SPAIN: The real cost of living here
Aug 28th 2004, 2:49 pm
#31
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Re: Costa Living in Spain
Originally Posted by jdr
The sea mist has been really bad just lately for the last week or so, glad im not a sailor..today is the worst 15.30 and the sun is just breaking thru, the misses is doing her nut, missing her pool session 
eeeee Spanish keyboard no euro
eeeee Spanish keyboard no euro
jdr, spanish keyboard here to m8ey, my euro sign is "alt Gr+E" try that, it should work
Aug 28th 2004, 3:02 pm
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Re: Costa Living in Spain
Originally Posted by bfg69bug
jdr, spanish keyboard here to m8ey, my euro sign is "alt Gr+E" try that, it should work
Cheers mate, funny old things these computer drivers
Ps have a karma point
Last edited by jdr; Aug 28th 2004 at 3:05 pm.
Sep 1st 2004, 7:25 am
#33
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Location: Albayalde, Estepona, Spain
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Re: Costa Living in Spain
Originally Posted by xabiachica
where did you go - I don't recognise where I live at all - especially the noise & squalor 
yes, there is crime - but no more so than in a lot of other areas, and in the quiet town I lived in in UK - and a lot of it is because people let their guards down - you wouldn't leave your front door wide open while you were in the back garden in the UK - so why do so many do exactly that here? Women put their handbags on the the supermarket trolley and walk away from it, or leave it on the floor in a restaurant - would they really do that in UK???
yes, my dh had his pocket picked - but I have been pick pocketed in UK twice, and have had 3 burglaries too - all in quite ordinary towns.
another board I visit had a post from a man who lives in Weston-Supermare - he compared crime figures in his own town with those in Torrevieja where he was thinking of buying a holiday home. Torrevieja is reputedly the 'crime capital' of the Costa Blanca.
guess which town had the highest crime figures - including violent crime???
hint..............not Torrevieja
yes, there is crime - but no more so than in a lot of other areas, and in the quiet town I lived in in UK - and a lot of it is because people let their guards down - you wouldn't leave your front door wide open while you were in the back garden in the UK - so why do so many do exactly that here? Women put their handbags on the the supermarket trolley and walk away from it, or leave it on the floor in a restaurant - would they really do that in UK???
yes, my dh had his pocket picked - but I have been pick pocketed in UK twice, and have had 3 burglaries too - all in quite ordinary towns.
another board I visit had a post from a man who lives in Weston-Supermare - he compared crime figures in his own town with those in Torrevieja where he was thinking of buying a holiday home. Torrevieja is reputedly the 'crime capital' of the Costa Blanca.
guess which town had the highest crime figures - including violent crime???
hint..............not Torrevieja
At the end of the day it's horses for courses, and I could not afford to get it wrong.
Sep 1st 2004, 11:56 am
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Location: Ireland--->London--->Spain--->Rockport, MA
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Re: Costa Living in Spain
It's a shame you missed Denia. It's looks really scrappy on the outskirts but once you get in it's nice. It's a proper Spanish town and a lot of fun to spend time in. God awful for parking though.
