What’s it like living in Moclín? (Granada) Ian and his husband Andrew moved to Spain in 2016 and opened a few tourism-related businesses in beautiful Moclín. Fast forward a few years, he’s been recently elected as the Concejal (Councilor) for Tourism and Heritage in the municipality: partly for all he has done to promote tourism […]
Estepona, Valencia, Cadiz, Sevilla: Updates on some of our favorite interviews
Updates on some of our favorite interviews A lot of things can change in a few short years. We, for example, were pretty happy in Nerja a couple of years ago. Since then we moved to Antequera and then Granada. We thought it was time to catch up with a couple of our favorite interviewees […]
San Miguel de Salinas…and on moving to Spain with kids
Moving to Spain with kids I always love to hear the tales of nomadic families. With 4 kids now, Rachel and her husband have gone from homeschooling children in a van to dealing with Spanish bureaucracy. Some interesting stories as well as resources in this post – if you live on the Costa Blanca and […]
What’s it like living in El Campello? (Alicante)
What’s it like living in El Campello? (Alicante) Maria and her husband have always dreamed of retiring in their “version of Paradise”. In this interview, Maria tells us why El Campello was the place they fell in love with. She also tells us about their process in moving to Spain, finding accommodation and how they’ve […]
What’s it like living in Sotogrande?
What’s it like living in Sotogrande? Kerys is inspirational: a writer, director, artist, teacher, and businesswoman with her own clothing line and photography/graphic design business. She’s even organizing the recording of a charity song! She’s lived in a few different places in Spain and now makes Sotogrande home. Why Sotogrande? All about that below… Name: […]
Alhama de Granada – and on renovating a Cortijo in Spain
Alhama de Granada – and on renovating a Cortijo in Spain Alina and Lawrence have a beautiful retreat center & hotel in the countryside surrounding Alhama de Granada. But it wasn’t easy – they had to rebuild a 250-year-old cortijo to get what you see today. It took them 6 years just to get approval […]