Loving Spain Life

Michele is from Boston, USA and now calls Madrid home. After finishing her Master's program in Madrid, she decided not to leave. Listen to what was the biggest surprise with the Spanish lifestyle.


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Eline is originally from the Netherlands but many years living in Germany where she met her husband. She knew one day that they would probably move to Spain because he is half Spanish. He accepted a job in Valencia and they moved there without knowing much about the city and only being there once or twice to see if they could live there. Listen to hear what was (and sometimes still is) the most difficult thing for her since she moved there in 2007. 

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Silvja is originally from Serbia and had spent some time traveling. However, she had no interest in visiting Spain. After suffering burnout from working too much, she just wanted to spend some time at the sea in Portugal. But she couldn’t get a flight and unenthusiastically went to Valencia because of a friend’s recommendation.  There she fell in love with a man from Hungary and now calls Valencia home. Although, it was not easy to make everything work out. Listen to her story and all her challenges.  


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Amanda is from the United States, but she knew she wasn’t going to retire in America. She went from a very busy life as a private chef and teaching cooking classes and always working to enjoying a slower-paced life in Spain. Listen to the different countries they considered and why they chose Spain. 

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Elsbeth is originally from the Netherlands. However, she has lived in several countries including Australia, South Africa, and England. Listed to what brought her to all these wonderful countries and why she decided to settle down in Madrid. 

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Gabriel has only been in Valencia for about a month from France. He came to enjoy the Spanish sun. Listen to hear about what his biggest adjusts have been so far and find out what he wished he would have brought with him from Paris. 

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Carrie was a TV broadcast journalist in London and now lives outside of Barcelona. Listen to how she traded in her long commutes to work in the very early hours of the mornings to life in Spain. She came to Madrid in her University years and it sparked a desire in her to know someday she would return. Hear about why she chose Barcelona and if she thinks she made a mistake and misses Madrid. 

Dee is from Calgary Canada and had a ten-year plan to move near her parents in Spain. After one of her visits, she gave her parents a “house wish list” and they began searching for her. The budget and the list changed…..and so did the ten-year plan. Listen to the few things that were on the list, the obstacles they had to overcome, and what is happening now.  

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Thomas was a social worker in England. After spending some time in Asia, he and his girlfriend decided they wanted to be closer to family. They had a family member in Valencia and thought they would visit for one or two weeks. It has now been almost three years and they are still there. Listen to their experience about the unexpected move to Spain. 

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Janine is originally from the UK and now is living in Valencia. She worked in IT for over 20 years, then became a teacher. Her initial experience in Spain was when she was young visiting her uncle in Marbella, she thought all of Spain was like it. Find out how she discovered “Valencia is completely different from Marbella.”

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Gisella is originally from Italy but spent the last 15 years in London. She is a self-described “location-free entrepreneur”. Before deciding on which city was going to be her second home, she spent time in Barcelona, Malaga, Valencia, and Las Palmas (Gran Canaria). Listen to the podcast to find out which city is now her second home. 

Listen to Angela's journey from Switzerland to Ibiza and now Barcelona. She said she never thought many good things about Ibiza before having to stop there on her way to another Spanish destination and she quickly fell in love with the island. 

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Mariel moved to Spain to attend university. Listen to her challenges, find out what she loves,  and how she saved tens of thousands of dollars attending university in Spain (as a foreign student) over going to school in her home country in the USA.  

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Listen to our interview with Angelika, who has been living in Spain for 14 years. Learn about what her Spanish friends have said as to why they eat dinner at ten or eleven pm. 

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Hear about Katheryn's journey moving to Spain. She explains some of the things that surprised her about relocating and some of the challenges she faced.  

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Liu moved to a small town just outside of Valencia in the middle of the pandemic. She has quickly started her own business and adjusting well to living in a new country. Hear about everything she has learned, adjusted to, and things she wished she knew before moving to Spain. 

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Our first interview was with Carlien. Hear about the things she loved about moving to Spain and some of her challenges. 

In today's episode, we talk with Sal. She is originally from England and now lives outside a small village called Villalonga, which is outside of Valencia.  

Listen to how she went from a hectic, very stressful job, and feeling like she had no quality of life, to enjoying a new (mostly) relaxing life in Spain.

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