Two Years in Spain: the Kids’ Progress
In the beginning of June we already passed a significant milestone of two years in Spain. A year ago I wrote a post about the kids' progress at school and…Read more
Studying Spanish
One Year of School in Spain: the Kids’ Progress
It's summer! For us as Finns the holiday started quite late, around the 20th of June. But the next school year will start around the 10th of September, so there's…Read more
School in Spain: Evaluations and Reports
Here in Spain the school year is divided into three semesters, not into two, like in Finland. So the kids are evaluated three times a year too. The parents fetch…Read more
Differencies in Daycare/School between Finland and Spain
Isla just started school a few weeks ago, so I've been able to compare the school or daycare systems in Finland and in Spain. At first, Isla was very eager…Read more
My Daily Routine
One day not that long ago Luna came to me with this schedule that she had made for me. She figured that since she has her daily schedule on the…Read more
N.I.E., Residency and Other Things to Take Care of When Settling down in Spain
When we came to Spain in June we had a list of things to take care of. In this post I will briefly explain all the steps that we had…Read more
Going to School in Spain
The school system in Spain is a bit different from the Finnish one. Here the kids can start pre-school the year they turn three and it's free. In Finland we…Read more
Preparing the Move to Spain
I've already written about how we sold our house before the move to Spain, but in addition to that there were some other bigger projects we had to carry out…Read more