anthonypjsmith

Hi all, Im ready to take the plunge and leave everything behind in the UK (i dont have a house a partner or any kids) and want to start a new life in spain, I was thinking of packing my job in here and jumping on a plane and who knows what next?

could you help with the best course of action please?

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lynnxa

welcome to BE

do a search of the forum first


these will start you off

http://britishexpats.com/forum/searc...archid=1204682

http://britishexpats.com/forum/searc...archid=1204702

valenciatim

Lynn, It doesn't work when you do that! That link will only work on your pc!
Tim

lynnxa

oh yeah - I forgot that!!

Veleta

Well done for having the guts to do this. My father wanted to retire to Spain, but got terminal cancer before he reached 60 and spent his last few months thinking about what could have been. So if you have got itchy feet you should definitely do something about it.

Have you thought about how you will fund your move? It will more than likely be a while before you get settled into a good new job, assuming that you will be looking for one. So you can expect to be dipping into your savings for several months.

If you need to work when you get here, what will you do?

Learning Spanish will be essential if you want to broaden your career horizons, and of course make Spanish friends.

jdr

Yeah it`s a really helpful search facility ain`t it.

betris

anthony the best course of action would be frequent the rich play areas and latch on to a verry ritch old ugly boot.and be her play thing/toy boy and spend all her money.failing that you could just take any job going just to pay your keeps.like fruit picking or some thing and you could pick up spanish at the same time.you have no ties and if you have nothing you have nothing to loose.you can alway go back if it dosnt work out for you.better to have tryed and faild than to spend your life wondering what if.best of luck

poshnbucks

Piccy of betris looking for a new position............

fionamw

Yep, if you have no ties to the UK and you're well aware there may not be a pot at the end of the rainbow but don't mind searching, give it a go..... Search this site & you'll have oodles of info to think about & help you weigh up the odds. Just don't make the seemingly classic (from the number of enquiries I've seen in such a short time) mistake of thinking a few thousand in the bank & faltering Spanish will be good enough to clinch you a year in the sun, a job & a rosy future. All that having been said, you're better placed than most to take the leap of faith.
All the best with whatever you decide to do.