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Spain - An Expatriate Guide

Overview
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Spanish Culture
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Torremolinos
Torrevieja
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Expat Focus Recommended Website Award - Spain

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Eye on Spain

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Eye on Spain was founded by Justin Aldridge and Susan Pedalino in July 2004 providing a progress-reporting service for buyers of off plan property in the South of Spain.

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Expat Experiences of Life in Spain (submit yours here)

Fred and Arpi Shively

House

Both my wife and I are freelance. We used to do a lot of articles together for various Spain-centric magazines - most of which have ceased to exist. Aside from photography, I occasionally act as a creative consultant for events, seminars, etc. mostly outside Spain. From May, I'll be offering photo-treks in Andalucia. My wife is a Lonely Planet author having written the Andalucia section of the latest Spain guide...

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Ian and Brenda Lee

House

We have owned property in Spain since 1988 - first Majorca then Nerja. However, we moved over permanently in 2001. The move was fine - apart from having to get rid of a great deal of acquired stuff that we couldn't bring over. Having a house built here was a different matter..!

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Alan and Clare Baxter

Give us a kiss!

We lived in South Lincolnshire prior to our move to Spain, where we bred Pygmy goats. We had the largest breeding herd in the UK, and it was the building up of that over 6 years that gave us the income to sell up and move to Spain....

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Steve and Mags Harding

Our home

We are Steve and Mags (Margaret) Harding. We are both in our mid 50s and both held full time jobs in the UK, which we gave up to move to Spain. We have a Spanish horse, a Cocker Spaniel dog (Cokey), a cat (Chico) from the local garden centre, and 4 chickens...

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John and Joyce Bowlings

Our two villas

We are the Bowlings, John, Joyce, and the dogs. We always planned to retire early, sell up our house in Barnsley Yorkshire, build a house in Spain and move permanently to Spain to become Residents...

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