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hi just interested to know for those of you that live in spain, when you go back to england to visit what are your feelings about the country that you once lived in , :thumbsup:

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When i go back to SCOTLAND ( i presume when you said England, you meant britain) The actual town i come from is a right shit hole now. I hate to say it but it is. My wife is from near Leeds and i would move to her home town tomorrow if i could. Problem is we could not afford it just yet.

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I don't................

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hi cbandy i take it you are living in spain at the min are you not happy there ? :unsure:

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Hi mate, Quite happy at the moment but worried for the future. I have a good job, a 2 yr old daughter and another on the way. We would like to move nearer to where i work but with the current housing market there is no chance at the moment. There are no other children on our urb. I also think my daughter is missing out on seeing her family (cousins etc.....) although she seems happy. We have time though, she is only 2.

Also, the things that piss me right off are the other brits (namely buisness owners). Example: My wife has worked in the same place for 4 years, got maternaty leave 2 years ago and then they cancelled her contract. They took her back on after the maternaty leave but it tok her another 5 months to get her contract. Working 28 hours a week on a 10 hour contract so no benefits for our daughter. Went on holiday in June for a week and guess what?????? No holiday pay. They said they could not afford it!!!!! All 70 euros of it. Still on a part time, temporary contract which finnishes in November so i recon no maternaty pay this time. They would not get away with it in the uk so why are the brits ripping off the brits here?

Sorry for the rant.

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that a right cheek you would think they would pay her if shes been there all that time :thumbdown: shes better off trying to find another job ,they will prob coming running back after her with a pay rise if shes reliable and very good at her job good hard working people are hard to find in spain ! what job do you do pal in spain ?

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Because I live in a small village in Spain, I really enjoy going back to my home city.

Within a few minute's walk from our house in the Midlands in the UK we have : A Chinese takeaway, a Thai Restaurant, an Indian takeaway, a chip shop, a pub that sells real ale and a Carvery. Doctors, dentists, schools, all on hand . Local shops including a brilliant hardware shop.

Within twenty minutes walk there is the City Centre.

Also being in the Midlands it is easy to get to anywhere else.

Here we have to drive for at least an hour to get to a Mercadona or Lidl and ONE Chinese takeaway and the other week when my husband ordered some glass he had to wait a week for it.

I understand that that is what life in rural Spain is like, and I love the quietness and the scenery.

But i also enjoy a taste of civilisation too.

Luckily we still have our house in the UK, spent seven weeks there this year and in a year or two are probably going to do half and half.

I like living in both places, but for different reasons.

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I am the sports director on a golf course. Hard work but i enjoy it.:D

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my parents live in almeria go back to leicester to visit from time to time.after 2 days shes ready to go back to spain.they have not got to retirement age yet but they are lucky dont have to work. dont have to worry about children etc so spain for them is like living a dream.no wories.i have brought a house there in almeria would move tommorrow but cannot afford toi yet.i will have to wait untill my children are older then we would go they will stay in england.we hate this country HATE HATE .ENGLAND.HELEN

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Calm down dear, you will give yourself a coronary.:p

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Last time I went back (for three days) I remember being confused by the coins. Having to fish odd coins out of my hand and look at them before passing them over to buy a magazine or something. Look of disbelief from the Pakistani newspaper vendor who obviously thought 'got a ripe one here'.
My English was better than his though...

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i know but there isnt any thing i like about this country any more .i have a small buisness its getting harder to survive .sorry i will calm down or i will be to sick to go to spain .chill helen

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Ah well, you do live in little Asia. :sneaky:

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I enjoy it
I do find it very expensive, and the weather is depressing as lately its always raining.

But I love the countryside, I like the bustle of Birmingham where I lived most of my life and its lovely to fit in seeing so many friends and family in a short time period

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Couldn`t have said it better myself. Thats exactly how i feel.

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well I'm not at that stage yet as I'm still waiting to move over when the house is sold, however, Spain will need to be a REALLY crap country to live in for me given in the last 6 weeks we have had no more than FIVE days without rain. No summer at all here.
Although weather isn't everything, looking at rain every day as soon as you get out of bed depresses the hell out of you!:mad:

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some of us wish we could go back.even for a visit.spain is ok but its nothing special.

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Grumpy! :)

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people tend to think that moving here will be the answer to all their problems,for f sake why would that be,its simple,if the uk had spains weather,no expats would be here

corrupt place that will not solve your problems and you will probanly return with a lot less than u came with in this day and age

me i live going back to north devon and would have stayed had the weather been better to allow me to work in the pub business 12 months of the year busy

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Agree with sensational frog, i don't understand expats who hate their country of birth, Spain is far from perfect too. There may be things you like better about Spain, but it isn't a cure-all panacea.

(And I actually don't even like the weather all that much where I am - it's either too hot or too cold for much of the year. Although the days are pleasant now and in the spring and it is nice to see a blue sky, even in winter. But my city in the UK has a more even temperature).

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Same here too, only substitute Wolverhampton for Birmingham. We don't really have any friends in Spain - just people we socialise with.

We went to New Quay in Wales for a few when we were in the UK in June and July and the scenery was stunning.

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you have been talking to my better half.

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Devon & Cornwall are some of my favourite places in the UK. Spent a few happy motorhome holidays at a site just outside Morthoe - always enjoy going to Devon

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Probably because all the best people are born and bred there.

Rosemary

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Ahh yes of course :)

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not on here please.go on the joke thred

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well you have got me started.already I am humming the song.I was born under a wandering star.I think its nearly time to move on.

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I will answer some things that I have read here...

I see that there are a lot of people that live isolated. I believe that the solitude doesn't have nationality, and to live isolated, we not only have to have chosen to live isolated, also, it is necessary to have the habit of adapting to the solitude. Because as everything in this life, everything is habit question. The difference is that if I choose to live in solitude in my country I have it more easier than a foreigner in my country that has chosen to live in solitude and that also, doesn't know spanish...Why? Because I can understand if I listen the television or the radio. If I am English, French or German and I don't know Spanish, I won't understand anything of what I listen

Why it is necessary to learn the language? Because the perception changes positively that when one doesn't know the language, living in an isolated place or in a population. The difference is that an isolated place doesn't give for a lot, because it doesn't stimulate to the conversation because there are not people or there are few people with what to speak

Evidently, each one is of where it is, although a person lives in a foreign country, always have in their heart to their origin country. But what I seek to say with this message, is that the perception of your welcome country (in this case, Spain) it is more favorable when you can maintain a conversation with total fluency with a native one. It is a more optimistic situation. And if you also have native friends, better. But it is already an achievement to learn the language, because socially you don't perceive solitude and you know the place and people better. You already have a more optimistic vision

Also we can enter in other factors, as the economic ones, etc but this is another topic

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When I last went back to the UK for a few days (at the end of June this year) I stayed in a hotel in central Manchester. I had worked in the city centre for 30 years and never thought it was particularly intimidating before, but this time I was really shocked by the number of dodgy looking people on the streets, in broad daylight never mind at night, and I honestly didn't feel safe walking about alone.

I know large cities in Spain may well be the same, but I never feel like that when I go to Malaga, am going to Madrid for a few days at the end of this month so that might be different. I don't live in a small village in Spain, but a large almost wholly Spanish town (ie not a holiday resort or a place with a large expat population) and I never encounter people on the streets who make me feel like that.

Also I didn't enjoy having to wear jeans and a fleece at that time of year, the skies, the buildings and the people all look the same shade of grey!

I like to go back a couple of times a year to see my family and stock up on a few things in the shops, but a weekend is quite long enough and I would not want to go back to live.

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Hmmm...did you write this in Spanish, use one of those 'online translators' and copy/paste ?

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Oooerrr ......... lets not go there again :)

He is not English, but he posts on here from time to time

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some times its the little everyday things you miss from your home city.but you always seem to forget the bad times and remember the good times.and the nice people.
like if you were walking around liverpool city centre wearing your new suit and your shoes were polished and your hair was cut.people would say good luck in court mate.:rofl:

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thats well funny :rofl:

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I agree with the comments about at least 'trying' to integrate into the culture where you live - this IS essential for happiness I think!

When I go back to England I am reminded how materialistic many people are!

Oh, and becuase I am from the south - I notice the coldness of people and the fact that conversation doesn't happen between strangers.

The fact the days seem to be really short, and you have to plan everything in advance! (weather depending!)

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Are people really that stupid? To move to another Country which has more sunshine will be the answer to all their problems? Glad to say we are not in that category.
On the subject of corruption, I can safely say that as the Wife of a self-employed Man at the mercy of bigger Companies, there is plenty of that in the UK too!