Barcelona is the capital of the region of Catalonia and the independence flag hanging off balconies reminds us that they are Catalan, not Spanish. The Catalan residents are very proud of their city, their culture, their heritage, and of course their football team: FC Barcelona!
The city is divided in 10 districts: Ciutat Vella, L’Eixample, Sants-Montjuic, Les Corts, Sarria-Sant Gervasi, Gracia, Horta-Guinardo, Nou Barris, Sant Andreu and Sant Marti. Each of them consist in few neighbourhoods, most of them being secure. We do recommend to avoid for living the district El Raval and El Besos i el Maresme where you might encounter weird people especially during the nights.

Many expats choose Gracia district as it is the most dynamic area, full of shops, restaurants, bars, etc but is also the most expensive one and most of buildings are pretty old.

Usually an individual room cost 350€-450€/month with all bills included and a double room is 450€-600€/month, the price depends on the apartment location and amenities.

The best rental portals to search for accommodation in Spain are:
– www.idealista.com
– www.fotocasa.es
– www.habitaclia.com
– www.enalquiler.com
– www.pisos.com

Just keep in mind to rent something near a metro/bus/train/tram station as the transportation in Barcelona is good and fast.

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Firstly, you are lucky if you have your internship here in Barcelona. The capital of Catalunya is the place where we can enjoy the hidden courtyards of Barri Gòtic, a cup of hot horchata in a vintage café on our way back from work or simply the breathtaking sunset on the beautiful beaches that are never too far away. But how to save money in this expensive touristic city? So below are a few places you should not miss when you are here.

Take a walk around the El Born neighborhood – this is gothic style architecture at its finest, and all are free for the sightseeing. The neighborhood has grown into the most fashionable place in Barcelona with famous museums, beautiful clothing shops and lovely cafés on the medieval streets.

What’s more, you should check the Eventbrite app to see if there is any festival happening around the town. Each neighborhood has its own celebration and festival to embrace the culture of the neighborhood. Below is the  Santa Eulalia Festival that I came across here.

Regarding tourist attractions, we should not miss Sagrada Familia, the symbol of this city.  A basic ticket is 15 euros, but you can simply enjoy the architecture from outside. There are also a variety of beautiful parks and walking streets that are close to this popular tourist attraction. The bakery Puiggròs is only 15-minute walk from here with the best croissant you can imagine. 

And if you are still into the Gothic architecture, Barcelona Cathedral is another perfect choice –beautiful gothic style cathedral with free entrance.

Right at Placa Espanya stands Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, one of the most famous museums here in Barcelona. Sometimes at midnight, the museum is free for everybody. You need to check the website for more information. The collections here are impressive, and the fountain music performance in front of the building is the most expected event on every  Thursday and Saturday.

When considering eateries, you might want to consider La Champaneria, a secret delight for locals and lucky tourists who come here. There is no seat here. You can just find your own corner to drink cava and eat the fresh, juicy meat while standing up with a group of friends. This place is famous for the cheap price, high-quality food, and the unique atmosphere. Try hanging out there with your friends. You will be surprised!

And of course, when talking about Barcelona, we cannot forget the beaches. Besides the crowded Barceloneta, you can have several other options. There are two beaches that are highly recommended if you want to experience the nice, clean water with not so many people around. The first is Sitges. It is a lovely little town with many cafes, restaurants, shops around and a colorful nightlife. The second is Castelldefels. It is considered as having the best quality sand and water. However, there are not so many bars and restaurants around for more activities around the corner.

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Dear potential applicants, there are 5 most crucial points I would love to share with you. I know it is stressful and hectic to apply for whether a job, internship or any vacancy through the fast-moving internet era. Yet, unless you master these 5 small details in your resume, I am afraid the distance between you and your dream job will be just further and further!

1. Contact information

I am sure you are bright. Your resume is so impressive. I highly admire your experience and your CV style is creative, to some extent, which can make you stand out. However, please keep in mind the unbearable that the recruiter could not find your contact information. This is really painfully irritating. Truth to say, the recruiter perhaps would like to contact you, but unfortunately, there are more people interested in the vacancy and obviously they are more reachable than you with explicitly contact information attached. Sorry but brutally honest, no one would wish to spend their time googling you whom they have not met yet.

2. The position you are aiming

Would you mind doing yourself a favor? Just keep it clear which position you want to apply for.  The recruiter has been patient enough to screen though your motivation letter, then it would be really disappointed to realize you send the same document to all the companies that exist without any adjustment. Or it could be worse that recruiters have no clue which positions you are passionate about. For example, the recruiter received your application for both three positions posted without any reasonable explanation. Sure I could image how daunting and desperate to search for a job, nevertheless; the bottom line is “What’s from the heart reaches the heart”. Simply because recruiters are human too.

3. CC Vs BCC

This mistake might be more crucial than you think it is. It is ironically golden case that I have seen a few applicants did not even BCC or CC their application but directly send 9-10 different email addresses of other companies. Frankly, I would love to just ignore those applications because it would take so much time to figure out if they actually want the position offered. Moreover, it is considered to be a bit unfair for other applicants with sincerer way of sending their application to each vacancy.

4. Microsoft word?

I am sure everyone who applies can be sufficient at Microsoft Word. Please, to save time for each other, could it be an idea to use PDF file which is more effectively professional? Your computer competent skills are present partly themselves in your resume. I just can’t help but wondering which century people would send Microsoft Word document for a job application. However, it is supposed that hand-written application would be substantially impressive and  never out of fashion

5. Faithfully VS Sincerely

Everyone makes mistake, which means you should be tolerated for yours as well, right? Nevertheless, in reality, it is true to say you would not be preferably chosen over the person who have made his/her effort in every small details. I am still grateful to my teacher and career mentor for making it clear that “Faithfully” for person you do not know their name, vice versa with Sincerely.

For example, if you used “Dear Sir/Madam” in the beginning, the former is appropriately used and the latter is for instance “Dear Mr. Smith”.

All in all, I am no better than you. We are here to learn from each other. I used to make some silly mistakes as well. The point is we learnt from it, move forward and grow wiser!!

Good luck!

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Relocation is never an easy job. At PremiumInternship, we understand all the worries, confusion and fear associated with this new step in your career. If you are considering to take a new job here in Barcelona, let’s go through these 5 tips before making the big decision!

#1: Finding accommodation with a focus on location

It’s best if you can find a place right in the center. As there are many popular sight-seeing sites all around the city, it’s very likely that your apartment will be 5 minutes walk to the beautiful Arc de Triomf or Placa Catalunuya. Also, you need to check the distance between your flat and your workplace and the time it takes you to go to work. Make sure that the location best fits your need, and you do not need to spend one hours on metro (trust me, it’s super tiring!)

#2: Making sure that your flat has an elevator

It might seem ridiculous at first but many buildings in Barcelona are old and they do not install elevator in-house. This also means that if you live on a fifth floor of the building, you won’t want to forget anything when you get out of house because you will end up sweating all over right after you leaves the door.

#3:Transportation: Don’t buy the 1-month or 3-month travel ticket, buy the T-10 ticket!

I myself had a painful experience with this card when I arrived here the first time. What made me curious at that time was the fact that people often bought only the T-10 ticket (for 10 travel turn) at 9.9 euros instead of saving money by buying the T-Jove or T-MES ticket (for unlimited travel within 3 month/1 month). Later, I realized the reason in an unexpected way. My T-Jove travel ticket could not be used suddenly after one month use.

When I brought this ticket to the ticket office, the lady told me that she could not reclaim for me the remaining time of the ticket because the ink on the ticket was blurred already. Interestingly, the same paper quality and ink are used for all the tickets (including the T-10 at 9.9 euros and the T-Jove around 110 euros). So don’t make the same mistake twice. It might be economical to use T-Jove for 3 months of your internship but you might lose the ticket or lose the ink on the ticket unexpectedly.

#4: Barcelona is fun, so don’t waste every minute here!

You might already know that Barcelona is a very turistic city, but do you know that this city is also full of clubs and organizations for young people to join? From the popular Erasmus network to Barcelona Newcomer’s Club, Barcelona Women’s Network,  and Barcelona Hash House Harriers, you can definitely find a place where you belong to. It is always more fun and memorable when you can experience the dream city with other like-minded friends. And don’t forget that the company you are working at might have its own club and organization.

Your colleague might turn out to be your best companion in exploring different corners in the city. Don’t miss the chance!

#5: These 7 apps will make your life a lot easier!

Whatsapp – free texting and calling with the internet. It’s very popular throughout Spain. If you need to call internationally to an organization abroad (it’s very likely that they don’t use WhatsApp), you can try using Skype credits (very economical and good quality call). Don’t try to buy the local Spanish sms or you will end up spending 10 euros for 1 minutes calling!

Meetup – to meet like-minded people. Like I said before, there are different clubs and organizations around the city. Using this app can help you get to know other expats just like you.

Segundamano & Wallapop: online market for secondhand furniture with a great price. As an intern, you might not want to spend hundreds of euros for furniture and necessities. This is where these apps come into place.

Word reference: If you don’t know Spanish, this is a perfect handy dictionary for you!

Biking: there is no better way to know about the availability of bikes in real times at all the stations.

Eventbrite: You can always get up-to-date with what is happening around the city that interests you!

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Most of the time people think a student is successful when they get good academic grades. But when you look a little closer, those who achieve good grades are sometimes unhappy students who have only learned to do what teachers ask.

It’s also said that a student is successful when he or she finds something that motivates him or her to go every day to university, sit down for several hours and seek answers to the questions their teachers and colleagues pose.

A student can be successful only in an area and gain social recognition too, for example in a sports or artistic field.
But sometimes we must think beyond, questions like:

Does a s successful student always find success when he or she leaves the University?

Various studies show that the answer… is not necessarily. Actually, sometimes they feel lost without the tight schedules and the need to determine their own execution, after many years that others identify and assess their performance.

What Is The Secret Behind Successful Students?

Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, etc,  they share more than a few enviable accomplishments. They’re billionaires, they made their fortunes in tech and they started their businesses while they were still students.

They succeed because always focused on creating good habits.

Here are listed some of their habits:

Commitment to their goals

Persistance until achieving the goals

Responsibility

Hard working

Networking with people better than them

Confidence in themselves and their vision

Pay attention to health & food lifestyle

Learnning constantly by trial and error

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Barcelona is a great city, almost every person who visit it would like to move here. The reasons are many: weather, food, people, culture, living costs, overall: the quality of life it’s good.
If you plan to move here you should have an idea of the monthly living costs, as the city is not really cheap. The number of tourists and emigrants increased a lot in the last years and this makes the prices to go up.

The following prices are very generic(an average price).

+ The food price:

Chicken: 3.70€ – 1kg
Milk: 1.3€ – 1l
Bread: 1€ – 1piece
Orange juice: 1.60€ – 1l
Milka chocholate: 1€ – 100g
Bananas: 0.8€ – 1kg
Beer Becks: 0.5€ – 33cl

The most popular markets in Barcelona(supermercat) are :
– Mercadona www.mercadona.es
– Carrefour http://www.carrefour.es
– Lidl http://www.lidl.es
– Consum http://www.consum.es
– Bonpreu www.bonpreu.cat
– Condis www.condis.es
– Caprabo http://www.caprabo.com

+ The rent cost:

The price is influenced mostly by the location, the next example is for the center area:
2 rooms apartment: 500-1000€/month
Room in a shared apartment: 350-500€ (depending on the size)

Have a look on the biggest renting portals in Spain:
– www.fotocasa.es
– www.habitaclia.com
– www.idealista.com
– www.enalquiler.com
– www.pisos.com
– www.loquo.com

+ Transportation cost:

A ticket valid for a single bus journey: 2.15€
A multi-person travel card allowing 10 journeys (metro/bus): 9.95€
An individual travel card valid for 50 intermodal journeys in 30 consecutive days from the first validation: 42.50€
An individual non-transferable travel card valid for an unlimited number of journeys in 30 consecutive days from the first validation: 52.75€

Check here all the ticket types: http://www.tmb.cat/en/bitllets-i-tarifes

To summarise, a cheap total cost would be:
+ accomodation: 350€
+ transportation: 42.50€
+ food & others: 400€
= 795€

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Barcelona is the most popular city of Catalunya and also its capital, making it a major tourist destination.

What it so so special? Because:

+ Is a cosmopolitan city, very international

+ Has a SUNNY mediterranean climate

+ There’s a vibrant lifestyle, many carnavals and holidays

+ The food is delicious

+ It’s a cultural city: Gaudí, Dalí, Miró, …

+ The parks are amazing

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Après les épreuves du Baccalauréat en France, qui se sont déroulées entre le 17 et le 24 juin, les élèves des différents lycées français peuvent maintenant préparer leur future entrée dans les écoles supérieures: logements, bourses, santé..etc.
Qu’est ce qu’il en est de ceux qui n’ont pas été reçus ? Il va falloir retenter sa chance l’année prochaine !

Le O9 Juillet 2015, lors de la cérémonie de remise des prix du concours général, les meilleurs élèves des Lycées français ont été récompensés et félicités comme chaque année par Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, ministre de l’éducation nationale, de l’enseignement supérieure et de la recherche.

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