The no Doom only positive comment thread
Oct 4th 2008, 2:21 pm
#136
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Re: The no Doom only positive comment thread
More positive things about Spain...
...Seeming as I have only been living here 9 months! These points are from my humble 30 something's perspective about living and working here - not living here as a retiree...
The relaxed lifestyle
Conversations don't start with 'so what do you do for a living?'
Freedom to live 'outside of box' - more choices - if you are willing to be flexible! And less pressure 'to fit in' with society (like in UK)
More free time
Longer, sunnier days
We get to 'eat out' more, as it costs less than the UK
Working life here IS slower and more sociable - so we don't get that crazy need to go mad on the weekend like living England. I never wake up thinking 'oh god, I don't want to go to work today'.
A chance to learn a different language and to learn about a different culture
Only 1.5 hr flight to the UK to visit friends and family (and cheap with Ryan air!)
Easier to keep fit and healthy due to the longer, sunnier days
More energy to do stuff - becuase of the warm sun
Long summer breaks (as it is too hot to do anything else - yes, that's TRUE! It's not that the Spanish are lazy...)
...Seeming as I have only been living here 9 months! These points are from my humble 30 something's perspective about living and working here - not living here as a retiree...
The relaxed lifestyle
Conversations don't start with 'so what do you do for a living?'
Freedom to live 'outside of box' - more choices - if you are willing to be flexible! And less pressure 'to fit in' with society (like in UK)
More free time
Longer, sunnier days
We get to 'eat out' more, as it costs less than the UK
Working life here IS slower and more sociable - so we don't get that crazy need to go mad on the weekend like living England. I never wake up thinking 'oh god, I don't want to go to work today'.
A chance to learn a different language and to learn about a different culture
Only 1.5 hr flight to the UK to visit friends and family (and cheap with Ryan air!)
Easier to keep fit and healthy due to the longer, sunnier days
More energy to do stuff - becuase of the warm sun
Long summer breaks (as it is too hot to do anything else - yes, that's TRUE! It's not that the Spanish are lazy...)
Oct 4th 2008, 2:28 pm
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Re: The no Doom only positive comment thread
well that sums it up very good replay
Oct 4th 2008, 3:23 pm
#138
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Re: The no Doom only positive comment thread
.... Almost forgot... The cheap wine! 
