So, I owe a very big thank you to the Spanish state health service! Recently they did nothing less than save my life – which is why there has been an absence of Posts on Culture Spain for a while… A couple of weeks ago, I had a heart attack! This, to put it mildly, was something of a shock. [...]
I am a journalist and author of five books (four of which are about Spain) and I live permanently in Spain with my family. Indeed, I have lived in the Valencian mountains of Spain (not far from Gandia) since 2003, although I have known Spain well since the mid 1970s. During my time here, I have worked within the real estate [...]
In a previous Blog I mentioned how you can happily live in Spain without learning Spainish. This is particularly true of coastal areas where there is a network of ex-patriots supplying products and services specifically to English speakers. This is complemented by the Spanish themselves (particularly those under forty years old) who often understand sufficient English to allow for communication [...]