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Forum: Spain
Feb 9th 2012, 2:12 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 6,776
Posted By strangemother

Re: Place in the Winter Sun

I think some (actually, probably at least half of the) people on these programs never really intend to go and live abroad, they probably have a vague interest but mostly just play along with the...
Forum: Spain
Feb 6th 2012, 4:17 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 6,776
Posted By strangemother

Re: Place in the Winter Sun

lol they did look older than 50.
I'd have chosen the one in the countryside if i were to spend £150k (which i'm not, i'm going to rent, but would like something similar!).
Forum: Spain
Feb 6th 2012, 2:23 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,301
Posted By strangemother

Re: Apologies for lots of Questions, but any help would be great

I'd think it will be pretty hard to get 1000Euro a month just from online marketing unless you already have a well established site/business, go blackhat, or get lucky. Speaking from real experience...
Forum: Spain
Feb 4th 2012, 9:13 am
Replies: 8
Views: 950
Posted By strangemother

Re: Good resource to learn Spanish Grammar?

thanks ! will take a look at all the above suggestions.
Forum: Spain
Feb 4th 2012, 7:58 am
Replies: 8
Views: 950
Posted By strangemother

Good resource to learn Spanish Grammar?

As per the title, i'm looking for a good resource to brush up on my grammar. I have found plenty of sites which help me with Spanish in general and have managed to advance quite nicely on and off...
Forum: Spain
Feb 3rd 2012, 8:23 am
Replies: 43
Views: 3,739
Posted By strangemother

Re: Why living in Spain just feels so good!

re. lanzarote in february... we have recently come back from Lanzarote, spent 2 weeks there in January. The weather was perfect! I was in t-shirt and shorts every day. I can imagine it feeling cooler...
Forum: Spain
Feb 2nd 2012, 6:02 am
Replies: 43
Views: 3,739
Posted By strangemother

Re: Why living in Spain just feels so good!

Canary Islands are great, love them so much, but there is one problem,... and that is the "Island" bit, hehe. I love the climate but i'd start to feel hemmed in longer term and confined... i like...
Forum: Spain
Feb 1st 2012, 2:09 pm
Replies: 112
Views: 14,524
Posted By strangemother

Re: Area best for Brits

haha yes i am familiar with your website, how funny. I run a very popular forex forum which you might have heard of, very popular in the automated trading world that is. We have an Alexa rank of...
Forum: Spain
Feb 1st 2012, 1:50 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,739
Posted By strangemother

Re: Why living in Spain just feels so good!

haha, no, for sittin down outside coding the weather needs to be more like 15deg+. I said i'm pretty tough, not outright crazy ;).
Forum: Spain
Feb 1st 2012, 1:48 pm
Replies: 112
Views: 14,524
Posted By strangemother

Re: Area best for Brits

I am 30 this year, and have a 3 year old, and moving to Spain... although it is true that i don't see many people in similar situations to me. Those of our age seem to either be super hard working...
Forum: Spain
Feb 1st 2012, 1:38 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,739
Posted By strangemother

Re: Why living in Spain just feels so good!

haha i don't think it's -3degC there though? I'm pretty tough when it comes to cold weather, i hate wearing coats - all that you need to do is make sure you walk fast to keep warm ;). -3 in a t-shirt...
Forum: Spain
Feb 1st 2012, 12:10 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,739
Posted By strangemother

Re: Why living in Spain just feels so good!

Just being able to feel light on your skin absolutely makes a difference. Today in the UK where i am it is bright and sunny, although extremely cold, and braving the temperatures in a t-shirt for a...
Forum: Spain
Jan 31st 2012, 9:19 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,561
Posted By strangemother

Re: What are your Spanish neighbours like?

funny responses ;) sense of humour alive and well on this forum.

I too like it when you walk down a street and people actually acknowledge you rather than go to efforts to totally avoid eye...
Forum: Spain
Jan 31st 2012, 8:39 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,561
Posted By strangemother

What are your Spanish neighbours like?

OK, i know this isn't exactly scientific, but i was just curious what people's experiences were with their Spanish neighbours? Yes, i know there are good and bad everywhere, but i'm just looking for...
Forum: Spain
Jan 30th 2012, 7:09 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 2,352
Posted By strangemother

Re: Living in a Golf Resort, Good or Bad Idea?

Maybe not everyone is into golf and they just built too many? They should create some different living resorts based around other hobbies/sports. If it is a ghost town type resort then i wouldn't...
Forum: Spain
Jan 30th 2012, 7:03 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,602
Posted By strangemother

Re: Leave to remove application

It's stressful and i can see why you want answers. It's going to be just one of those things though i think, just gotta wait and see what the outcome is and in the meantime collect together all the...
Forum: Spain
Jan 30th 2012, 6:51 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 2,352
Posted By strangemother

Re: Living in a Golf Resort, Good or Bad Idea?

I have never "got" the whole idea of the golf course community thing. I have spent a lot of time travelling back and forth to the USA and they have a lot of communities like this there too. Still...
Forum: Spain
Jan 30th 2012, 6:43 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,602
Posted By strangemother

Re: Leave to remove application

Hi there,

I can't offer any words of wisdom, but did want to say "hi" nevertheless as i'm going to be going through a very similar process to you in order to take my daughter to Spain. In my case...
Forum: Spain
Jan 30th 2012, 10:48 am
Replies: 3
Views: 642
Posted By strangemother

Re: Intro / business (sorry, long topic...)

Thanks, that's helpful. I was looking at Cádiz or Huelva, or perhaps around that area but further inland. Asturias would be amazing for the culture and it looks so pretty on all the pics i've seen,...
Forum: Spain
Jan 30th 2012, 10:13 am
Replies: 3
Views: 642
Posted By strangemother

Intro / business (sorry, long topic...)

Hi there ;-) (grab a coffee, it's kinda long and i waffle a lot...)

Been hanging around here in the background for quite some time, first time posting here in Spain forum (i did have a username on...
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