What made you pick your town.
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What made you pick your town.
This is a revamp of my post "selling your area" which didn't work.
So ....
A lot of us have settled or bought holiday homes in various places in Spain. With the whole of Spain to choose from, why did you pick that one
So ....
A lot of us have settled or bought holiday homes in various places in Spain. With the whole of Spain to choose from, why did you pick that one
I like the way many aspects of the lifestyle is like going back in time 50 years or more
I like the old-fashioned community spirit.
I like not having to lock my doors when I go out.
I like it when anyone has repairs to do on their house; the entire village turns up to help, and when it’s finished the spontaneous party atmosphere when drink and tapas appear.
I like finding a bag or a bucket of fruit or veg’ outside my door when I come home.
I like it when my neighbours involve me in the ‘campo lifestyle’.
I like the clean mountain air, my partners asthma is hardly apparent.
I like walking out onto the patio after a shower and drying in the sun.
I like the fact that, every body knows every bodies business, therefore, no secrets and no snobbery
I like it when people don’t know, or care, what day it is.
I like the aroma from the wild herbs on the mountain on a warm day.
I like the fiesta here, although there are only four families live in the village,
I like the fact because of the altitude, summers aren’t as stiflingly hot as some other places.
I like it when we get snowed in, all the village come out and play, snowballing, making snowmen, sledging and skiing. Then I like coming home and drinking hot chocolate and brandy in front of a log fire.
I like the colour of the sky at dawn and dusk
I like the night sky when there isn’t a moon and being able to see the Milky Way with the naked eye
I like it when there is a good-sized moon; it’s almost like twilight.
I like the nearby market, buying fresh fruit and veg and olive oil etc.
I love the fact that we now have Internet access after 4½ of rankling with telefonica.
I nicked this lot from another forum, saves time and I agree with it!
I love sitting in a cafe people watching whilst dipping chorros into chocolate!
I love the way everyone who you don't know says hello to you even in a waiting room.
I love the way when you smile at people over here they smile back instead of thinking
you're a fruit cake.
I love seeing the "older generation" who aren't afraid to be sitting on their porch 'til all
hours.
I love to see farmers still using animals for work (the ones I have seen have been well
cared for)
I love knowing that there is major difference between standard of living & quality of life.
I love the sun
I love the warmth (But I also like the fact that it does get cold where we are in the
winter, so I also love my woodburner!)
I love the freedom that children are given to play out without constantly watching them
I love the diet especially the taste of the fresh fruit and veg
I love they way we have been welcomed by our neighbours
I love the way we spend so much more time together as a family
I love not having to arrange things according to the weather
I love the fiestas/festivals and dressing up for them
I love being so happy
I love most things which I guess is why I live here!
I like the old-fashioned community spirit.
I like not having to lock my doors when I go out.
I like it when anyone has repairs to do on their house; the entire village turns up to help, and when it’s finished the spontaneous party atmosphere when drink and tapas appear.
I like finding a bag or a bucket of fruit or veg’ outside my door when I come home.
I like it when my neighbours involve me in the ‘campo lifestyle’.
I like the clean mountain air, my partners asthma is hardly apparent.
I like walking out onto the patio after a shower and drying in the sun.
I like the fact that, every body knows every bodies business, therefore, no secrets and no snobbery
I like it when people don’t know, or care, what day it is.
I like the aroma from the wild herbs on the mountain on a warm day.
I like the fiesta here, although there are only four families live in the village,
I like the fact because of the altitude, summers aren’t as stiflingly hot as some other places.
I like it when we get snowed in, all the village come out and play, snowballing, making snowmen, sledging and skiing. Then I like coming home and drinking hot chocolate and brandy in front of a log fire.
I like the colour of the sky at dawn and dusk
I like the night sky when there isn’t a moon and being able to see the Milky Way with the naked eye
I like it when there is a good-sized moon; it’s almost like twilight.
I like the nearby market, buying fresh fruit and veg and olive oil etc.
I love the fact that we now have Internet access after 4½ of rankling with telefonica.
I nicked this lot from another forum, saves time and I agree with it!
I love sitting in a cafe people watching whilst dipping chorros into chocolate!
I love the way everyone who you don't know says hello to you even in a waiting room.
I love the way when you smile at people over here they smile back instead of thinking
you're a fruit cake.
I love seeing the "older generation" who aren't afraid to be sitting on their porch 'til all
hours.
I love to see farmers still using animals for work (the ones I have seen have been well
cared for)
I love knowing that there is major difference between standard of living & quality of life.
I love the sun
I love the warmth (But I also like the fact that it does get cold where we are in the
winter, so I also love my woodburner!)
I love the freedom that children are given to play out without constantly watching them
I love the diet especially the taste of the fresh fruit and veg
I love they way we have been welcomed by our neighbours
I love the way we spend so much more time together as a family
I love not having to arrange things according to the weather
I love the fiestas/festivals and dressing up for them
I love being so happy
I love most things which I guess is why I live here!
Re: What made you pick your town.
It was Juanita. The moment my eyes met hers it was lust. She was leaning against a lamp post in the town square eagerly eyeing up the fresh foreign meat. I gave her the intense look of a hungry stallion deeply on heat and she thrust her breasts at me pouting with her ruby red lips letting me know that her fruit was desperately waiting to be devoured at the hands of my pure wanton lust.Rick Gale wrote: A lot of us have settled or bought holiday homes in various places in Spain. With the whole of Spain to choose from, why did you pick that one
Our hips collided and then our faces encountered each other in stone faced silence daring the other to speak first. My lips encircled hers as if daring her to reject me. I knew she could not. I teased her until she involuntarily let out a gasp signalling that she had yielded completely but I tormented her with a slight brush of my bare forearm against hers before firmly clasping her and dragging her towards me letting our bodies merge as one. I kissed her, she melted.
And then we made love.
Re: What made you pick your town.
Just in case you wondered, the beep refers to mummy's pillows.
Jeez, budding Mills and Boons novelists do not get much encouragement here!
Jeez, budding Mills and Boons novelists do not get much encouragement here!
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Re: What made you pick your town.
Citymike, just read your Juanita tale out to my nan over the phone. There was this long silence then she told me that she had never heard such filth before. As she is an avid Mills and Boons reader, think you may get rejected by them for being too raunchycitymike wrote:Just in case you wondered, the beep refers to mummy's pillows.
Jeez, budding Mills and Boons novelists do not get much encouragement here!
Meg - Sunny by nature
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It took us some time to find a village that had everything we wanted. We wanted to be no more than 2 hours away from La Linea (my husbands) daughter lives there and not too far from an airport.
As it turned out we are probably about 3 hours from La Linea and approx an hour from Malaga and we love our village
As it turned out we are probably about 3 hours from La Linea and approx an hour from Malaga and we love our village
Rick Gale wrote:Great Gretch
Sounds great. Is that why you are keeping your location secret?
Go on give me a clue. I'll be your best friend
We live in northern Almeria in a place that is ‘top secret’.
If you are into quizzes and puzzles, you may be able to workout the name of our little village.
If you do solve my little puzzle, don’t tell anyone else, because we don’t want an ‘explosion’ of people looking around!
Good luck
gretch
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I'm sure it has been asked many times before, but just to be boring can any of you that have used a lawyer reccommend them .We are finally getting close to a finca purchase in the Ronda area.
Stop the world I want to get off!
why u picked ur village
Gretch
Everything you siad was exactly the same for us....and we dont live anywhere near you..but have all of the above!!
Everything you siad was exactly the same for us....and we dont live anywhere near you..but have all of the above!!
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Our choice was purely logistical in the 1st instance - basing oursleves close enought to all things English in case of emergency and while we settle in/learn the language surrounded by NOT ONE English word as it happens! Give it one year when we hope to have a much better grasp of the Spanish Language then we hope to move further into 'real' Spain... I guess you could say we are using La Linea as a 'paddling pool' or stepping stone..... Despite what others on the Forum have said about the place - yes it's no oil painting - but we like it and will be happy to stay here for a bit. So much building work etc to revamp reminds us of where we lived back home lol!
Anything is Possible
We came for the weekend to have a look around.
We saw, we brought what we thought was a holiday home but on the way back to the UK we both said 'that's what we want.
What clinched it?
The way the little old ladies next door rub their whiskered faces against mine when greeting us.
The Kidd's in the street playing,
The people sitting outside and everyone greeting you.
The dogs barking in the night.
The friendliness of every one.
the chilled out way of life.
The honesty and warmth of the people.
It not being anywhere near the Costa Britt's
The lack of class distinction
The smiles and acceptance of Johny foreigner
The lack of concern about material things.
If you can't eat it, eat off of it, wear it or burn it then it has no use.
The old fashioned values of what you see is what you get and saying what you think.
Tolerance
Sunshine
We saw, we brought what we thought was a holiday home but on the way back to the UK we both said 'that's what we want.
What clinched it?
The way the little old ladies next door rub their whiskered faces against mine when greeting us.
The Kidd's in the street playing,
The people sitting outside and everyone greeting you.
The dogs barking in the night.
The friendliness of every one.
the chilled out way of life.
The honesty and warmth of the people.
It not being anywhere near the Costa Britt's
The lack of class distinction
The smiles and acceptance of Johny foreigner
The lack of concern about material things.
If you can't eat it, eat off of it, wear it or burn it then it has no use.
The old fashioned values of what you see is what you get and saying what you think.
Tolerance
Sunshine
Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated into the collective
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to quote toddcl...
"The lack of concern about material things.
If you can't eat it, eat off of it, wear it or burn it then it has no use"
You need to meet one of the neighbours in our village in Granada...
... her back yard is like something out of Steptoe & Son!!
She's a lovelly lady, but only leave something by the bins for five minutes and she's there. She says it's all for her fince in the country, but having looked in the back yard with her, there's our old bath-shower mixer from when we did up the bathroom over a year ago, sat there amongst all the other clutter. Still, I'd love to have a look at this finca she keeps on about
"The lack of concern about material things.
If you can't eat it, eat off of it, wear it or burn it then it has no use"
You need to meet one of the neighbours in our village in Granada...
... her back yard is like something out of Steptoe & Son!!
She's a lovelly lady, but only leave something by the bins for five minutes and she's there. She says it's all for her fince in the country, but having looked in the back yard with her, there's our old bath-shower mixer from when we did up the bathroom over a year ago, sat there amongst all the other clutter. Still, I'd love to have a look at this finca she keeps on about
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