Jally Good Day

Getting an NIE number. So, before we start, this is the main reason we wanted to start a blog. If you don't have a clue what this is then please continue reading because it is very important and it will become more apparent. We read so many different things about getting an NIE number before we arrived in Spain and even during, what the process was, how long it would take and we can tell you that the way it worked for us had absolutely ZERO similarity to the ten plus blogs and pages that we read. This is our experience from trying to attain it in in Valencia. It may be different in other towns/cities. What is an NIE number? Basically an NIE number (Número de identidad de extranjero) is very similar to the national insurance number you are given in Britain when you turn sixteen. It basically is so you can pay Spanish taxes when you are working and it is also like an identity that the Spanish government   give its foreigners. Its almost the first step to residency i...

Is it hard moving to Spain? So, is it hard? Well to put it in to perspective I finished my career in the military and we hit a bit of a bump, you know when you sit there and say 'What now?' and you almost wait for someone to push you in the right direction, well, we were there. Five months later we are sat writing this blog from Spain. But anyway, rewinding back to the start. We started looking at what we were going to do and I think we both wanted to have a change of scenery. We both have an interest in teaching and that is where we came across teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL). We both bought an online course and did it in our own time. We decided that we were going to move in with my family, we both found jobs and for three months we basically worked, ate and slept. We managed to save a steady amount of money to set us up for moving and when the time came we booked a flight arriving in Valencia airport on the 29th of December 2017. The on...

What is Jally? You might be sat thinking we’ve spelled jolly wrong or that we have a very strong Australian accent; or at least a Brit having an attempt at one, But no Jally is our combined name. Honestly it took months of planning and it finally hit us. Joey + Ally = Jally. It may or may not be similar to John and Edward making Jedward but I can assure you that wasn’t our inspiration.. i think. SO yeah we are Jally. We have had a few adventures in our time together but we have recently started the most exciting one yet, moving to Spain. We see hundreds of blogs telling you 'exactly' what it is like living here and if its good, if its cheap, if its easy, but the truth is that everyone has a different experience and maybe reading one more persons blog could make all the difference and be the deciding factor that makes you pack your bags and go. Where it all began, Glasgow Airport 29.12.2017