Re: Why Spain?
 

Il take from the suppose ,perhaps not.:p


Catch you alls later,have a lovely evening:wub:

Re: Why Spain?
 

Ok me deario ... pray tell us why you decided on ... errr ... Spain :confused::)

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I kinda wanted to start a thread that would show to any newbies why people have decided on Spain.............I thought it may help them justify some of the reasons why they are planning the move.

So I guess it could apply to anyone moving overseas.

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Errrrr sorry read the question wrong Duh!Please ignore me,Im gona go spread some :wub:

Apologies RM Im having a pale moment:lol:

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Well you are one of the most common posters on this Spain forum :p

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For once I agree with you.

Re: Why Spain?
 

We did two years in the south of France in the early 90`s. I adore France, I like the people I think the language is beautiful and we enjoyed every moment of it. Sadly we had to return to the Uk for personal reasons.

Why Spain now? I dont know lol. We would have loved to go back to France but no way could we afford to live where we lived before just outside Cannes. So we decided to look else where. We are so lucky to have found this part of Spain. The people are again lovely, I am having Spanish lessons and our local town is heaven!! We are very happy here and anyone thinking of moving to Spain then stop thinking and do it!!!!!

So moving abroad for the second time we have hit lucky again :D

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Spain gives us freedom, gives us space, gives us countryside. We love the people and their language, their family values, food and traditions. It is a country where we can live an affordable and simple life in peace.

Re: Why Spain?
 

exactly:thumbsup:

like I explained to a nice english neighbour - they make all these rules then cheerfully ignore them:rofl:

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Well said, we feel the same.

Rosemary

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Well now

I've spent a lot of time in France, mainly on business, and its a beautiful country which I always enjoyed very much. The food is fantastic. But at the risk of causing offence to our wonderful gastromic neighbours, I don't like them very much as in my experience they are arrogant and I couldn't live with them.

We also spent a lot of time in Greece, mainly on holiday. I love some of the Greek islands, especially Corfu and Crete, but there are even more half finished houses there than there are in Spain, and to be honest it always seemed to be a tad grubby.

The US was another option for us, but its a long long way away and as Florida would have been our chosen destination I would have had to increase my wardobe to cater for the 12 shirts a day I would have had to wear because of the humidity. Also, I'm not sure I'm pleasant enough.

We did consider Wales, being the homeland, but the rumours about sheep ...well ... and it always rains doesn't it. Although most of my family live there its a depressing place (and I can say that being half Welsh).

So Spain had the climate, the cheaper cost of living, the countryside, I could go on about culture but I don't think it was something that was a deciding factor. Now I'm here I enjoy it. But quite honestly since we've been here we've done an "oddities". We don't get out much apart from a trip to Granada. We keep saying we're going to but we're too busy carrying bags of sand and enjoying the view.

I think sometimes we should accept that people move here for different reasons. Some want to soak themselves in the culture and traditions of Spain, some want to come here for the cheaper cost of living and the weather.

Me? ............ I guess I'm settling somewhere in the middle now if I was honest

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Now what do you mean by that?????

Just because 'he' has insisted that the only shop in Spain is Lee Roys for the last year is no excuse for using our name in vain.

Seriously though I think that Spain has a lot to offer different people with different outlooks. We will soon be able to enjoy it more and make sure that we do less work and more play.

Exploring the countryside will be really enjoyable and we know that there will be some surprises too. The people in our town have been warm, welcoming and encouraging. Language skills are lacking in this house so it is a struggle but in the end we will win and have the confidence to have a reasonable level of communication.

We also thought about France but the weather where we could afford to buy was too similar to UK. I fancied Italy but the health service is not very good and I have had first hand experience of this and it affected our decision.

When we were investigating Spain I had a little list of 'must haves' which were all of a very practical nature and this area worked out for us so we bought this house.

Recently we have begun to go out and about a little more because having been here a year we felt that it had been all work and no play and were beginning to wonder why the hell we had moved to a different country and did not know it at all.

Rosemary

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Yes I'm coming to that conclusion. Finish of the building will be a landmark for us I think, so we will begin to explore a little more

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Interesting responses. Many of the replies are from newbies to Spain, so perhaps the novelty value is still fresh ?? I love Spain, the people, the culture the food and have wonderful Spanish friends. And a lovely house. However am not sure about living there 100 % of the time. Having just returned from a wonderful 12 days of sailing in southern Holland, mainly in Zeeland, I realise that it is the contrasts in experience that keeps things vital. Picturesque harbours, wonderful food, friendly people. Wouldn't want to live there, but to spend long periods, preferably lotus eating on a boat, then head back to Spain is perfection......for the moment.

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Contrasts in experience is exactly why people have holidays and mini breaks and I think that if you do not do this you have nothing to compare your normality with. We all change our attitude, goal posts, wishes and feelings according to our experiences continuously. The world is rich in differences and it these differences that makes life interesting.

We are living in Spain through making it our choice. Our house is very ordinary and will remain ordinary even though we are putting a lot of work into it to bring it up to standard. Our lives are very ordinary and to most would be boring but it is what we want and are comfortable with and content with.

Each to their own I suppose.

Rosemary