Well it has been nearly 3 months since we submitted all of our paperwork for the non lucrative visa in Spain and it seems like a lifetime. We are so anxious to make more firm plans and stop living with “tentative dates” and limbo plans. The consulate did tell us 3-6 months, so we have
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This is a tough one and as with all of our plans, we have a Plan A, B, C and combo plans. With each decision in this process it is more like a decision tree to figure out what we will do for education in Spain. You make one choice to an option and that
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Are you nuts? Aren’t you afraid? The economy isn’t what it used to be, what if you don’t find another job? First, let me possibly put you at ease. Yes we are a bit nuts, but that is what makes life exciting and worth living. We feel this career break was the right thing to
Adjusting to Downsizing Okay, so we were very spoiled and had a fantastic home. We were now living in a 3 bedroom apartment about the size of our Master Suite plus an extra bedroom. We thought we sold so much and did a great job of de-cluttering, but the remainder needed to fit into the
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One of the main things to consider when moving abroad is what to do with your current home. Will you be renting or selling your home when moving abroad?
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How our family of 4 made the move to Spain from the USA. It may appear to many that this was “all of the sudden”, but in actuality it has been nearly a year in the making. And that is just once we made the decision to move to Spain, we dreamed and researched plenty
So we are often asked, “How can Americans live in Spain?” Did we just randomly pull up a world map and throw a dart? How about going to the library and seeing which country had the most books on the shelf? Well, it wasn’t quite like that. I wish it were so easy.
When making a decision about how to live abroad, it wasn’t done without oodles of discussion, soul-searching, and research. Prior to coming up with our plan, we needed to answer ourselves “Why are we doing this? What do we want to gain from the experience?”. This is really the first step in the process of
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So many of you have asked, “Why are you moving to Spain? What is your plan for living abroad?” We often answer this question, but rarely get out the full plan before more questions arise. What we are doing isn’t common, yet once you are in the family travel world and hooked up to other
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