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Hola Everyone
My wife and I are hopefully moving to Torrevieja in October this year once we obtain our NLV and looking forward to living a completely different life to that which we have now
We are both looking forward to involving ourselves in the community and hopefully meeting new friends with similar interests along the way.
Bye for now see you later. 👋
Steven
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 5:41pm
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Hi,
Welcome to the forum where I'm sure that you'll receive plenty of advice and information if needed.
I hope that your move goes smoothly.
My partner and I moved over here 20 years ago and have never had any regrets, I hope that you get to love spain as much as we do.
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 6:18pm
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StevenJ wrote on Wed Jun 19, 2024 4:55pm:
Hola Everyone
My wife and I are hopefully moving to Torrevieja in October this year once we obtain our NLV and looking forward to living a completely different life to that which we have now
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We are both looking forward to involving ourselves in the community and hopefully meeting new friends with similar interests along the way.
Bye for now see you later. 👋
Steven
Have any idea what area of Torrevieja you will get living in, it a nice size Town, The Centre of Torrevieja has in my opinion very narrow streets, But a good ex pat committee all around Torrevieja
Best wishes with your move and I hope you settle in easy enough, but it can be a bit of culture shock, Living and Holidays in Torrevieja different lifestyle
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 6:45pm
Madcatwoman wrote on Wed Jun 19, 2024 5:41pm:
Hi,
Welcome to the forum where I'm sure that you'll receive plenty of advice and information if needed.
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I hope that your move goes smoothly.
My partner and I moved over here 20 years ago and have never had any regrets, I hope that you get to love spain as much as we do.
Thank you. We hope it works out for us as we can’t stand the weather in Scotland any longer. Lots more reasons for the move though.
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 6:52pm
Sligogent wrote on Wed Jun 19, 2024 6:18pm:
Have any idea what area of Torrevieja you will get living in, it a nice size Town, The Centre of Torrevieja has in my opinion very narrow streets, But a good e...
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...x pat committee all around Torrevieja
Best wishes with your move and I hope you settle in easy enough, but it can be a bit of culture shock, Living and Holidays in Torrevieja different lifestyle
We have an air b and b booked in Calle Galenfrom October until June We understand holidaying and living in Spain are two different things so expect there will be difficulties we will need to work through.
I would rather we had a longer term rental but we should know if it’s for us by next year hopefully. We still have our house in Scotland should things not work out. Thank you
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 9:06pm
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If you get tired of the "little Britain" feel of the Torrevieja suburbs give Valencia city a try...
Vibrant, less poor and many things to pass your time...
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 10:26pm
RayBenidorm wrote on Wed Jun 19, 2024 9:06pm:
If you get tired of the "little Britain" feel of the Torrevieja suburbs give Valencia city a try...
Vibrant, less poor and many things to pass your time...
Unlike many folk I don’t have a problem mixing with Brit’s in fact I’ll be relieved as my Spanish isn’t great at the moment.
It will also be helpful having local knowledge of how things work.
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:08am
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StevenJ wrote on Wed Jun 19, 2024 10:26pm:
Unlike many folk I don’t have a problem mixing with Brit’s in fact I’ll be relieved as my Spanish isn’t great at the moment.
It will also be helpful having local knowledge of how things work.
Hi
What I will say, is keep some sort of accommodation back in Scotland 🏴 as July August mad 😡 Heat 🔥 it is nice to get away from it also later in Life, none of us know, what direction our help will take, if you Family back in Scotland 🏴 it nice to have there near hand
Go to your Local Health centre in Torrevieja and register and get a SIP card 💳
Join up with Local clubs in your area possibly Walking 🚶 club, they can found by asking in a Restaurants or Pub in your area,
I would consider getting a run around Car for Shopping and Shopping in Early morning or late evening in Serious Heat 🔥 and getting away for a Day out to see beautiful scenery around Greater Alicante area, Get involved in your area, meeting new people,
Watch population explode in Summer season and Parking hard to come by near beaches.
Spainish can be noisy neighbours and they like their Siesta in afternoon and like it to be respected, Get use to Dog dirt of Streets,,, It a disgusting 🤢. Try to learn Spanish it will help a lot with settling in and Spanish people appreciate it.
That my small bit of experience about Spanish life
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:05am
Sligogent wrote on Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:08am:
Hi
What I will say, is keep some sort of accommodation back in Scotland 🏴 as July August mad 😡 Heat 🔥 it is nice to get away from it also later in&...
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...nbsp; Life, none of us know, what direction our help will take, if you Family back in Scotland 🏴 it nice to have there near hand
Go to your Local Health centre in Torrevieja and register and get a SIP card 💳
Join up with Local clubs in your area possibly Walking 🚶 club, they can found by asking in a Restaurants or Pub in your area,
I would consider getting a run around Car for Shopping and Shopping in Early morning or late evening in Serious Heat 🔥 and getting away for a Day out to see beautiful scenery around Greater Alicante area, Get involved in your area, meeting new people,
Watch population explode in Summer season and Parking hard to come by near beaches.
Spainish can be noisy neighbours and they like their Siesta in afternoon and like it to be respected, Get use to Dog dirt of Streets,,, It a disgusting 🤢. Try to learn Spanish it will help a lot with settling in and Spanish people appreciate it.
That my small bit of experience about Spanish life
I will take all of your advice on board and thank you. Most helpful coming from someone with experience.
As for dog shit, we also get that here in uk so used to it
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:39am
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RayBenidorm wrote on Wed Jun 19, 2024 9:06pm:
If you get tired of the "little Britain" feel of the Torrevieja suburbs give Valencia city a try...
Vibrant, less poor and many things to pass your time...
After liviing here for 25 years I've never noticed a ' Little Britain' feel at all , unlike some parts of Benidorm.
It all depends on your social life and who you choose to mix with and in fact some parts of Torrevieja can be called 'Little Scandinavia' .
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