11 Dec 2017 11:15 AM:
Hi everyone- no don't worry, I havent disappeared!
we went to visit our son and his wife over the weekend, so I didnt have the computer! Im used to forums where you maybe wait a week to get a response- I'm surprised how active this one is.
What you've all said so far is helpful. Finances wise, Im confident we'll be able to handle it. I have a few investments that we try to life off, a reasonable amount of savings, and quite a lot of money tied up in the house, if we were to sell. (sorry, I hate talking about money) if we were going to go for it, We WERE thinking of renting first, to get a feel for the lifestyle. we're very cautious people like that. No Sense throwing ourselves into it with no way back.
Language wont be an issue either. We both like to learn languages for fun, and between us can have manageable (if badly pronounced) conversations in 6 languages. adding another won't be too hard.
We have a few friends in Spain and we were thinking of moving nearby to one/ some of them so that a) they could help with the process, having done it before, and b) to help stave off the loneliness.
Of course we care about the family, but we're hoping to be relatively near an airport. All the kids live reasonably far away- its a few hours- and we figure that a few hours by car is about the same as a few hours by plane. a days travel is a days travel, at the end of the day. We have friends in our local area, too, but we've up-sticks and moved before- we had to for my job about 30 years ago. We weathered the storm quite well, and reckon we could do it again.
I asked because we havent had that HOOK, that feeling that something jumped out and said "right, thats it, thats why were doing this". Its kind of... Weve been often, seen the lifestyle, and we want it for ourselves, we do. Someone had a wonderful story of their husband sitting around the coffee shop with a cortado, just talking and letting the day go by- that's what we want. Not to be surrounded by people always having something to do or somewhere to go, just relaxing and enjoying life. You hit it right on the nose, floella. And were both healthy at the moment (touch wood), and we'd like to keep that going, which we know spain is great for. there are a bunch of reasons why we should make the move, or at least dip our toes in the water, but no big emotional pull, if you get me. A decision like this shouldnt be like a sum- add up all the parts and EUREKA, your off! you need to FEEL that its what you want. Thats what Im curious about. For you who are already there, maybe you saw an advert that suddenly got you curious, or maybe you went on holiday and just suddenly felt 'this is how I want to live '. Maybe you read a book and felt it. What was that tipping point, the emotional hook, the thing that just made it feel 'right'?
We'll probably go ahead with a small rental regardless, and hope we feel something while we're over there. Im just a little curious, and a little hopeful that maybe we could take your advice on that front. Its just not the sort of decision we want to do like a sum- we know the maths works, but thats no good if it doesn't feel good.
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