[Oshkalaboomboom]

If you have any questions on Spain, retirement or Brexit just ask.

[Red Badger]

Well, I’ve never been to Spain.
But I kinda like the music.....................

[libh8er]

Great account. Thanks for posting. Can you post photos of the view from your terrace ?

[marktwain]

There are a lot of places in the world that offer good living that are inexpensive by American standards.

I strongly considered Panama.

[onedoug]

How many muslims in Spain currently? What are their breeding rates relative to native Spaniards?

I would guess you’ll be coming back sooner than you realized.

[lajefa]

I’m tempted. Walked the Camino de Santiago in 2015 right after retiring and was impressed with Spain and the Spanish people. The only complaint about life I heard was the Morrocan who plastic wrapped my luggage at Madrid airport. He griped about the low level of benefits given to immigrants.

Give a hint as to towns/cities near you?

[Rusty0604]

Thanks for the report from the ground. I’m surprised to hear that in a socialist country that slackers and unemployed don’t get more benefits, also that refugees and illegals aren’t given everything on a silver platter as they are here. Enjoy the great weather and gorgeous views.

[Dilbert San Diego]

thanks for the information on your new life, and hope you will be happy with retirement and living in Spain.

As you have seen, there are some differences between Spain and America. We could learn a thing or two from what they are doing in some areas.

Take care.

[PGR88]

If you work and are a citizen you get health care and a pension when you retire but if you don't work or get laid off you get a limited amount of unemployment then nothing.

No Sec. 8 style housing? No Soc. Sec. disability? No food stamps? I've never been to Spain, but I know other EU countries have these things.

Also, how is security? Are you seeing Arab and African migrants everywhere?

[Tax-chick]

That was very informative. I’m glad you are comfortable and happy, and I hope you enjoy it for many years.

[alexander_busek]

Thanks for posting!

Your posting leaves some things unclear (perhaps deliberately so).

Are you (and your wife), in fact, already retired, or are you still working? In that context: How do you pay for your healthcare?

[...] we are 600 meters from the beach [...]

A real beach... with sand? Is it really possible to enter the water, swim out a little way, come back, and then sunbath on the delicious sand for a few hours - maybe while enjoying an ice cream purchased from the nearby kiosk? Or are you referring to what is more properly described as a rocky cliff or a tiny patch of land covered in jagged stone, inaccessible without trespassing and/or macheteing your way through brush, leading to jellyfish-infested waters?

[...] you still live in a Socialist country. The most obvious sign of that is gas stations. Where we moved from in Georgia there were half a dozen gas stations within a mile in any direction while here we have 2 stations for a town of 27000 people.

Are you saying that, with only two stations serving 27,000 people, the gas lines are reminiscent of those in the U.S. during the 1973 oil crisis?

[...] Nobody here talks about American politics.

Are you fluent in Spanish? Because everyone here where I live in splendid self-imposed exile (heh-heh!), I am regularly buttonholed by passing acquaintances demanding that I hold forth on the most-recent political events.

Regards,

[sodpoodle]

Very well written and informative. You should submit it as an article to a conservative magazine or newspaper.

Of course you leave out the FReeper reference;)LOL!

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Thanks for the great post!
I love Spain! It has always seemed to me many countries in one (which may be its undoing ;-))
I imagine it is quite inexpensive to fly up to Englad to see the grandkids. I also imagine they love to come down to see you for holiday. Southern Spain is like England’s Florida!

[laplata]

Thank you for posting this.

[outofsalt]

Schools and colleges? My 17 year old is interested.

[leaning conservative]

Found this very fascinating. Please keep writing! How safe is it for a woman to travel alone in Spain?

[Prov1322]

The other big advantage is that because it is so hilly it is easy to find a place to live that has a fabulous view. From our terrace we can see the Mediterranean, the Sierra Nevada mountains and the whitewashed town. We even have a castle to look at. With all of that we are 600 meters from the beach but on a quiet street with no traffic. You've heard the expression "million dollar view?" Well you can get that view here for a fraction of the price. If you forsake the view and want to rent a decent 2 bedroom flat can be had for 300 Euros per month, even less if you move inland a few kilometers. The cost of living is low enough that you can easily afford to live well on nothing more than a Social Security check.

Great post! We're here in GreenAcres, Beautiful Bartow County. I do like it here EXCEPT for the winter months when we have ice storms with single digit temps and the encroaching Democrats who flee ATL, wanting to make the surrounding counties just like what they are fleeing...!

Enjoy and give us updates!

[dfwgator]

Going there in June, we’re visiting Madrid, Sevilla, Costa del Sol, and Barcelona.

[vespa300]

>>>>The big workaround for that, ourselves included, is the motor scooter.>>>>

Congrats on the move. I wish nothing but the best for you and your wife and family.

Speaking of scooters, I’m a lifelong motorcycle rider but with our recent purchase of a vacation condo in Southern California and it’s one car garage, I’m thinking of a Vespa 300. They really go and look like fun. They can hit close to 90.

What kind of scooter did you get? I’d be curious to know.

Thanks! Great post.

[rrrod]

God luck and enjoy...I live part time in Colombia so I can appreciate your endeavors

[Slyfox]

I went to Spain in 2002, and for some reason I was expecting everything Mexican like tacos and enchiladas. But it was different from everything I thought it would be. So much so, that I would like to go back.

While in Barcelona, I found out that Spaniards are very proud of their involvement in the discovery of America. And they really like Americans.