June 16, 2019
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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Updated: I am leaving this post up with rental income and have made changes as far as grocery prices and other information because l understand from feedback that most potential expats will be renting as opposed to buying a place right away, so these figures are more accurate. It´s curious that even in 2020, our …
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.
Paella originated in Valencia and to say the locals are proud of that fact would be an understatement. Any visitor to the city must enjoy this Spanish staple and it is near impossible not to love it if you are a big fan of rice like we are. You already know who has excellent paella in Sevilla. It was a pleasure to have paella Valencia style cooked for us by a born and bred native of Valencia. Here is an authentic paella recipe Valenciana from our host.
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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