Alicante…and the importance of the scouting trip When we did our scouting trip through Spain in early 2020, we looked at a lot of places as potential bases. At the time, Alicante was (in theory) at the top of our list. We were looking for: Alicante crossed off all the points on the list. It […]
Why we chose Nerja as our new home in Spain (and why it’s perfect for the times)
Updated October 1st, 2022 Why we chose Nerja as our new home in Spain It’s funny looking back at our post of prospective bases in Spain. It was written in early January 2020. We didn’t have a base in Spain at the time and were on a scouting trip that, if everything had gone to […]
All you need to know about learning Spanish (from a Spanish Teacher)
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 […]
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 […]