Originally Posted by scotlass (Post 5197774)

hey Matt, I am moving with a wee girl, and dont really have any plans as to where we will land, but hey ho its an adventure. I dont think you really need to take years in planning a move to Spain, at the end of the day if we dont like it we will have a good tan and an extended holiday. So I say well done, any tips you can pass on to us would be appreciated xx:D

Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 5197809)

I have always just asked people if I don't know the answer, and there are some really helpful people on here, just be brave and ask.

Originally Posted by mikeoc (Post 5197825)

Just so that you're aware, I'm not one of them

Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 5197809)

Well we are in the process of moving back, and we are not sure where we are heading ourselves.

I can only advise what I have always advised.

Take some time to learn Spanish, be committed and don't give up. It wont be easy, I have NEVER said it was for me, do as much homework as you can, and don't be too dreamy about what you do.
If it means going to a more ex-pat area initially then do it, things can always be changed at a later date.
You will do some crappy jobs, but there are opportunities if you know where to look for them and are tenacious enough to do them. By the time I go I will have a Masters and Diploma, but it is extremely unlikely that I will be able to use them, but that's fine, we want to live there for the time being and if it means cleaning boats then that's fine.

I have always just asked people if I don't know the answer, and there are some really helpful people on here, just be brave and ask.

Originally Posted by scotlass (Post 5197925)

Thanx Matt, my hubby is atree surgeon and also a motorbike mechanic so hopefully he will get work in that area, but as you say we might be cleaning boats. Learning Spanish just now and not doing too bad. We do have our heads screwed on and are very determined. Travelling in camper so will be able to suss the area out and if we dont like it we can move on, which I think is a bonus. Not really sure where we will end up!!!

Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 5197679)

and these personal reasons are ones I cant share with a public forum so why don't we drop it eh?

They were nothing to do with Spain, its people, its culture, its ethics or even its foreign policy.

Just because I was young free and single does that make my opinion not count?

Honestly woman, you come on here, are OK for a bit and then you start don't you? I have never made any intimation that I lived in Spain, if I did why would I have started a thread announcing I was moving back, why would I constantly ask questions about banks, cars and god knows what ever else I have.

If you don't like my posts then just don't reply, you only wanted my answer in the first place to prove a point about Spain.
I noticed you never piped up when a certain poster was slagging off the UK and I was defending it?!

Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 5197939)

I have been in contact with a tree monkey in Mallorca, he went to college with a mate of mine and he is inundated with work, he left 9 years ago and hasn't been back so there is work out there, but Spanish is really important.

Originally Posted by scotlass (Post 5198317)

Thanx Matt, is it just Mallorca or whole of Spain, there was heaps of work in Algarve, but i didnt really like it there. x:)

Originally Posted by glad 2 b back (Post 5198034)

are you for real you need to take a chill pill mate! where did I say I didn't like your posts?:confused:

In case you hadn't noticed I havent been around so couldn't defend you in your arguments...I don't even know what went on, but if you were defending the UK good for you its a fab place!

Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 5199165)

I am so chilled sometimes people kick me to see if I am alive.

You never had to say a thing GTBB it is the hostility in your posts to me that say that, but hey, what do I know. All I can say is that you and I know that you were hoping I would come out with something negative about Spain and I didn't.

I have been very realistic about life in Spain and have never ever said that Spain is a perfect paradise, I have always maintained that Spain is right for some and wrong for others. That was obviously the case for you so why don't we leave it at that.

By your own admission you have nothing good to say about the country and will never be back there so why are you posting?

Originally Posted by glad 2 b back (Post 5199316)

so you're a mind reader then:thumbup:

Saying that intergration, learning the lingo, having no probs finding work, and arriving with a tenner may make other people think that it is an easy ride in Spain.

Is there a rule against people who do not reside in a country any longer to post in that forum? if so admin could you let me know? I've explained on numerous occasions why I post here, I really don't need to explain myself to you RM again.

btw the only hostility I'm feeling is the hostility coming from your posts in my direction. Like the way you refer to me. I'm not the one with the problem, I do not dislike anyone here least of all you, I have no reason too.

Originally Posted by jdr (Post 5199414)

Shall we just return to the subject guys.... thanks

Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 5199416)

un-subscribing now..

Originally Posted by scotlass (Post 5199473)

DONT MATT. You are really helping me out here!!!!!! xxx:(

Originally Posted by crispygirl (Post 5196864)

Hi Chiclanagirl, I agree with everything you have said, I took early retirement (51) and sometimes I think I am brain dead:blink:. I really miss the buzz of meeting people and just going shopping with my daughters just at a drop of a hat. The grandchildren look different every time they arrive I am sure one day when I greet them at the airport I will get the wrong child completely:ohmy:

I just love it here in the cooler months, as you say when all the hoards have departed Chiclana is a different place, we have been shopping this morning oh my 3 hours it took just to go and buy 4 bags of shopping....roll on September when they all go home:D

Chiclanagirl, I loved New Zealand when I went, Oh I could be very happy there so could Mal, but we thought very long and hard about the family, it is such a long way off and can be very expensive for family and friends to visit, no just popping over for the odd weekend to catch up on the gossip. At the moment Mal and I have no plans to go back to the UK but we are moving on from Chiclana when we sell up as we both feel after five years it is time to move on. I will miss it here as I think it has much charm and character, plenty of good points and a few bad but then so does everywhere else.

Originally Posted by Chiclanagir (Post 5202969)

But where to?

Originally Posted by crispygirl (Post 5203324)

Portugal...We have been looking up in the Obidos/Alcobaca area maybe as far as Fatima, nothing settle yet as we are still in the planning stage, in land Spain still not ruled out.

Originally Posted by Chiclanagir (Post 5205512)

But you will have to learn another language.......

Originally Posted by SHERGAR (Post 5193073)

I read somewhere of people who actually want to return to U.K. because they either are "homesick"or just they realised they made a mistake in moving to Spain in the first place
As i intend to move over shortly can i have your feedback on this subject.I understand not everone would be happy with their new life,but am interested why they changed their mind.
By the way ,if anyone is intending to sell up let me know as i am determind to buy .

Originally Posted by SHERGAR (Post 5193073)

I read somewhere of people who actually want to return to U.K. because they either are "homesick"or just they realised they made a mistake in moving to Spain in the first place
As i intend to move over shortly can i have your feedback on this subject.I understand not everone would be happy with their new life,but am interested why they changed their mind.
By the way ,if anyone is intending to sell up let me know as i am determind to buy .

Originally Posted by patsywhitehair (Post 5244996)

well, my OH is returning home asap, the story is....
He is 47, he gave in his notice at work and we moved to spain, I really love it here BUT after doing all the work that our villa needed he now finds after nearly 2 years that he is bored stiff, we have put up our villa for sale and have knocked the price down to what we payed for it 3 years ago because he so wants to go HOME. I am 10 years older than OH so i suppose its a bit different for me but one thing he does say that its better to have tried,mmm.
work wise there is nothing here for him, and a lot of people in my area are on the look out for work, he doesnt have to work but he is bored, what can i say, do you want to buy our place??? he he

Originally Posted by patsywhitehair (Post 5244996)

well, my OH is returning home asap, the story is....
He is 47, he gave in his notice at work and we moved to spain, I really love it here BUT after doing all the work that our villa needed he now finds after nearly 2 years that he is bored stiff, we have put up our villa for sale and have knocked the price down to what we payed for it 3 years ago because he so wants to go HOME. I am 10 years older than OH so i suppose its a bit different for me but one thing he does say that its better to have tried,mmm.
work wise there is nothing here for him, and a lot of people in my area are on the look out for work, he doesnt have to work but he is bored, what can i say, do you want to buy our place??? he he

Originally Posted by patsywhitehair (Post 5244996)

well, my OH is returning home asap, the story is....
He is 47, he gave in his notice at work and we moved to spain, I really love it here BUT after doing all the work that our villa needed he now finds after nearly 2 years that he is bored stiff

Originally Posted by Hillybilly (Post 5245362)

What will be the difference when he gets back to the UK? Will he return to work to avoid boredom? Then what?! Is he planning on working for the rest of his life?! What about you in all this?
Why not buy another property here to "do up"? Take up a new hobby or sport, get some interests (you can never stop learning Spanish for one!), explore Spain, explore the world! You don't have to live in the UK to do any of that surely?!

Originally Posted by SHERGAR (Post 5245115)

Where is it and how much.We are sorry to hear that you are going home.We are not interested in work because of our age.We are just fed up with the u.k.and need to just chill out and do very little with no stress.

Originally Posted by The Oddities (Post 5245620)

I mentioned Patsywhitehairs place to you on page 2.

Rosemary

Originally Posted by SHERGAR (Post 5245729)

Yes u did.I did a search but did not find any details on the villa or price.maybe i missed it