April 5, 2020
Podcasts are back! Yeah!!! I know you’ve been waiting for this for the longest time… Not! Here it is anyway. It’s been almost two years since the last podcast episode because time has just flown by. I had been thinking of reviving it, but l was too lazy to dig out my microphone from storage. Here is an interview with an expat here in Valencia. Hopefully it will be one in a series about life during the lockdown, both in Spain and other countries.
March 22, 2020
** This post was originally intended to be a blog, but l ended up posting it to our Facebook page. A few people wrote me privately asking me to put it here as it might provide a few minutes of reading material as well as it being a historical log of sorts, so here it is. Apologies if you’ve already read it on Facebook. We hope everyone is weathering the storm well. Here is a day during lockdown in Spain.
Nou de Octubre which translates to the 9th of October in the Valencian language is an important holiday in the Valencia region. In true Spanish fashion, the merriment begins a week prior to the big day. [the_ad id=”13767″] Nou de Octubre also coincides with the feast of Saint Dionysius (Sant Dionis), more commonly known …
What do expats in Spain miss most about home? This question has been on my mind lately as it seems to pop up more and more amongst friends who have moved out of the States and now live abroad. Wanderlust aside, the day to day living sometimes means lamenting what one had.
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Nostalgia creeps in time and again. I decided to do an informal survey to see what expats in Spain, both new and old, found missing in their new homes. It was reassuring to find that a couple of things were universal. One hundred percent across the board. Read on to find out the seven most often missed things by Expats, plus a bonus reason or two.
Spain vs Malta differences and why we chose one over the other: Having resided in both countries for a quite a bit, we feel qualified to weigh in on the option of choosing one over the other. If you are ever in the fortunate position of which one to pick, hopefully, this post will help …