The Political Geography of Spain Many people get confused by the geography of Spain. What is an autonomous community? What is a province? Is the “Costa del Sol” either? How about comarcas. What are those? I’m writing this because I get these types of questions all the time from Lissette. Example: we used to live […]
The Best Places to live in Alicante Province
The Best Places to live in Alicante Province Alicante Province is one of the most popular provinces for foreigners settling in Spain. But what are the best places to live in Alicante Province? Alicia is a real estate agent specializing in Alicante province. In this post, she tells us about the most desirable places to […]
Alicante…and the importance of the scouting trip
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 August, 2024 Why we chose Nerja as our new home in Spain It’s funny how things aligned to bring us to Nerja. It was early 2020 and we were on a scouting trip through Spain, looking for the place to make home. If everything had gone to plan, we would have been travelling around […]
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 […]
