Hello fellow expats,
This is Sougata here from Barcelona. Though am living here since last year Dec and working a PhD student at UPF, but am a not a regular at this site since now..( But now i am really interested to make some cool friends as my life is a bit boring here. Don't know why but interacting with local people is turning out to be a bit difficult as neither i speak catalan nor spanish. And moreover they, CATALAN or SPANISH people have this CLOSED ATTITUDE which really turned me off multiple times. I have lived in France and specially at Paris but never felt this problem before. As long i am at university day goes well but the moment am out of my work place problem starts..lol.
While interacting with local people , the moment they know am an outsider who doesn't speak neither spanish nor catalan no interest anymore to talk more.. strange.... which is a bit insulting. I mean it's not that all the people i have met doesn't know english at all but the problem is that even knowing they are not interested to speak.
So my personal experience living here is not turning out to be GOOD in terms of socialising. Want to know how others are facing any kind of this issue.
Cheers ,
Sougata