Impressions of Fuengirola We liked Fuengirola. We actually liked it more than either Benalmádena and Torremolinos. In this post I’ll cover: What’s Fuengirola like? Fuengirola feels like a real Spanish town. Although has a good-sized expat population (I’ve read 25% of the population is made up of foreigners) it doesn’t feel overrun by foreigners. Lots […]
“A Place in the Sun” in Mallorca
“A Place in the Sun” in Mallorca. Lucy is an interesting person having lived in many locations around the world. She can add to that a starring role when “A Place in the Sun” decided to film house-hunters in Mallorca. All about Lucy and why she chose to live in Mallorca (a 2nd time!). Name: […]
How to exchange and transfer large sums of money to Spain
How to exchange and transfer large sums of money to Spain I’ve previously mentioned that we use Wise to transfer money from back home (Canada in our case) to Spain. That’s for “pocket money”, enough to pay rent, groceries, etc. And you save a lot of money using Wise over traditional bank transfers. I wrote […]
Finding an apartment in Granada. Things learned
Finding an apartment in Granada. Things learned We’ve found an apartment in Granada! But it wasn’t easy. In this post I’ll cover our apartment search, the various neighbourhoods of Granada, the difficulties we faced…and how we found our apartment. I touched on some of the difficulties on our first Granada post: Can we live in […]
Why this student chose Valencia
Why this student chose Valencia We don’t often have students doing these “expat” interviews. But Olivia has a unique perspective: not only is she a student, she has a degree in social anthropology and Spanish. She also worked as an English Language Assistant while in Valencia, so she has experience interacting with young Spanish people. […]
A Visit to the Sacromonte Caves Museum (Granada)
A Visit to the Sacromonte Caves Museum (Granada) We didn’t expect much but came away very impressed with this museum. It’s one of the lesser-known highlights of Granada. We also found a very scenic path back to the Albaicin which has become one of our favorite walks in Granada. I’ll cover all that in this […]
