A couple questions.

[silo]

I am moving to Barcelona this February. My wife thinks that it would be a good idea to find a group of Americans to hang out with. Does anyone know of any groups in Barcelona?

Also...I was wondering if there was a way to get TV channels from the US. I am only interested in Channels like CNN, MSNBC, etc. I just want a good way to keep up on news and my wife wants to keep up on her English. :roll:

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[Tracy]

HELLO Shiloh--

The best way to find other Americans in BCN is to check out the classifieds in all the English language publications around town- I\\\'m sure there are a FEW. Last time I checked \\\"Barcelona Metropolitan\\\" was the biggest, although their website has been out-of-comission for awhile now. You\\\'ll be able to get it once there.

And as far as TV is concerned, CNN is easy to get but a bit pricey. You\\\'ll have to purchase satellite TV. Last time I was there, there were rumors of Spain getting cable. But I don\\\'t know if that\\\'s been done yet. I\\\'ll have Jeremy post the answer, since he lives in Madrid now (and knows virtually EVERYTHING).

Good Luck to you!

tracy

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[jer]

Hola Shiloh, Tracy has talked me up here so I guess I have to deliver

Right on RE Barcelona Metropolitan Tracy for finding other Americanos to hang with. I will only add that the online version of Barcelona Metropolitan is at www.barcelonametropolitan.com (it was down however when I last looked today) and they have a classifeds section that you can look at for making new friends.

As for cable in Spain, it is offered by Madritel which has recently been bought up by Auna Cable ( http://www.aunacable.es ).

RE digital satelite TV, the Spanish satelite and pay TV companies are:

* Canal Setelite Digital - http://www.csatelite.es
* Vía Digital - http://www.viadigital.es
* Canal Plus - http://www.plus.es
* Quiero TV - http://www.quierotv.com

Canal Setelite Digital & Vía Digital were the two major competing forces but they just merged. Check into it all to see who offers what.

On a side note, I get CNN here in Madrid via a normal parabolic antenna and it is free but the town hall paid for the antenna installation and the first year, after that it will cost us only $20/year
Saludos,
jer...

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