Gaudi og co, livsstilav spise tapas himmel og drikke Cava og cocktailer til daggry, og selvfølgelig vakreutvalg av strender og pålitelig godt vær, tilbyr Barcelona en livskvalitet som mangenordeuropeere bare kan drømme om. Kort sagt har du gjort en riktig beslutning. Menbare for å sikre din expat erfaring går etter planen kan du lese denne siden for å gjøremest mulig bor og arbeider i Barcelona.

Språk og kultur i Barcelona

Det første du må huske på når flyttet til Barcelona er at mens resten av verdenvurderer Barcelona delen av Spania, de innfødte Catalans vurdere Barcelona somhovedstaden i Catalonia, en autonom region med drømmer om fullstendiguavhengighet. Katalansk er faktisk det offisielle språket i byen og regionen, med veiskilt,t instruksjoner og andre offentlige ofte i originalkopien katalansk og ikke spansk, menskatalansk snakkes i alle offentlige institusjoner - som skoler. Frykt ikke spansk høyttalere men, Castilian er fortsatt veldig mye lingua franca i Barcelona på grunn avdet store antallet ikke-katalanerne (inkludert utlendinger) som bor og arbeider i byen,og det faktum at alle katalanerne snakker spansk-riktignok motvillig i noen tilfeller på grunn av deres regionale stolthet. For disse grunner, hvis du planlegger tilbringe helst iBarcelona, så du bør definitivt gjøre ditt beste for å plukke opp minst grunnleggendespansk, og det er absolutt ingen mangel på språkskoler i Barcelona hjelper deg gjerne.For daglige formål, du kunne få på engelsk, men for nødhjelp og håndtere husholdningsituasjoner, spansk er viktig - det er ikke lett å finne en engelsktalende Låsesmed foreksempel!

Den katalanske kulturen på et overfladisk nivå er ganske lik spansk kultur (ingen tvilmange turister har igjen her ganske uvitende om begrepet "Catalunya"!), men noen avde berømte foreningene du holder med Spania vask ikke her i Catalonia. Bull-kampenehar vært ulovlig her for en stund (og faktisk katalanerne avvise oksen som deresnasjonale dyr, velge katalanske esel i stedet), sardana foretrekkes til flamenco og folkvanligvis sove ikke under siesta (de stenge sine butikker imidlertid mye til irritasjon avutlendinger/utlendinger brukes mer vanlige timer). Katalanerne stolthet seg på sinblanding av seny og rauxa, sunn fornuft og lidenskap, og med sine rike arv avkunstnere, som Joan Miro, forfattere, som Joan Maragall og -selvfølgelig - arkitekter,ville det være churlish ikke å skille mellom de to kulturene. En god måte å jorde deg selv i din nye locale ville være å lese noen av de bedre bøkene om Barcelona ogKatalonia.

]]> 2014-07-23 03:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/larisriquelme00/larisriquelme00/wish/30852362 The Tyler Group Barcelona Hand and Gavel Economic: Keeping a Positive Outlook through the Present Economic Challenges larisriquelme00 https://padlet.com/larisriquelme00/larisriquelme00/wish/32597300 Many developing countries have muddled through from one economic crisis to another for decades, and a few only in recent years; but all have never felt as challenged as within the present global economic environment. With growing population being felt in urban centers , accompanied by increased unemployment, scarcity of resources and escalating prices, citizens can no longer feel as secure as before when life in general was more financially manageable and less socially turbulent. Natural calamities, on one hand, provide a real challenge, especially for nations which encounter them on a regular basis, aggravating their economic woes.

Yet in spite of what many people feel or perceive through the popular media, the overall reality portrays a brighter future for the global economy. We point to two factors that bring hope for a more stable and progressive economy in the future:

1. Levelling of the global economy for all countries to freely participate

Globalization, as it was originally designed by the engineers of the global economic program, has given a chance to many countries to participate actively in international economic activities due to the easing up of former trade and tariff restrictions. Developing and developed countries now have a healthier interaction through more trade interaction and exchange of technological expertise. The economic field is no longer an exclusive arena for the big countries to play in while the rest of the smaller ones struggle to survive among themselves.

This is proven by the fact that growth rates have increased for many developing countries: from Africa which is expected to attain 4.7% growth rate in 2014, to India which has a present robust 8.0% growth rate, and to East Asia which has shown consistent growth expected to average at 6.0% in 2014 and gain slightly in 2015 at 6.1%. This can only be a boost to the world economy as these regions are a rich source of raw materials for the rest of the globe. Allowing these once-undeveloped areas to the big picture will serve as impetus for more economic dynamism on a wider scale.

2. Political and financial leaders are the key to continued economic growth

Fiscal health is the major concern for all countries even before the exit of Greece from the EU and with unemployment still a big challenge everywhere, even in the US which had 7.0% unemployment late 2013 from 10% in 2010. However, inflation remains tame and could eventually slowdown and help spearhead the expected growth of the global economy.

Divisive politics and policies as well as adventurous economic and military expansionism exhibited by a few countries will put to the test the resolve of political and fiscal leaders as they steer the global ship through the turbulent seas ahead. Tensions among nations due to territorial conflicts will continue to challenge the community of nations as they try to stabilize the ship without causing it to implode from within. But if majority of the nations will exhaust all possible peaceful means to resolve conflicts, avoiding violent confrontation along national borders can be attained. As the world arbiter, the United Nations will have its hands full keeping destructive wars at bay.

The economic stability and overall security of the global community rests in the hands of a few leaders who are tasked to provide a vision of progress and sustainability not just into the next year but for a whole generation of citizens who will reap our present efforts at attaining worldwide political and economic security. With all the structures in place to allow nations to achieve this vision, all we need now is the individual and common will to work for that vision.

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