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Interview: Living in Menorca vs Barcelona

<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">How is living in one of the Balearic islands&quest; How much does it cost to live in Barcelona&quest; Where is better food&quest; Where are more opportunities&quest;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a style&equals;"clear&colon; right&semi; float&colon; right&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 1em&semi; margin-left&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;4&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-MPehQv4cF5s&sol;WjaKygpouhI&sol;AAAAAAAAJGY&sol;ePiml5O1BP0lrXc-L1u3kekv9Bs&lowbar;poW-QCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;IMG&lowbar;20171105&lowbar;155815&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;IMG&lowbar;20171105&lowbar;155815&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"179" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"899" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a>This time I asked my Spanish friend Clara a few questions&period; Clara is 19 years old&comma; she comes from Menorca and that&&num;8217&semi;s also the place where we met&period; During the summer she was working at the reception in the same hotel as me&period; In October she went to Barcelona in order to start her studies at the university&period; After finishing my animation season in Menorca&comma; I decided to visit Clara in Barcelona and it was a perfect opportunity to ask her few questions&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Clara&comma; you come from Menorca&period; Can you tell me something about the island and about your town&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Yes&comma; I come from Menorca&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a small island where you can find a lot of natural landscape and many beaches with crystal clear water and white sand&period; I live in the town called Ciutadella&period; It used to be a capital of Menorca&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not very big&semi; you can walk all around the town in just 10 minutes&period; We have a lot of monuments and old streets where you can find the well-known palaces of the aristocracy&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a style&equals;"clear&colon; left&semi; float&colon; left&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;1&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-TV1u70zUXE0&sol;WjaFiJdc7MI&sol;AAAAAAAAJF8&sol;&lowbar;H0PfxbTskgq7Y3rN&lowbar;-e4BMFHIy-vFQugCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;IMG-20171217-WA0005&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;IMG-20171217-WA0005&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"213" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1000" data-original-width&equals;"1500" &sol;><&sol;a><b>How would you describe living there&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Living in Menorca has its good and bad things&period; What&&num;8217&semi;s good is that you have peace and tranquility&period; You know each person that lives here&period; You can easily get by car anywhere you want in a quite short time&period; On the other hand&comma; we cannot do much during the winter&comma; most of the hotels&comma; restaurants and shops are closed so we can hardly get a job&period;  It&&num;8217&semi;s also very cold and windy &lpar;there is a strong north wind of Tramuntana&rpar;&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a style&equals;"clear&colon; right&semi; float&colon; right&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 1em&semi; margin-left&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;1&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-vAFVf1yisCg&sol;WjaFiS-&lowbar;gaI&sol;AAAAAAAAJGA&sol;Muh3e2hPeIsqZs7PbQfvPczvO0CHnpSxwCEwYBhgL&sol;s1600&sol;1&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;1&period;jpg" width&equals;"180" height&equals;"320" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"960" data-original-width&equals;"540" &sol;><&sol;a><b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Why did you decide to go to study to Barcelona&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">I have decided to go to Barcelona because it is a big city and I wanted to study at a good university&period; In Menorca we have only one university and I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t study tourism there&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b> <&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>How is living in Barcelona&quest; Can you compare it to the life in Menorca&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Well&comma; living in Barcelona and in Menorca is so different&period; At the beginning it was a huge change for me because I have been living in a small town for 19 years and now I live in an enourmous city with a lot of traffic and different kinds of people&period; It takes me 30 minutes by underground to reach the school and if I want to visit my friends from Menorca who live here&comma; it takes me almost an hour&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>What is the cost of living in these two places&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Barcelona is too expensive&period; I have to pay a lot of things every month &&num;8211&semi; 306 € for the rent&comma; 100 € for transport ticket&comma; then food and my personal things&period; At the end of the month I have expenses of around 400&sol;500 € apart from the rent&period; Menorca has much lower prices on everything&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b> <&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"clear&colon; left&semi; float&colon; left&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;1&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-268RvsBdnCw&sol;WjaIcghjt0I&sol;AAAAAAAAJGM&sol;werOuy00Wo05j-8p7is5idSQPwHAgDBXQCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;IMG-20171217-WA0013&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;IMG-20171217-WA0013&period;jpg" width&equals;"225" height&equals;"400" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1600" data-original-width&equals;"900" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><b>What about the food&quest; Is it better in Menorca or in Barcelona&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The food is definitely better in Menorca&period; We have many typical dishes that can&&num;8217&semi;t be compared to the food here in Barcelona&period; There is a lot of variety when we refer to food in Barcelona&comma; but you can&&num;8217&semi;t compare it to the good traditional menorquin meal&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b> <&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Where would you prefer to live in the future&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If I have to choose between Menorca and Barcelona&comma; I would prefer to live in Menorca&period; But my plan is to travel and live in another place &lpar;Germany is on the first place&rpar;&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>What exactly do you study and what kind of job would you like to do&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Like I said before&comma; I have been studying tourism&period; With this field of studies I can work on different hotel positions&comma; for example as a head reception manager&comma; housekeeper&comma; maître&comma; hotel director etc&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s also what I would like to do&comma; to work in a hotel&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a style&equals;"clear&colon; right&semi; float&colon; right&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 1em&semi; margin-left&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;3&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-AjuWcU74p&lowbar;o&sol;WjaL74LBHpI&sol;AAAAAAAAJGk&sol;uFRtC-zCDD4m0TaqqXxGUy3NqJN9UqGYACLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;IMG-20171217-WA0008&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;IMG-20171217-WA0008&period;jpg" width&equals;"180" height&equals;"320" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1600" data-original-width&equals;"900" &sol;><&sol;a><b>Where do you think you have more opportunities to find a job in the hotel&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">I think that in Germany I would have a great opportunity to find a job as a hotel director&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>As we all know&comma; the Catalans were fighting for their independence&period; How do you look at that topic&quest; Did it have any impact on you&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">I disagree with their thoughts&period; I think that we don&&num;8217&semi;t have to fight for economical or political reasons&period; Also&comma; they didn&&num;8217&semi;t do it as they should&period; They have made a referendum for the independence that was illegal&period; Of course&comma; the whole situation had an impact on me&period; Because of that&comma; I for a month I didn&&num;8217&semi;t have many classes at the university&period; Also during some classes they were saying that Spanish people are not good&period; I personally feel Spanish&comma; so for me it was quite disrespectful&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>In Barcelona people speak mostly Catalan&comma; in Menorca you speak a dialect of Catalan called Menorquin&period; Can you explain what kind of language Catalan is and what the difference between Catalan and Menorquin is&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The main difference between Catalan and Menorquin is the pronunciation and some words&period; When I first arrived here&comma; Catalan people from my class didn&&num;8217&semi;t understand me but now they have learnt some words and we can talk without any problem&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a style&equals;"clear&colon; left&semi; float&colon; left&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;1&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-HSmj-eZR8Rk&sol;WjaBsnkto7I&sol;AAAAAAAAJF0&sol;EUC047B4SLoc2ySjn-MjWpRck7&lowbar;6IVzzgCEwYBhgL&sol;s1600&sol;DSC07644&period;JPG"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;DSC07644&period;jpg" width&equals;"320" height&equals;"240" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1200" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Do you have anything else you would like to say&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">I hope that your readers enjoyed this interview&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b> <&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Thank you&period; <&sol;b><b>My last question that my female readers could be interested in&comma; where are more handsome men&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In my opinion there are more handsome men in Barcelona&excl;&excl; &colon;&rpar;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>Thank you for your interview&comma; Clara&period; I hope to see you soon&excl;<&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;b>My dear readers&comma; I hope the interview was interesting for you&period; In case you have any questions or suggestions for next posts&comma; don&&num;8217&semi;t hesitate to write it to the comments&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

Lucie

My name is Lucie. I come from Czech republic. I was studying Mediterranean studies and Comparative literature. Since 2013 I have been working as a hotel entertainer during the summer seasons. I have worked in Greece and Spain. I love that job and I want to share with you my excitement for it, my personal experience and also my travels.

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