Looking Back at 2021…and forward to 2022
Looking Back at 2021…and forward to 2022 I always say that I do these year end posts as much for ourselves as I do for readers. It allows me to reflect on the past year and compare what we achieved …
October 2021 Recap – and on Mexico and other upcoming plans
November 1, 2021 Mexico travel planning Over the last month I’ve barely written on the blog. It’s actually the quietest I’ve ever been on the blog since starting it in 2013. I’ll admit I just haven’t …
Why we use Wise to transfer money overseas
How do YOU transfer money overseas? We used to do it with a traditional wire transfer from our Canadian bank until we heard about Wise (formerly “Transferwise”). Now we save about 3% per transfer and …
On 10 months of living in Spain…
August 22, 2021 Time has flown and it’s hard to believe we’ve been in Spain almost 10 months. It was October 1st of 2020 when we flew back from Canada, visa in hand, and decided to have a look at …
Why are Expats so darn Angry?
Why are Expats so darn Angry? It always amazes me how nasty expats can be. We’ve encountered it many times in the past, usually on travel forums when researching a place (we’ve previously found …
Looking back at 2020…and forward to 2021
Looking back at 2020…and forward to 2021 I always say that I do these year end posts as much for ourselves as I do for readers. It allows me to reflect on the past year and compare what we achieved …
Every Nomad’s dilemma – Sell or Store your belongings?
Every Nomad’s dilemma – Sell or Store your belongings? It’s a question we’ve asked ourselves many times. Just days ago, now back among our furnishing in our new home in Spain, we had the same …
How to Get a Spanish Non-Lucrative Residence Visa (a step-by-step guide)
How to Get a Spanish Non-Lucrative Residence Visa When we started looking into living long-term in Spain we really didn’t know anything about the process. When we did some research it all seemed a bit …
Valencia (Spain): could this be the place we choose to live in Spain?
Valencia (Spain): could this be the place we choose to live in Spain? A few years ago when we were looking for a base in Spain, one of our readers (Glenn, who I had previously met in Mexico) wrote us …