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What Expats in Spain Miss Most About Home

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Turia Park and bridge in Valencia Spain

Turia Park and bridge in Valencia Spain - what expats in Spain miss most about home

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.

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Our Remodeled Valencia Spain Flat Turned Out Beautifully

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remodelled living room Valencia Spain life

June 16, 2019

remodelled living room Valencia Spain life

After what seemed like eons instead of just over three weeks, we have finally moved into our new home in Valencia. It feels freaking fantastic and we feel so accomplished to have pulled it off with limited Spanish and determination. True, it wasn’t a total gut job, but it was tricky enough to make one apprehensive. Here are pictures of our “new to us” remodelled Valencia flat.

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Paris In A Day Via The Eurostar From London!

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mother and son eiffel tower paris

Paris, I love you! A few months ago, we were in London and decided on a spur of the moment excursion. We decided on a trip to Paris vis Eurostar. We took the Eurostar train for the little over two hour journey. We arrived at Gare du Nord station in Paris about 10am, which was …

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Renovating Our Valencia Spain Flat (Home Reforma)

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Living room with open walls in the middle of reform Spain

June 10, 2019

Salmon color living room with balcony

Now that we have successfully completed our home purchase in Spain, the next phase is in progress which is renovating our Valencia flat. This phase involves modernising the flat. It’s not that it was in a horrible state, it had obviously been well cared for. We just want it refreshed a bit. The apartment had stood empty for almost two years as the old woman had been moved into an assisted facility after her husband passed away. Here is how the home renovation is going.

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