lauantai 30. toukokuuta 2015

Ohi !

Viisi kuukautta meni todella nopeasti, parempaa työssäoppimispaikkaa en olisi voinut pyytääkkään. Sain tästä ajasta irti melkein kaiken mitä lähdin hakemaankin. Opin lisää itsestäni sekä pääsin kehittämään kielitaitoani. Sain arvokasta kokemusta työelämästä.

Eilen Suomeen kotiutuneena on hyvä valmistautua tämän päivän juhliin. Eilen valmistuin Helmi Liiketalousopistosta matkailuvirkailijaksi ja tänään pidämme siskoni kanssa juhlat, koska hänkin valmistuu ammattiin. 

Tulen viettämään suomessa vain noin viikon ja palaan Malagaan töihin. Saa nähdä milloin palaan suomeen seuraavan kerran :)

Hyvää kesää kaikille ja kiitos lukijoille !

-Laura


tiistai 5. toukokuuta 2015

Feria de los Pueblos!

My friends came here last week. Other friend came to spend week long holiday and other is staying little bit longer doing also her internship.

Last week I had 4 days off from work. It was nice to have time to hang out with my friends and visit the Feria internacional de Los Pueblos.

In Feria de los Pueblos every Caseta (“house”) is hosted by different country. Feria is all about the nationalities that are living here. Countries serve their local food, drinks and play their music. For example we went to Caseta Cuba to drink Mojitos and to Caseta Venezuela to dance. Caseta Finland was nice organized. Every day there were lots of people. They were showing ice hockey games, serving sausages, salmon and Santa Claus was there also. 

The Feria is full of dance performances with people dressed up in traditional costumes.  Feria de los Pueblos is every year at the same time.


Weather was so great during this little break from work. Almost 30 degrees and sun was shining. I actually went to the Ocean to swim for the first time. It was cold but refreshing.   






-Laura

sunnuntai 12. huhtikuuta 2015

Semana Santa

Last week was a Semana Santa (Holy week). 

That means vacation week for almost everyone here. Streets were full of people just enjoying their holiday. Many Spanish families own a second home in Costa del Sol or rented an apartment near by the beach.

Semana Santa is one of Spain’s largest festivals. During the week here was lots of religious happening going on. Shops were closed and everyday people gather around to see the parade. 

Also a good thing about this week is that during the Semana Santa tourists lefted more than 34 million euros to Malaga. 

Of course, Semana Santa was the busiest week so far in the work. Everyday working so much and I also had to spend some extra hours at the office. 

Here are some photos of Semana Santa :)





weather was great during the Semana Santa.

Good night everyone!

-Laura


lauantai 28. maaliskuuta 2015

Hello!


Times just flies. My parents were here two weeks ago and now I finally have time to post about it.

We rented a car and drove around the Costa del Sol for four days. I will put photos and tell more about places we visited.

Ronda (Province of Malaga)

Ronda is a small mountain town located more than 700 meters above sea level. The historic town is one of Spain's oldest town and there also is the oldest bullfighting ring called Plaza de toros de Ronda. The town is easily explored on foot.
The famous bridge, Puente Nuevo

The view from Ronda

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory. There are the only wild apes and monkeys found in Europe. The culture is mix of Spanish and British. English is official language (schools and official purposes) but spanish, llanito (spanglish) and portuguese are also spoken there.

The people of Gibraltar call themselves Llanitos "people of the little flat land"

Good way to get to the top of the rock is Cable Car. You can enjoy amazing view from the top and also see the wild monkeys.

Wild monkeys

The view from the Cable Car
426m high Rock Of Gibraltar

Parque de Crocodilos

Of course we went to the Crocodile Park in Torremolinos. There are more than 200 crocodiles and its open 365 days a year.

We went there one hour before the closing time and were the only ones there. All the crocodiles were inside looking very relaxed and calm. One of the staff members told us facts about crocodiles and let us held a baby crocodile. It was interesting to hear about them and also see how fast they react when the man was teasing them with a stick.

Crocodiles

Big Daddy Paco (The biggest crocodile in Europe

We also visited the white town in Nerja, Marbella and took a walk in Puerto Banus.
Tapas plates
Have a good weekend you all !

-Laura

sunnuntai 8. maaliskuuta 2015

Lazy Sunday



It has been a busy two weeks at work. I have learned some new things, like for example how to teach a Danish elder to drive automatic car without even speaking the same language with him... But for real I have learned many things.

I am really getting comfortable at work. I don’t get that nervous anymore when I have to use English or if a client has something to complain about.


too much mist, cannot even see the ocean

nice Sunday weather
This week we went to see a horror movie called La mujer de Negro (the women in black). It’s not very good idea to go a watch horror film that starts 10.30pm and after that to come home alone to sleep… Hehe but I survived. ;)


I also went with my friend to this great tapas restaurant. I really liked the food sooo much that I will surely go there with my parents when they are coming. So my parents were planning to come here today or tomorrow, but the problem is that Norwegian has cancelled many flights. So it’s affecting also to their flight. They don’t know for sure if they are able to come. I really hope that they can come so I can also have my vacation from work.


I can´t wait to spend time with them and go see some awesome locations and attractions, to do some sightseeing. 

I have already planned what we are gonna do here if they do come. I definitely wanna visit Parque de Crocodilos and drive to Ronda, Puerto 
Banus and maybe see the palace of Alhambra. Here are so many places I know I wanna take them to. But let’s see what happens …

Hope you all had a good and relaxing weekend and happy international women’s day.


Para todas las mujeres estupendas que andan por ahí!! Feliz día de la mujer!



-Laura

tiistai 17. helmikuuta 2015

¡Hola!

Last two weeks has gone so fast! I can't even realize that I have spent here almost two months. Everything is fine here. Work has been good and I have learned so much more. Of course there are some bad days when I miss my friends and family like grazy. But I feel happy here.


The weather is getting warmer and days are getting longer. Summer is coming :)

Last week I went to HyväOlo-event. Event was in one Finnish restaurant nearby my apartment. It was like a little fair where entrepreneurs were telling more about their services in Costa del Sol. There were hairdressers, sport massage, nail-artist, personal trainers and also had a opportunity to buy Aloe Vera-products and magnetic jewellery.

I actually booked a facial and won a Aloe Vera cream from there.

I like living in Spain, but there is one thing I hate more than anything; cockroaches... I have found at my apartment three (luckily only three) cockroaches during my stay here. Two was already dead but one was running around on my kitchen table. It's not very nice to wake up and a first thing you see is a cockroach.

At the end I will put some photos from last two weeks.

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Aeropuerto de Malaga-Costa del Sol
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Cheese and fruit at HyväOlo-event
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Today has been raining a lot! Had a nice walk to the train station...
Torreblanca
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Torreblanca
Buenas noches,
chao!

-L

maanantai 26. tammikuuta 2015

Work, work and more work


I really like my job. I have been working for 3 weeks now and every day at the office is different. My coworkers are nice; they are all from different countries. There are people
from Finland, Denmark, Spain and England.


At the airport

Some days are really hectic and lots of cars are coming in and out. All customers are coming to get their cars at the same time and all phones are ringing etc… But on the other hand, there are moments when I have almost nothing to do.

My workday includes answering emails and phone calls, making reservations, checking in and out rental/parking cars, customer service and also driving cars from airport to the office and vice versa. One day I went to pick up a car from clients house in Torreblanca, it is about 20 minutes away from our office. 


:)

So how I got the idea of applying for this job?

I was reading all the blogs of our students and trying to figure out where I want to apply.

I applied for three different jobs all located in Malaga. I knew that I want to come to Fuengirola to do my internship. I have lived here before and absolutely love this place.
I sent email direct to Autokatti, I waited quite a long time for the respond, but it was worth it.


Train station at 7.30 am 

Of course, my life here is more than just work. I have spent time with friends, doing some shopping and hanging out in cafeterias. Just enjoying life in Spain!

Last week we went to Plaza Mayor to see a movie. It is so different here... We were watching this American movie called Horrible Bosses 2, and it was dubbed to Spanish. Everything here is dubbed on TV also... Well, luckily now I know how to change the language on the TV. :) 

-Laura