When do you know, as a foreigner living abroad, that you feel part of the community in which you live? Our intention, when we arrived here, was to do our best to become part of the Spanish way of life, and feel that this is our home…
All in Challenges
When do you know, as a foreigner living abroad, that you feel part of the community in which you live? Our intention, when we arrived here, was to do our best to become part of the Spanish way of life, and feel that this is our home…
Life throws up challenges; it always does, and just because we live in a gorgeous part of the world, and consider ourselves extremely lucky, we still have to make decisions, earn a living and pay the bills…
We are already well into October and we haven’t really had time to mark the fact that, as of the 1st October, we have been living in Spain for two years! This past twelve months has absolutely flown by, so it is probably time that the fleeting weeks just started to take things a little more calmly…
We set the alarm to wake us at the crack of dawn. The alarm actually went off before the crack of dawn; it was still dark outside and noises of external activity permeated our little casita…
I am sure we all get that Sunday evening feeling from time to time. That feeling when, after a particularly lovely weekend or holiday, the thought of reality just comes along to remind you that life is not one long jolly.
Well, we both have that Sunday evening feeling…
As we mentioned in an earlier post, we are getting married in September. When we got engaged we were adamant that we wanted to be married under Spanish law as we are now residents. This is how we got on…
A new house, a new business, a new village, a new sport and all in one month.
After an exhausting weekend of packing, moving and cleaning, we have escaped for a few days to the bucolic tranquillity of the glorious Finca Buenvino deep in the Huelva countryside…
Summer has arrived here in Granada Province, and the temperature has suddenly rocketed. With these higher temperatures comes impressive progress on the new house! Poor builders; we do not envy them…
We are on the brink of yet another change. But before the packing boxes came out, we had a mini break…
