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Archive for November, 2008

PUMA in the Volvo Ocean Race

An amazing video of the Puma boat in the real Volvo Ocean Race!

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Inge visiting us in Valencia

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Mia has finally arrived in Valencia!

On Saturday afternoon I could finally pick up Mia from the airport after our 2.5 months of separation! It was great to see her walking through the gate, pushing her cart with a stack of suitcases on it.
We took a taxi back home and went to the supermercado to buy some things for in the [...]

my Twitter Weekly Updates for 2008-11-23

just posted the photos of my daytrip to the Castillo de Xàtiva: http://tinyurl.com/castxat #

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NIE (Número de Identificación de Extranjero)

Today I could pick up my NIE which stands for N√∫mero de Identificaci√≥n de Extranjero or Foreigner’s Identification Number.
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move to Valencia – Sept 22

day trip to Castillo de Xàtiva

The mystery day trip yesterday took us to Xàtiva, a small city about 40km south of Valencia. Kai and I met Carolina and Gianni at the train station and it turned out that Carolina had prepared a huge picnic for later!
Whole map of the are on Google Maps.
The train took us in 45 minutes to [...]

fun night out

Last night I went out with two of my co-students, Nils and Kai, both from Germany. We met at Plaza de Tossal in Carmen, one of the main nightlife districts, and first went to the Chill Out Lounge, a nice little bar with low seats and pillows and great music. A lot of locals go [...]

Student visa Mia approved!!!

Great news! Mia just called that this morning (it’s 7 hours later in Beijing) the Spanish Embassy called to inform her that her student visa to Spain has been approved!
So in a couple of weeks the long wait is over and we can together start our life in Valencia!
The initial date of the start of [...]

surprise for David’s birthday party

Last week my old neighbor in Beijing and good friend David celebrated his 40th birthday. He sent an sms and email around that he would give a big party at his home on Saturday. He also sent these messages to me, but already mentioned that it was a pity I couldn’t be there and that [...]

Finish leg 1 Volvo Ocean Race Game at Cape Town, South Africa

Somewhere in the early morning hours I finished leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race Game in Capetown, South Africa.
The total time it took me was 31 days, 20 hours and 45 minutes and I reached position 7,426 of a total number of participants of more than 55,000.
I had a nice bottle of champagne and [...]

Virtual Racing goes in “stealth mode”

For this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, stealth mode has been introduced. This is new tactical initiative that gives the crews one opportunity on each of the longer legs to have their location hidden from position reports and the public for 12 hours.
From the Volvo Ocean Race Game website:
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