The Matt Faus Blog

After traveling 5000 miles in 30 hours with 180 pounds of luggage, I finally made it to Valencia, Spain. I’ll be here for three months living in the dorms at the University of Valencia, and studying Spanish with Don Quijote Spanish School. So far, everything has been going pretty good, except for the differences in electrical connections. I bought a power converter, but it turns out that I got the wrong one, as it is a 1600 watt converter meant for hair dryers, toasters, and other high-wattage electronics. So I will ordered some 50W power converters off of Ebay and paid for air shipping, so hopefully they will be here before too long. I got a EU power cord for my desktop since the power supply on that beast will accept anything from 100 to 240VAC, so anything in the world.

The trip over wasn’t too bad, except for the stint in Barcelona. I flew into Barcelona’s international airport (Valencia doesn’t have one) and then took the train from there to Valencia. So, I had to carry my desktop along with clothes and a carry-on from the arrival gate to the train station at the airport (up and down a few escalators), and then off the train, onto another train 3 hours later, and off the train again. At least the case I got for my computer is awesome - it’s like a case you would put your gun or bow in when going on distant huntring trip, except that it’s big enough for my computer. It has wheels and several handles, so that makes it easier, but it’s still 100 pounds.

I’ll be taking and uploading some pictures before too long, but adios until then!