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New Home In Valencia Spain at last.

June 28, 2017April 21, 2017 by kemkem

After our very long and intense search for a new place in Valencia, I’m happy to report that we found a really wonderful apartment to call home for the next year, maybe even more. The saying “all things happen for a good reason” certainly applies here. We missed out on several places that we thought would have been a good fit and were disappointed and or mad when they happened. Looking back, we realize that everything bad led us to this good one. Here are a few lessons learned along the way as well as pictures from our new home.

4 Reasons Why Valencia Spain Makes Us Happy

July 23, 2019February 12, 2017 by kemkem

Jul 23, 2019 @ 11:20 AM

I have been dying to show you a glimpse of Valencia, Spain for a couple of weeks. From the previous post, you know we had been considering making Cullera, a suburb of Valencia our next home because of its lovely beaches. Upon visiting, we decided against it. Valencia, the city itself is now in the running as our next home. I’m sure there are a lot more reasons to move there, but because we have only spent a total of 6 days there now (we just got back from another visit late last night), I am only going to list 4 of the reasons why Valencia makes us very happy so far.

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Why We’re Thrilled Cullera Spain Disappointed

July 22, 2019February 2, 2017 by kemkem

Updated: June 24, 2019

I had such high hopes for Cullera, a neighboring Valencia town. It looked just perfect for us from the pictures and videos that I had seen. This was destined to be our next home, I was positive. Just to be sure though, we decided to take the four hour train to Valencia from Seville to check it out. Our second year in Seville was brutal in the summer with temperatures reaching over 110 degrees. Muggy too. The desire to be closer to water came on strong. Our first summer here had been dry and we had often wondered why people complained so much. Who knew we had just been lucky! Now we know.

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That Was Quick! Looking Back At a Terrific Year

June 28, 2017December 30, 2016 by kemkem

That was extremely quick! 2016 seems to have come and gone in a flash. It seems like just yesterday l was reflecting on 2015 and our plans for the new year. Here l am again with a wrap-up of our fun and travel filled year. We have enjoyed sharing the year with you and hope to keep on doing that in the new year. By my calculation, the longest we stayed at home in Seville at any one time was three weeks and our longest trip was 33 days! We couldn’t have done it without the absolutely wonderful pet sitters we found through my favorite company, Housesitmatch. I highly recommend them to any homeowner, and nope.. I am not being paid to say that, just a grateful client 🙂 .

Historic Alcazar of Cordoba, Spain and Podcast

September 20, 2019March 21, 2016 by kemkem

alcazar of cordoba entrance with tower of inquisition

Updated: Sep 20, 2019 @ 9:56 AM

inquisition tower view of the gardens of alcazar of cordoba — Pretty damn impressive. View of the gardens from the Inquisition Tower. You can see the Royal Stable to the right.

The Alcazar of Cordoba was a pleasant surprise. Truth be told, l didn’t even know they had one. I thought the one in Seville was it in the Andalusia region, excluding the Alhambra in Granada of course.

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I found the Seville Alcazar so impressive, l didn’t think this one would measure up. Duh! I had forgotten what an important Roman city Cordoba had been. Rude awakening for me as we wandered the historic fortress that was the royal residence of past monarchs.

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