Mallorca, Illes Balears

I’ve been so busy thinking about going home and trying to get the most out of being here in France these last days that I’ve forgotten to give updates on my plans for next year. As many of you know (if you have been following my blog), I applied to teach English in Spain next year and was placed in my third choice location, the Balearic Islands. Last week I called my parents to see if they had received the letter I need to apply for my visa, which would also tell me where I would be teaching (i.e. tell me which island I would be on). My dad said an attempted delivery had been made as it was registered but he wasn’t sure it was my letter and thought it might be something my mom was expecting to be delivered. When I called the next day, my dad informed me that it was in fact my letter from Spain. The annoying part is that I’m in France and my parents don’t speak Spanish. Dad was too busy to scan the letter to let me read it and told me I could read it when I got home. I was too anxious to know where I was so I coached my dad into telling me what the letter(s) said. We were finally able to find the part where it told me where I’d be teaching. I was placed on the largest island, Mallorca or as we spell it in English, Majorca. I’ve been given two schools located in two different cities about 20 km apart!

The first school is located in/near Campos, Mallorca:

Centro Educativo 1: IES Damià Huguet
Direccion: Cami del Ravellar, Finca na Llarga 07630 Mallorca
Telefono +34971160085 Mail: iesdamiahuguet@educacio.caib.es
Pagina WEB: www.iesdamiahuguet.net

The second school is located in S’Alqueria Blanca, Mallorca:

Centro Educativo 2 CP Ntra. Sra. Consolacio
Direccion C. del Convent, 13 / 07691 S’Alqueria Balanca/ Mallorca
Telefono +34971654143 Mail cpmarededeudelaconsolacio@educacio.caib.es

Click on the blue balloons on the map to get more information!

View Where Derron will be living in Spain! in a larger map

After doing some research, I fount out that the city of Campos is in the municipality or region of Campos. The region itself has about 8,000 people and the city has about 3,000-4,000 people. The city of S’Alqueria Blanca as around 900 people and is located in the municipality of Santanyí.

When I first saw where I was going I really struggled with the idea. I didn’t know that I had the second school and thought I only had the school in Campos. I considered living in Palma and commuting to Campos (38km) by bus on the days I would have to teach. By having the other school in S’Alqueria Blanca, which is 51km from Palma, it would make it almost impossible to live in Palma. I’ve decided that since the bus schedule to Palma from Campos is pretty good on the weekends, I’ll just try to live in Campos and hopefully I’ll be able to get a scooter and use that to get around in my region and area.

My Ohio license will work in Spain for the first three months and then I’d have to get a Spanish license, which costs about €1,500! I figure that if I ever did get pulled over or asked, the police are not going to know that my license isn’t valid longer than 3 months. The only problem is how much the insurance will be. I’m going to have to look into that once I get there!

You can see the Wikipedia entries for the cities (or their regions actually) by clicking on the city names: Campos & S’Alqueria Blanca

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Tags: Balearic Islands, Campos, Driver's License, ESL, Made in Spain, Majorca, Palma, S'Alqueria Blanca, Santanyí, Teaching, Teaching in Spain, Travel

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