October 11, 2009
Today is my second day in Plymouth, and I must say it’s a nice city (more than I expected; the Hoe and the Barbican are my favourite places - Smeaton’s Tower in the picture). The bad part of the trip is Alex is staying in the college facilities, and that’s near of the university (and the airport, you can go Alex’s by a little walk), but far away of everything. Basically I think a car is needed to have a comfortably day to day living in the area, or just waste big amounts of time using the bus (that it’s fast, but still bus though and needs 35 minutes average to arrive to Plymouth centre). But I’m happy, staying with Alex, and even the weather has been nice until now (today we have some drizzle, but it’s something I can live with). I have two more days left, and then I’ll be back in Valencia with some more holiday days (that I’ll try to spend starting a new project!).

Today is my second day in Plymouth, and I must say it’s a nice city (more than I expected; the Hoe and the Barbican are my favourite places - Smeaton’s Tower in the picture).

The bad part of the trip is Alex is staying in the college facilities, and that’s near of the university (and the airport, you can go Alex’s by a little walk), but far away of everything. Basically I think a car is needed to have a comfortably day to day living in the area, or just waste big amounts of time using the bus (that it’s fast, but still bus though and needs 35 minutes average to arrive to Plymouth centre).

But I’m happy, staying with Alex, and even the weather has been nice until now (today we have some drizzle, but it’s something I can live with).

I have two more days left, and then I’ll be back in Valencia with some more holiday days (that I’ll try to spend starting a new project!).

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October 8, 2009
Trip to Plymouth (UK)

Tomorrow I’ll take the subway to the Valencia’s airport, then a plane to Bristol. Five hours later I’ll take a plane from Bristol to Plymouth. It’s a PITA of trip, but it can’t be helped because Plymouth airport doesn’t have international flights.

Once there, I’ll be 4 days enjoying the city and surroundings, and (of course) Alex. She’ll be staying there for two years doing a postgraduate certificate in education, and this is my first visit since she moved there.

Fortunately I’ve overworked this year and I have a lot of pending holidays, so I’ll visit her once a month or so, that is great!

This is my first trip to UK, with all the pound stuff and such heh, and I’m excited. Moreover it’s a nice opportunity to practice my English.

I’ll be there until next Tuesday, so if you want to hang out for a beer and chat about open source, Fedora, Perl or whatever you want, please drop me an email.

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August 23, 2009
What’s your Perfect Climate? Alex is moving to Plymouth in a week and a half, and one of the things she’s going to face is a climate change: Plymouth (UK) is very different to Valencia (Spain). About 14 degrees of temperature change, that’s so much! I hope she doesn’t get ill. She’s lived in Dublin for a year or so, so I think she will adapt fine to the weather. I’m from Elche (Alicante, Spain), and the climate in Elche is very similar to the climate in Valencia: soft springs, autumns and winters, and hot summers, ever with high humidity levels (that makes you sweat and sweat in terrible summers, and a cold that chills your bones in winter). You’ll see more rain in Valencia than in Elche, though. I know this is simplifying too much (because air conditioning can save you in summer), but this is not the kind of climate I like most. I prefer some cold, but softer summers, and definitely I like rainy days (not windy, please heh). I was in Bilbao for 15 months, and you can hear about they climate that is awful, but I like it. Rainy, very soft summers, not so cold winters, and a very green land with a clean air pleasant to breath. So I know what I like and what I don’t. What’s your perfect climate?

What’s your Perfect Climate?

Alex is moving to Plymouth in a week and a half, and one of the things she’s going to face is a climate change: Plymouth (UK) is very different to Valencia (Spain).

About 14 degrees of temperature change, that’s so much! I hope she doesn’t get ill. She’s lived in Dublin for a year or so, so I think she will adapt fine to the weather.

I’m from Elche (Alicante, Spain), and the climate in Elche is very similar to the climate in Valencia: soft springs, autumns and winters, and hot summers, ever with high humidity levels (that makes you sweat and sweat in terrible summers, and a cold that chills your bones in winter). You’ll see more rain in Valencia than in Elche, though.

I know this is simplifying too much (because air conditioning can save you in summer), but this is not the kind of climate I like most. I prefer some cold, but softer summers, and definitely I like rainy days (not windy, please heh).

I was in Bilbao for 15 months, and you can hear about they climate that is awful, but I like it. Rainy, very soft summers, not so cold winters, and a very green land with a clean air pleasant to breath.

So I know what I like and what I don’t. What’s your perfect climate?

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