fionamw

House in old Malaga seafront, anywhere up to about 5th line... - El Limonar/Pedregalego/etc. Flat in N London. Then think a bit because all that property would require maintenance. Somewhere in N Argentina if funds allowed. nb OH agrees with Rotor, often says he wouldn't buy again. I would but mainly because my family had a property/land ethic.

Forgot to say would definitely keep our house, but keep an eye out for a buyer to get somewhere similar but flatter (land, not house!) and nearer the coastal strip!

rachelk

Yes. I'd even stay in the same flat I think. I'd just travel a bit more instead of going to work, that's all.

montgomail

What she said.

busters mum

Hubby would follow the F1 races all round the world, so i wouln't have to move ha ha ha

Rosemary

Why move if you are happy where you are, If one is financially viable then any extra would not, certainly at my age, make much difference.
Would be great to set the kids up for life though.

Graham

Madridboy

I can't figure it out. Every cruise is almost a repetition, that'd have to be the most boring lifestyle going, sounds more like she was trying to escape the fact that her husband died whilst on the cruise ship and she can't face life without him.

I'd deffinatly want to buy a bigger property over here if we won the lottery.

Lionda

I'd stay where I am but would probably buy a house in Spain and also one near my very best friend who lives too far away

megmet

I would like to do the same, in fact I'm going to leave an amount to animal charities even if I don't win the lottery!

I wouldn't move away from this area, I would just buy a much bigger house.
I'd buy a second home in Cornwall though so that I could escape the heat of July and August which I don't enjoy very much.

evamar

For me one place in Valencia, one in Asturias, one in London... so we can keep with our best friends and family... and travel a lot.

If I had money to go to very expensive hotels (still remember the Plaza and the Waldorf Astoria in NY and Fairmont Royal York in Toronto for our honeymoon.. those were the times!), I wouldn't give a s*** about staff being nice out of their personalities or for a good tip. I just want them to be nice and would be happy to pay 10 quid for a sandwich... only I wouldn't have a sandwich, mind you!

BTW... the Plaza a bit disappointing and the Waldorf Astoria has the best beds ever! And... if you book online you save almost half and can look for cheap flights too, so going to luxury hotels abroad is not such a distant dream and it's something you will definitely remember... que nos quiten lo bailao!

fionamw

Advance apology - this is an aside! I enjoy eva's occasional little Spanish expressions, which sometimes I understand sometimes I don't. Today I didn't understand 'que nos quiten lo bailao' .... just google translated it and it came up with 'take away what we bailao'. Back to the drawing board. Lateral thinking. Stick a 'd' in to make it 'bailado'.... whole different ball game! Removed as we danced, obviously not the colloquial meaning but at least it has meaning! Languages who'd 'ave 'em

Back on topic, RachelK's idea of staying in the same place and travelling more bears some thinking about, but I still reckon I'd rather be lower down and nearer the coast. The Tardis effect - Temperature and Distance related in Spain

evamar

Good and common expression to show off your Spanish!

"Que nos quiten lo bailao" cannot be translated literally, it means that you have already done something you enjoyed, and memories cannot be taken away.

"Bailao" is the vulgar of "bailado", participle of the verb "bailar" (=to dance)

In our case it means that although we cannot afford now what we did in our honeymoon (and I mean financially, you dirty minds! ), the memories cannot be erased, so "que nos quiten lo bailao!"

steviedeluxe

I have to admit this was a new expression to me. As mentioned, it's one of those expressions that perhaps can't be translated directly into English. Perhaps we'd say "They can't take away our memories" or "we made hay while the sun shined.."
To return to the hotel issue. I suppose that they can never replace "home". No matter how luxurious and large the apartment, it won't have your favourite books, your personal pictures and mementoes nor your plants or pets. They are sometimes necessary for short stays, but I'd hate to spend a long time in a hotel room, no matter how "luxurious".

bil

I'd say 'Make hay while the sun shines' means that when conditions for something are good, then you should be concentrating on doing that.

rachelk

I realised as I wrote that, about how I wouldn't change even my flat, how lucky I am to be so content.....However I'd like to modify slightly and say that as well as travelling I'd employ a cleaner

And as for nearer the coast, any nearer and I'd get my feet wet. I have a first line view over the port and the bay that would be difficult to match anywhere. (It's what I tell myself when I have a bad day at work...)

Eurovision, Fiona. Eurovision

Dick Dasterdly

Don't I know it and never more so than in the literary translation.