Where to live as a retiree in Spain? Updated in August 2024 after our most recent move. There’s a reason why “where to live in Spain” is the biggest dilemma for foreigners coming here. I’m hoping that this time, now on our 3rd base in Spain (in less than 4 years), we have it right. […]
Private Insurance in Spain (and why you need it)
Private Insurance in Spain (and why you need it) If you’re a foreigner coming to Spain from a non-EU country, you’ll need to get private Insurance as part of your Visa Requirements. Spain requires you to be self-sufficient for healthcare, thus the need for private health insurance. So if you’re applying for the Spanish non-lucrative […]
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 […]
Can we live in Granada? Yes but…
Can we live in Granada? Yes but… A month ago we left Antequera after a year of living there. Although we liked Antequera, we just felt that it wasn’t for us. Life is short and we’re not getting any younger. So we decided that we’d move on. We decided that our next (potential) base would […]
The absolute worst thing about living in Spain
The absolute worst thing about living in Spain People have their various complaints about the things they don’t like about living in Spain. I have a few things that bother me but they are mostly minor. But I have one thing I absolutely hate: Customer service I hate the crappy, useless, stupid, and blatantly in-your-face […]
