Living in Spain
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Living in Spain 6 Months - Since our arrival, week before Christmas 2015 we are settled in. Moved into our villa, our gear from the UK arrived, sort out the house and building insurance, sell our 2 RHD cars and now own a LHD car with Spanish plates, know how to clean the swimming pool and sorted out Private Health Insurance for us both. Still plenty to do, joined some groups - photography, cookery - Spanish Style, Learn to speak Spanish, Bowling and drone flying. Visiting more places and understand their history.
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Hope you enjoy our country, nice video.
Thank you Mortaja, I love it - nearly 3 years now! Many thanks for watching and have a great week :)
I´m a 73 years old spaniard who has lived in several countries , including Britain , USA and Canada, and now living in the Canaries. I`m currently watching the HOC, debates on brexit and really feel sad for the division of the british people. I believe Britain has much to offer to the EU, and will be a big lose to us living in it, if they decide to leave . Hope for the best, and thanks for your videos.
Many thanks, I moved before the Brexit and hear everyday on the UK news which just goes on and on! What ever the out come, there will be upset but hopefully everybody will move on. I'm not into politics but feel very welcome here and I hope any Spanish living in the UK have the same welcome - many thanks for watching and have a great week :)
Nice update Shaun, not jealous at all!! Although I don't think I'd handle the heat.
Thank you James, you're get used to the heat here - plenty of shade. Many thanks for watching the video :-)
Good review Shaun. Although we are 1000km south from you, fortunately, we rarely get the sort of temperatures you have now. Warmer in winter than you but cooler in summer. Just as well really because I don't do early mornings so can get up at a normal time and it still isn't too hot. I am not sure how old your wife is but are you aware that if she gets her state pension before you then you can both get cover under the Spanish system (you as a dependent). Sue is two years older than me so got her pension at 62 (I have another 4+ years to go) but I get cover for that reason. All that assumes the UK remains in the EU of course.
Thank you JP, didn't know that - thought you had summer all year! Used to get up early in the UK and got used to laying in during the winter months until now, dog wakes me up early for her walk! Don't mind really gets me up while the wife lays in. They changed the pension age for woman couple of years ago! My wife has to wait till she is 66, same as me before we get our pensions. Another 4 years yet - So we have to wait and see what happens on the 23rd. Many thanks for watching :-)
Great move for you Shaun, enjoyed your video.
Thank you George, sorry for the delay! Many thanks for watching :)
Thanks for update on your new life in Spain, I enjoyed following your first video diary in the camper van right through to now and seeing you so well settled in. I also plan an early retirement over in Spain in 7 years time Shaun, I won't tell you how many pay packets that is just yet 😄, keep the videos coming I so look forward to seeing more of your adventure. All the very best, Mark 👍👍
Big thank you Mark for the thumbs up - I had been planing 10 years ago and if I hadn't been made redundant 2 years ago I would have another 4 years of work! Plenty of videos to come and thank you for supporting me - many thanks for watching the videos :-)
Thanks for all your wonderful video`s Shaun I think u have done some
great vids and I admire u for the great life u have to look forward to &
The wonderful scenery that u have shown us that follow your, Have a
great life & keep those vids coming.
... congratz for the first half a year down there for you and your family Shaun... and for Bonnie as well for sure ;)... hope all things will be in such direction you wish to get it... your summary sonds great so far... all the best for you my friend and alot of amazing coming uploads for the future ;))
Thank you Michael, everything is going fine, enjoying the sunny weather - we need to be here a year to work out costs and how things work here. Plenty more videos to come before then - many thanks for watching the video :-)
you are a lucky guy.......
Thats what the wife says!!!!! Many thanks for watching and have a great week :)
Haha. Reading this in Feb 2020.can't help but laugh.. Yes we all thought that....
Thank you, a few years ago but it's happened now, just have to wait another year to find the outcome! Many thanks for watching :)
Moving to Spain March 2017. I am really happy. Thanks for your video.
Many thanks for watching! Enjoy your new life style! :)
Are you still enjoying living in Spain? Please comment on the severity of the winters. What is there to do in the winter
Hi Kev, already done a video on winters here plus when we had snow. Been here 3 years now, still enjoying it. I go out every week exploring - what ever the time of year. Many thanks for watching :)
Thank you for your response. I will look for the winter clip
Nice vídeo!
Greetings from México.!!
Thank you Victor, many thanks for watching and have a great weekend :)
Hi Shaun - it's amazing how things have changed since you had made this video. Must had been a major shock when the UK did vote Brexit. I still think it was the wrong decision to leave.
Thank you Yogi, yes never thought we would leave the EU but it's happened and we have to except the vote and move on. Many thanks for watching - that's an old video :)
Thanks for this. I’m in the process of moving from Cornwall to Murcia - me and the dog. Currently looking for a long term rental which I’m sure I will find soon. Any tips on where to look is much appreciated. I’ve started learning basic Spanish to give me a head start by the time I get there, hopefully 6-10 weeks.
Hi Julie, I can only give you our local Rental here at Camposol which is about a hours drive from Murcia. Maybe the Murcia tourist office may be able to help. Good luck with the search and good idea about learning Spanish - it helps. Many thanks for watching and have a great weekend :)
Expat in Mazarron ... sorry, I meant to say I was looking in either the Alicante region or the Murcia region, by the coast.
Mazarron too 😊
Hi Julie, check out my Play list on Place in the Sun and the name, address and phone number. Sue runs the rental side but you may have to hurry as the summer is coming and most places may be booked up already. Good Luck - Shaun
Expat in Mazarron ... thanks Shaun. That’s great, thanks so much 😊
6 months, that's gone so quick Shaun.
Thank you Glyn, this time last year we sold our house (first time but buyers pulled out and re-sold in October). Glad we are here - many thanks for watching the video :-)
ah shaun living the dream, my dream too I've wanted to do this for a long time now but I gotta finish working first, only another 10 years to go phew! so keep the ps3 vids and the Spanish info coming too Buenos noches ;-)
Thank you Steve, I've been planing this for the past 10 years and had another 5 years to go before retirement but after being made redundant and the wife laid off with stress we sold up and moved - I think if we still had our jobs we would still be there in the UK - but we are here now and loving it - many thanks for watching and plenty more vids to come :-)
I don't recall ever seeing this one before. That was such a bold move for you and Jan. I didn't realize what a big adjustment moving to Spain would be. I am sure you did extensive research before taking the plunge. I have watch some other videos, linked to this one, and it seems that there are some major adjustments required when moving there. But it does seem like a beautiful and wonderful place to live. I am so glad you are living your dream. I think you are amazing, and your vids make me smile, and I want to thank you for that. As always - Thank you Shaun.
Thank you Steve, my parents moved here nearly 30 years ago and always loved coming here. 10 years in the planing, choosing where to live and when! Losing my job was the push I needed!!! It's so much different than the UK but worth the move and still plenty of more things to sort before we are settled. Always enjoy reading your comments Steve - thank you for your support :)
Yes, so much. Please stay in the Great Britain, ok?
Just what every Brit geezer's looking for!!! Hanging at the beach all day in the blistering sun!!!
this video in 2016 and Brexit still ongoing ?
Brexit, what's that!!!!!! yeh still going on and today my money was less thanks to Boris!!! Hopefully later in the year once it's sorted we can all move on. Many thanks for watching and have a great week :)
What do you think about the Canary Islands?
Hi TA, never been to the Canary Islands - check out a channel called JP in Fuerteventura - that's more near him - Many thanks for watching :)
Following all your blogs on moving to Spain. Loving your honesty. Great information. We (me from Ireland, hubby is American) are hoping to move over in a few years time, so we are keeping watching any info & changes. Keep doing the blogs!
Thank you Shirley and glad it helps to make your mind up on moving to Spain! I'm hoping to do another channel just on Camposol where I live but still working on it! Don't worry, plenty more blogs to come! Many thanks for watching and have a great week :)
Shirl........how's your Spanish coming along? Your hubby, being white American will NEVER pick it up!!!
good that you are happy! I am hoping to move one day also... I just like to ear story like your... it's inspiring!
Thank you Eric, it's a dream I wanted to do years ago but never had the chance to do it. It's a big risk selling your home in a place you feel safe but going no where and putting your trust with all that money to move and start somewhere new - at the moment it's great! Many thanks for watching the video :-)
Nice video! Welcome
Thank you, many thanks for watching :)
Great channel dude ;) and nice thoughts.
Thank you Mark, many thanks for watching the video :-)
bless ya shaun, really wish the both of you and the dog all the best for the future and see healtyh life. .
Thank you Mark, it's a big life changer out here and I want to thank you for your support - many thanks for watching the video :-)
After living there for six months would you reccomend Mazzaron as a good place to live ?
If you've been watching my other videos on Spain then you know why I'm here - been here over a year now and don't regret one bit! It's a lovely place - as I always say - you need to visit first to make your decision - Many thanks for watching :)
You got me and the wife thinking about moving out to where you are now lol
It's a great place - you are living the dream and it's been sunny every day this month! :-) I thank you for watching my video :-)
We are talking about it , never know we may be hosting a vid together lol
Brilliant shaun.. glad you are settled in. love your videos.. keep up the good work.
Thank you Steve, glad you enjoy the videos - many thanks for watching the video :-)
Nice informative video, no frills and straight to the point, I like that! Living in Murcia myself, just about to apply for NIE so I can start working etc. Any tips of employment and good employers would be more than welcome! Thanks for sharing, just subscribed.
Thank you Sir, many thanks for joining my channel - sorry can't help with employment as I'm retired but you do need your NIE. It's so different here than the UK and I've found so far the Spanish have been very helpful. Speaking Spanish is a most here - even these day's most Spanish don't speak much English! I'm finding it hard to speak Spanish but getting there. Good luck with getting employment and please keep in touch and I can pass on the information to others - Many thanks for watching and have a great weekend :)
Expat in Mazarron You too buddy, I’m using Duolingo and Memrise to help me learn the lingo. I’m hoping to start at a class for Spanish next weds. We can make contact outside of you tube if you’ve email etc. But obviously don’t be posting it for all to see. Cheers Andy
Expat in Mazarron dude...you're way too old, you will NEVER master the language!!!
I'm about to retire in 2019 with the wife........You talked about a sense of community in Spain but we have a sense of community in my neighborhood of 25 years.
1) It goes like this if we have a TORNADO and my neighbors stuff is blown all over the place ......then.....they are friendly and they want community were we spend days and weeks helping them.
2) Then they say fuck off and go back in their fixed up house when everything is ok.
We may do the RV lifestyle as 1.2 million people go to Arizona desert and they have real community.......mind you Spain is more interesting with your video.
Thanks for the comment! Worked all life, got made redundant, no help, ex soldier - village I lived in, stuck to them selves! Sold up - moved, own my own place, got friends and in a different country!!! I retired early - best thing I've ever done in my life - do it now!!!! Many thanks for watching :)
Hi Expat, my wife and I are starting to research a move to spain. Obviously the more info we can gather the better. We are both Brits but currently live in Canada.
Not sure if I have missed it but a film on the cost of living for a couple would be great especially the cost of weekly groceries etc.
Hi Ella, everybody has different tastes and I don't think the supermarkets here would like me walking around with a camera (they have a privacy law). Once you are here, your food pattern will change. With all our bills, petrol, food and spending, we can live on 1.000 euros per month. Depending on where you live may also effect the costs. We own our property plus we have a pool. If you are thinking of renting then that would be extra. Hopefully I will bring more videos out in the year and thank you for your comment - many thanks for watching :)
Thanks for the swift reply, we do plan on buying a property outright so to know that a 1000 euro per month budget is viable is great to know.
ella clague retirees moving to a new country!! WOW!!! Researching life on the beach are you?? How's your health? You can carry a good conversation with your Spanish doctor? Reading/writing skills....you'll learn you say???? Where in Canada are you? Why not just visit for a bit in the season you're comfortable in?
Enjoying the video but whilst watching I have been searching round my house for a rattle and finally released it was Ur dogs coller 😂😂😂😂
Glad you enjoyed the video and enjoyed listening to Bonnies dog collar!!!! Many thanks for watching and have a great weekend :)
If your English is poor, how the fuck are you going to cope with Spanish in your retirement years!! Jackass!! COLLER ????????
thanks for sharing. i have only been to Costa Brava but it's cold there in winter. which part of Spain is hottest in the winter?
Hi, I've stayed in Malaga during the winter and it's cold so you would need to go as far as Fuerteventura for a warm winter! Many thanks for watching :)
The south coast of Tenerife is also warm in winter.
I have had a week in Fuengirola in January for the last 3yrs and it as been 70+ degrees, hot enough for a tan. There was the odd cloudy day, but still warm enough to walk around in shorts and t-shirt. But i did see people who live there wearing coats, they find it chilly lol
Like frying eggs on the sidewalk hot???
mids blue how the hell can it be 70 degrees? You a Yankee??? Change over bro....this ain't Alabama any more!!!
Already 6 months? Wow! Time really flies indeed :)
Nice to see your expat experience is doing great!
I think whatever the foreign country you live in, you must learn their native language :)
Thanks for sharing and keep it up
Thank you Cedric, I can remember when we left our UK home and drove down here and the time has just shot by - I didn't think I would be able to fly and download videos till we was settled much later in the year. It's a must here to learn Spanish and I want to chat to the locals - many thanks for watching the video and have a great week :-)
Glad you're acclimating to your new climate and country Shaun.
Our weather here is about the same. Come mid day we hide from the sun as it reaches over a 100f.
My wife loved the pic u sent. At 1st she thought it was me but I told her that this was Spain and that I have not been there with a drone. lol
Glad you both liked the photo - we are still getting used to changing our day with the heat. Cameras get very hot out in the sun! but love getting out and about. Many thanks for watching the video bd :-)
Glad you are loving it Shaun, can believe I'm not out there myself, first June in years I've been stuck here, normally first of my 3 summer months.....and the weather here is worse than awful !
Thank you Terry, my daughter tells me the weather is pants at the moment! it seems it's going to get hotter over the next couple of weeks - here.... hope you can get out soon, many thanks for watching the video :-)
Shaun, you are certainly living the dream, my friend. Good for you and yours. I hope all continues to go well for both of you there. Cheers!
Thank you Al, I met some friends today, staying a couple of weeks on holiday and loving the weather here - UK it was cold and wet! Many thanks for watching the video :-)
Congratulations Shaun, is a nice place them in Spain, it is also fantastic for Drone footage !! Greetings and good week.
Thank you Ugo, yes it is a great place to fly drones - many thanks for watching the video :-) have a great week...
Hi Shaun, I am pleased to see and hear that did you well settled in Spain. There were to organize a lot of things and now, after half a year, everything is settled. You look happy - so it should remain. Good wishes of Konrad.
Thank you Konrad for those kind words, we are very happy and enjoying our new adventure. Many thanks for watching the video and wish you a great week :-)
they close at 2 pm not for siesta but for having lunch...The "siesta" thing is just a myth. It is quite obvious that you must to learn the language of the country you are going to live, isn't it???
Thank you Mike, very true learn the language - it helps a lot. Still a Siesta where I live - 2 & half hours break is a long lunch break!!!! Many thanks for watching :)
Maybe in summer at the South make siesta.. but not at the rest of country.
Learning the new language is not fun, it's essential!!! BUT THE BIG ATTRACTIONS ARE BULLFIGHTS!!!! Waaaaay better than baseball and football put together!!!
Very well done Shaun. I am glad to see you enjoy the new location. All the best. 👍 ✌
Big thank you for the thumbs up lIhan, I'm loving getting up every morning and making the most of the day. Many thanks for watching :-)
Hi Shaun,
Nice video mate...although it's a bit cruel to post it on the wettest, darkest Monday morning we've had this..er Summer(?). 😐
Thanks for reminding me what the Sun looks like, you're looking well so it's obviously agreeing with you. ☺
Regards
Doug
Thank you Doug, sorry about the post and I know what it's like being from the UK, waking up and looking out the window and it's raining or dull. I think you had your summer a couple of weeks back. So I'm reminding you what summer is all about - it can get too hot but I love it :-) Many thanks for watching the video :-)
Thanks for these videos. I retire in about 4-yrs time and would love to move to Spain. We used to take foreign exchange students when our kids were growing up and still keep in touch with a couple from Madrid and Malaga, very family orientated, lovely people. I think my main concerns revolve around 'Brexit' and the fact that as a diabetic i receive free prescriptions and i am not sure this would translate to living outside the UK? Also my wife doesn't drive, would this be a disadvantage in getting around in Camposol? Thanks again for the videos, very informative. Jeff
Thank you Jeff, at the moment we both have private health insurance and have to pay full price on prescriptions and we still don't know the out-come with the Brexit! We have sold up in the UK and now live here and thankfully have private pensions and not due for our state pensions for about another 4 years! Check out my Welcome to Camposol video which you may find helpful. There is a bus service here but a car is a most really to get about. Many thanks for watching :)
Very nice video!
We also want to move to Southern Spain. We have an English Cocker Spaniel we want to take with us. He is full black like a solar panel. I see your dog is also black where he is most exposed to sun.
How is your dog coping with the high temperature between May and September? Where does he spend his days between 10 and 6PM?
Thanks
Thank you Perter, during the hot months I walk Bonnie early in the morning - just after 8am and again about 8pm when the ground is cooler. During the day it's cooler in the house but she does like sitting in the sun for a bit, plenty of water while out - don't take her in the car during the day. She copes very well - July August in the 40s!!! we also have a cool mat for her to lie on during the day. Many thanks for watching :)
I'm going to move to Spain as well! Marbella will be my location.. this makes me want this even more..😃👍🏻 great channel! I subscribed 🌹
Thank you TPD, many thanks for joining my channel - great place Marbella! Many thanks for watching :)
6 months that fast? Thats how long i have been flying drone. BrEXIT eh? No SprEXIT? HAHAHA! Thanks for the quick tour around Spain.. Now I dont need to visit you :) Good morning.
Thank you Kenny, you would love this place :-) many thanks for watching the video :-)
Droner.....huh? How many of yours have been shot down???
Very enjoyable shaun, you should take up surfing ;-)thank you
Thank you Leon, don't think I could get on the surf board and standing would be a laugh - I'll just watch :-) Many thanks for watching the video :-)
Very informative Shaun, I fancy that myself after seeing your videos
Thank you Lee, it's a great life! & plenty of sun, many thanks for watching the video :-)
Fair play to you mate, hope it all goes ok and keep the vids coming.
Thank you Mat, many thanks for watching the video :-)
as I look out of the window at the grey and rain Im not at all jealous (yea sure) glad to hear you are learning Spanish living someplace rather than just holidaying there I think it's important which is backed up by some of the points you raise.
Keep having fun, living the dream and flying the drone.
Thank you Chris, I've meet so many Spanish people flying drones but we both can't chat about them because of the language! it's such a pain as I've meet more people here than I did in the UK and they want to share the fun in flying. Most have old drones with GoPros attached but the racing drones are modern, can't find any drone shops yet! Plenty more drone videos to come - many thanks for watching the video :-)
Can't talk to locals???? DUH!!!!!!
very envious of you Shaun, weather here is poor. Unfortunately I've got to keep working for a few years more.
Thank you Gordon, we all deserve a better way of living when we get over 60 - sorry to hear about the weather but summer is on it's way :-) Many thanks for watching the video :-)
beautiful very nice lovely
Thank you for watching :)
Never quite get why ex pats are so anti EU... being that way makes things so much harder for those you have left in the UK... Congratz on getting out of the u.k good luck and enjoy..
Thank you Jodie, I've been coming to Spain for the past 30 years and now enjoying the life. Many thanks for watching and have a great week :)
Hi Shaun
We are looking at properties in callida and are coming out to campasol in september. The only thing that is worrying us is that camposol hasnt been adopted by mazarron council yet.
Whats the feeling amongst you and your friends about this and the possibility of having a bill land on your doorstep for the repairs to the infastructure.
Keep the videos coming they are great to see and informative...
Hi, the way I see it, we don't pay any council tax (UK was huge in Dorset) so if we do get a bill which I don't think we happen yet - if you know some information about Camposol it's in sectors (A,B,C & D) and each sector has it's own volunteer group that looks after the gardens and some fix the roads - bins are emptied 3 times a week - the list goes on! No one is worried as the council was given a load of money last year set aside for Camposol but never got it. When you do come, have a good look around and ask people what they think - I did and I'm here! Many thanks for watching :-)
Pay cash for your new unseen house!! That way all FUTURE bills will be paid by the developer!!! Enjoy espana!!
Hi Shaun,
I am going on holidays to Spain in a couple of weeks, i have heard from numerous sources that it is not advised to fly a drone in Spain because of the strict rules. What is your experience with the local police?
Hi marlijn, as far as I know it's the same all over Europe (same rules apply in the UK). I haven't had a problem with the local police - I'm on RUclips, I don't hide myself, they know who I am. Just use common sense and enjoy your holiday in Spain :-)
Thank you for your help! Will do :-)
best decision you ever made?! what about buying your first drone? ;p
Better than buying a drone! :-) mind you, I got 2! Many thanks for watching the video :-)
How many have people shot them down??? You fly the god-damned thing over my house.....that piece of shit is toast!!!
Love the videos. I'm very jealous! :)
I know it's not relevant to you directly, but what's the job situation like there? I'm not able to retire early :( cheers
Thank you Gareth, not very good at the moment here - if you speak Spanish that would be a bonus and if you work for yourself you need a licence plus insurance. There was going to be a big adventure park being built here but because of the down turn that's not going to happen - that would have made many jobs here. Maybe other places around Spain may be better. Many thanks for watching :-)
+Shaun Matthews thanks mate. appreciate it :)
What's the feeling among the expats there, now the UK has been stupid enough to vote Leave :(
Gareth J Amazed really, didn't think we would leave - Facebook page seems okey, we just have to wait and see what's ahead but I'm still staying here! :-)
nice video
Thank you Feri, many thanks for watching the video :-)
Port of mazarron and Bolnuevo is nice. You visit Cartagena ?
Thank you Dailion, been there many times! Lovely city - so much history! Many thanks for watching :)
Expat in Mazarron have you ever lived in Barcelona or Madrid? I want to move to either of these places,
Hi John, too busy for me! my folks used to live in Malaga. Where ever you live John, it's a lovely country :) Many thanks for watching :)