Despite writing, and still believing, that 2010 is a good time to be positive about Spain I am not sure that is a view held by many, if recent conversations are anything to go by.
Now, to be clear, these are not conversations that I have had with people currently living in Spain but with friends [...]
Has Spain Lost It’s Mojo?
February 5th, 2010Expat or Immigrant: That Is The Question
February 4th, 2010You now how it goes. Bit bored, late afternoon, sat outside in the winter sunshine in Spain, you the only sober one as you are still on your Sin Alcohol month, and during a discussion on the current economic position in Spain, especially the high levels of unemployment and the high level of immigrants desperately [...]
Expats’ Top 10 Choice Of Countries To Live
November 25th, 2009An HSBC poll of expats lists its top 10 countries with the best quality of life. Interesting list! I would be interested in seeing a list of just British expats though as I reckon that factors like expat health insurance would rule out certain places on the list these days *cough* USA. As an expat [...]
Surviving The Recession Expat Style
November 18th, 2009For many expats living in Spain or even working in Spain there is little option in the recession other than to ride it out and hope for the best! Moving back to the home country simply isn’t an option for many, and getting a job in Spain for many is a economic or physical non [...]
Just Because You Are British Doesn’t Mean I Like You
September 4th, 2009The chances are I don’t like you! Don’t get me wrong, that doesn’t mean I dislike you, it just means I don’t like you. Why should I, I don’t know you!
Many years ago when we used to regularly visit the condo in Oldsmar, Florida we were often met at the airport by a good American [...]
New Taxes Facing Expats In Spain
August 31st, 2009While all the expats, tourists, residents and businesses have done the traditional Spanish thing and shut down for August, the Spanish Tax Man has been down the gym developing some extra muscles and the odd super power – all aimed at allowing them to scrutinize the accounts and details of the foreign property owner in [...]
Expat Living: 5 Spanish Dislikes
August 21st, 2009After my recent article Expat Living: 5 Spanish Loves I thought it only right to offer a balance. It took me a long time to write the 5 loves article …….. because it was hard to narrow the list down. It took equally as long to write this 5 dislikes article ……. because I [...]
Expat Living: 5 Spanish Loves
August 7th, 2009It is easy to say that you love the expat life in Spain, but could you explain why specifically? If you had to come up with five specific things you liked about Spain and why they made you love living in Spain what would they be?
The list below is the one that I find myself [...]
Expat Technology: Call 2 Abroad For Cheap Calls
July 27th, 2009A issue for all expats living abroad, whether it be here in Almerimar, Spain or elsewhere across Europe, is the cost and convenience of keeping in touch with friends and family back home, or in many cases with work contacts as well.
I imagine then that the ability to make cheap calls from Spain would be [...]
New UK TV show wants to help expats
July 18th, 2009If you are in the process of buying a business abroad, then a new UK TV show may be able to help…as long as you don’t mind being on the telly that is!
Do you dream of being your own boss and running your own business?
Are you and your family planning to start a brand new [...]
Expat Living: What Do We Really Dream?
July 10th, 2009I don’t know if you watched the recent ITV two part program Spain: Paradise Lost, and if so what you felt about it? I have some pretty strong views about the general misrepresentation within the program, and a generally unsympathetic attitude to what is best described as naivety on behalf of many, but that can [...]
Expat Podcast: To Phlog or Podcast
July 3rd, 2009
With the addition of My Phlogs to the site we now have two audio options, the phlogs and the podcasts.I am pretty sure how we will be using them ….. phlogs for daily snippets and reviews and news, and podcasts for some more detailed features, but everything remains fluid!
In this podcast (which I have also [...]
Expat Living: Trying To Integrate
June 26th, 2009I thought that this week in addition to some specific information on Almerimar, the blog and the odd personal bit of chit chat I would expand the Podcast to include some items of news relevant to the area that I have picked up from the Spanish press.
This is part of a ‘much’ wider project [...]
Expat Living: De Cluttering Project
June 26th, 2009Here is my article for The Reader Edition 26th June
Our move to Spain full time wasn’t exactly planned, and as such we have ended up with far too much stuff! Combine that with a significant change in lifestyle and a combined tendency to horde and we are pretty much full to the brim here in [...]
Expat Living: Summer In Almerimar
June 19th, 2009Summer is pretty much here now in Almerimar. How do I know that? Well the WebCam is a bit of a give away, but the sure fire way of telling is to observe the cats behavior. They have adjusted their body clocks to summer time already, and you know what ……. what they do makes [...]
