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In August 2007, Allan Davies and his wife Rose, having lived most of their lives in their beloved Dorset, gave up their careers, left behind friends, family, acquaintances and all that was familiar to start a new life in Southern Spain.

Yo te recomiendo e vacaciones en España!

Well, that's May out the way and what a wet one! Well, sort of. It's been raining off and on for nearly the whole month interspersed by half days of boiling humid sunshine, though the late bout of precipitation appears to have pleased the Junta and local Ayuntamiento as they plan for the coming onslaught of a hot dry summer and increased water consumption.

Pheeww! Qué calor hace hoy! Bonito.

There are a number of things that you subconsciously miss when moving to a foreign land, and although we do our best to integrate at a local level, some things can't be replaced, something for example like local radio.

?Ha comprendido usted estos saludos hasta ahora?

After all the furore of the anti and pro hunt lobbyists back in England last year, it would appear that that particular argument, though partially sorted by Parliament, still rages on in the countryside with both sides continuing to harangue the other.

Tiempo calor, Sangria frio!

Remember Sundays back in the sixties? I remember as a kid in Liverpool that Sundays were synonymous with a long lie in, boys brigade bands, trips out over the river to New Brighton, watching the only man with a car in the street washing it, quiet roads with slow Sunday drivers out for picnics, women cursing at the roast going cold waiting for the men to get back from the alehouse which supposedly closed at 1 o'clock, and if you ran out of anything, tough! There were no shops open.

Otro hermoso dia en el Mediterráneo!

Talk about the unstable housing market? Well, I'm undecided and confused at the moment. Is it a good time to buy or sell? I know the Spanish market has slowed down dramatically since we first purchased here.

Ey, que pasa?

While I read about the spring cold snap gripping Britain yet again with April snows afalling, here, the Southern Costa's impending summer season is already in full swing with the beaches starting to fill up while hotels dust off the parasols and plastic furniture around the pools.

Los saludos de Espana soleada!

On moving to Spain we made a conscious decision that we would do our best to embrace the culture and explore its generic charms.

Que tal mis amigos?

Easter has come and gone but what a spectacle for those who have never seen how the Spanish observe Semana Santa (Saints Week).

Hola otra vez lectores

In my short yet broad time mixing with the British ‘ex pats’ residing in Andalucia, I have deduced that there are a number a reasons why people seek to take the step, as I did, into the unknown of moving to another country.

Bueno!

Could it be conceivably possible that there is a system as stressful, drawn out and costly as the act of purchasing a property in England? Well I thought not until going back to the estate agents office to finalise the deal with Mark.