Posted on 04/17/2017 7:12:37 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Well, I’ve never been to Spain.
But I kinda like the music.....................
Great account. Thanks for posting. Can you post photos of the view from your terrace ?
There are a lot of places in the world that offer good living that are inexpensive by American standards.
I strongly considered Panama.
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.
We have our own ‘Spain’ here. Hopefully the wall will come up soon and hold back the invading ‘Spaniards’.
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?
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.
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.
Mexicans are nothing like Spaniards. Many Mexicans I’ve known have a special contempt for Spaniards, and I’ve never met a single Spaniard who didn’t despise Mexicans.
A tropical paradise.
(Yes, there are monsoons, but there are MORE good days than bad, choose the island you want wisely ... monsoons don't happen everywhere.)
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?
That was very informative. I’m glad you are comfortable and happy, and I hope you enjoy it for many years.
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,
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!
Yeah, living in New Mexico is a real eye-opener for these things. There is a great degree of separation within the state itself. Northern New Mexicans who have descended from the Spanish settlers don't much care for the southern New Mexicans who were mostly Mexican mestizo or native.
Goes pretty much for any Latino towards Mexico.. They all pretty much hate them all.
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!
Stay away from Manila >.<
I was being sarcastic :) , but I didn’t know of the mutual animosity between some of their people. I would love to visit Italy and Spain some day.
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