Originally Posted by keithwalters

When we lived in the Uk we used to have at least two foreign holidays per year for a minimum of one week.

We've been in Spain five years now and haven't had any holidays at all (by choice). So I guess that says something about the place.

However, we do have minibreaks galore - maybe 5 or 6 times a year just for the weekend and not necessarily abroad. Like poollounger says, variety is important.

I like to have Spain as my home and then visit the miserable weather countries for a break, rather than the other way around.

Originally Posted by Pam Sarky

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

Originally Posted by Ex-pat

I just asked on the French end of this forum about the cost of living.
How do you compare Spain to France? Roughly speaking of course and not including mortgage or rental costs? I do not wish to be personnal but as we also are looking into a move this might help with our decision making.

Regards