Are they both 'home' or simply houses that you own?

I'm not sure anyone can have more than one home - comments?

My home is here in Spain with my family.

When I was 21, I went for a few months to South Africa. There (and forgive the generalization), the Whites were in split into two tribes - the 'English' who talked of Britain as 'home' (even those whose grandparents had been born in South Africa) and the 'Africaners' who had no interest in Holland but saw themselves as 'Africaners'. Odd, but there you have it.
Here in Spain, few of us can claim grandparents in Jávea or Marbella, but it seems to me that we residents are also divided by those who hark for Britain and those who don't. What we still don't have - yet - is an identity.

In answer to the question "Where is Homer?"

Is this what you mean?

http://twitpic.com/1a1pc3



Oops sorry, I read the post wrong, it is not about Homer Simpson after all, but I found him anyway....

Not too sure on that one. I left home where I was born and brought up in Yorkshire at 18, 40 years ago to join up. I was away 18 months when my mother passed away and what I called home then no longer existed. Having completed 22 yrs in the forces and moving house at least every 3 years in addition to going away overseas for various postings attachments I never really thought of anywhere as true home. Having left the forces we then moved to the north east my daughter refers to here as home as I think does my wife me not sure as to be honest I would always say back home for me is Yorkshire. I suppose there is home where your heart is and home as in where you are living at the time and some have stronger draws to either one. Also I think the amount of travel/homes one has had also has a bearing on it.

I've always felt at home wherever I've lived in Spain, yet every Xmas I'm drawn back to my roots in Blighty, so I guess that must still be my true home.

Same here

For me home is Spain!

We've just for family reasons been back to England twice in the last two months.... but that is how I think of it as back to England.

We owned and lived in a house there for thirty years before selling up and moving here, we enjoyed those years, but the house town and area have no pull for us now and we were both happy to come back to our home here in Spain.

We are and always will be English but that is just an accident of birth, our hearts belong in Spain and we love our lives here....warts and all, our wish is to remain here to the end of our days.

I know who I am

I'm British

my home is in Spain

home has always been where the BH was, until she came to Spain to work, but now we are together then we call this home, but it will take a little time for that to bed in.

this is all about how people feel as to their origins - are you British or not??

I think home is where the heart is, but Home is where we come from. Many expats will prattle on about the former, but in the end when due to death or ill health they will return to the latter.

Remember -
you can take the girl out of Essex but cannot take Essex out of the girl.

Im English not British ,big difference in my view ,many immigrants in the UK my hold a British passport but they are not English by any stretch.

Oh yes, so am I and got the scratches here for insisting I am English (my nationality) as the term "British" is given to those who pass a simple test and get gived a cerstifficut by the Mayor.
And they never return their "home" passport, and when they die are shipped "home" for burial.

But we are on a British Expats community site.....................

Wish you would write in it

I was born in Scotland but don't feel that much at home there now. I am only there for short spells not sure how I would feel spending longer, I always want home to Spain.

Home is England. No doubt. Spain is somewhere I live right now. I was in England for 52 years of my life, and it gave me all I have now. So that's home, and always will be, wherever I live.