Our Place in the Sun
In August of last year, Allan Davies with 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.
Over the coming weeks Allan will give an account of everything associated with moving to a foreign country and endeavour to separate the myth from reality, the fact from fiction. Good and bad tips and hints, life and loves, likes and dislikes, challenges in leaving England and those of resettling, in fact anything and everything they have experienced to date.
 | ?Ha comprendido usted estos saludos hasta ahora? | | 9:00am Mon 12 May 08 | | 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! | | 9:00am Mon 5 May 08 | | 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! | | 10:52am Mon 28 Apr 08 | | 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? | | 2:19pm Mon 21 Apr 08 | | 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! | | 12:09pm Mon 14 Apr 08 | | 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? | | 9:46am Thu 3 Apr 08 | | 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 | | 2:09pm Thu 27 Mar 08 | | 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! | | 10:02am Thu 20 Mar 08 | | 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. |
 | Bien dia | | 2:19pm Fri 14 Mar 08 | | It was day four and our new found and only familiar face Mark had shown us around a dozen properties ranging from small poky terraced village houses to great expanses of land encompassing idyllic mansions and part built structures alike.
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 | Hola mi amigos | | 3:45pm Thu 6 Mar 08 | | There's a certain image or picture that springs to mind at the thought of living in your own retreat on foreign shores far away from everything that's normal, routine or safe. |
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