All you need to know about learning Spanish 99% of people moving to Spain need to learn some Spanish. Even if you’ve learned Spanish somewhere else (I learned ‘Latin American Spanish’ in Canada), chances are you’ve want to re-learn some basics when you get here. Cristina is a Spanish tutor that I decided to interview. […]
The Word to learn if you don’t want to Piss off the Spanish
“Ultimo” It means “last”, as in the last person in line. We learned it pretty early on when arriving in Spain. If you arrive somewhere and find people waiting around – in no organized manner – chances are they are ‘in line’ for something. It could be to get into the post office, bank, or […]
“How can I live in Spain?”
“How can I live in Spain?“ It’s the question we get asked the most often. And it’s usually from non-EU citizens, people living in the United States, Canada, Australia…and now the UK. For most of these people the answer is the Spanish non-lucrative Visa. It’s a visa aimed at people who want to live but […]
Why we use Wise to transfer money overseas
How do YOU transfer money overseas? We used to do it with a traditional wire transfer from our Canadian bank until we heard about Wise (formerly “Transferwise”). Now we save about 3% per transfer and we get the money in our overseas account within seconds. Our major issue before deciding to use Wise was trust. […]
Living in Malaga (why it’s not the place for us)
Living in Malaga We hear a lot of people saying that they’re considering living in Malaga. Most of them have never been to Malaga but they’re attracted by promises of sunny weather, a lively city life, lots of nature, as well as a vibrant expat community. When we came to Spain in search of our […]
Reflections on a year of living in Spain
2021 was our first full year of living in Spain. We’re incredibly thankful to be in Spain – prior to arriving here in late 2020 we had been full-time travellers (without a home) for 6 years. I don’t know where we’d be if we weren’t here and we’ve been lucky to find ourselves in a […]
