Working in Barcelona (during Corona)

First Sevilla, now Barcelona... this is a dream coming true!

At the beginning of 2020, I made the choice to look for a job in Barcelona. This idea actually started to form a month after I quit working in Sevilla. I guess I really can´t stay at one place 😉

The reason why

The biggest reason why I choose Barcelona is my boyfriend. In March, he moved there, just 2 weeks before the whole Corona situation lit on fire in Spain. After working for a while in The Netherlands and not being able to travel, I started to look for jobs in Barcelona.

Because why not!? It´s a new, bubbly and international city; very different from Sevilla. Also after living together, I wanted to do that again. I can say: him living there, made the choice much easier to move to Spain again.

August 2020

In August 2020 I went to Barcelona for a month. The biggest reason: to see my boyfriend after 5 long months and also to have some kind of holiday, even though we tried not to go out that much. In that month I was actively searching for jobs. Even at bicycle tour organizations, I loved doing that in Sevilla.

Sadly, because of Covid-19, they were not looking for anyone. But then Tripadvisor invited me for a talk, Tripadvisor! Which traveler doesn´t know Tripadvisor!? Well, it´s actually TheFork, an organization that is part of Tripadvisor, but I couldn´t be less excited. Then I got the job! Sounds too good for words right!?

So at the beginning of September, I started working as a customer care specialist for TheFork and I am still in a training to understand more and more. It´s a completely different job from anything I have done before (I worked in a clothes store, a restaurant, and in the field of pedagogy), but I do like it so far.

Covid-19

I wonder what it would be like to work in Barcelona without Corona in the world. At the time of writing restaurants just closed for 2 weeks, Madrid is in lockdown and everyone is wearing masks outside the home. Normally I am sure it would be much more crowded with tourists, I do enjoy this, even though I don´t know what it was like.

Today I also decided to take Spanish classes, but these will all the online and self-study. It is super fun to start with learning Spanish again, but I also have to admit that this situation doesn´t make meeting people much easier. Anyway, I am not complaining. I feel grateful to be living in such a cool, pretty, and world-known city. I am still not as in love with Barcelona as I am with Sevilla, but that might come when time passes. I hope so!

Right now I am living just for one month here in Barcelona, but I promise you that many blogs will come about my life in Barcelona. So stay tuned!