This is the go-to book if you are thinking about moving to Spain covering those questions which will crop up and often, yet suspiciously, remain unanswered.
Some people buy a villa or apartment and retire on the coast whilst others live on the outskirts of some quint pueblo and fill their memoirs with funny stories of quirky locals and strange animals they have raised. And then there is the other side... Mark Shearman moved to Spain in 2002 with his partner and four year old daughter. His observations are from a successful building contractor, owner of an estate agency and journalist. He has included some amusing anecdotes and articles, which all promise one thing - the truth. http://shermdonor.blogspot.com.es Reading Flip Flop Flamenco Mark's novel about a shaming debt collector will also give you a flavour of what it is like to live as an expat on the Costa Blanca.
I have a broad sense of humour and an open mind gained from diverse work and people experience. Before I was a steeplejack in Nottingham, a farm owner in France, Berlin house builder, and a project manager in London. I was a ten-pound-pom in Australia. A year in Tenerife directed me to the Costa Blanca where I lived and worked as a journalist, illustrator and book cover designer. I now live back in Nottingham and work as a Journalist whilst I finish my MA in writing. I have completed five novels, one none-fiction and four short stories.
Journalist. Artist, writer. Voracious reader. Tea drinker, dog owner. Chief-cook and dish washer loader. Jocose, English Ex-pat in Spain. Beach freak. Science fiction fan. Habitual doubler of entendres. Caricature and Cartoonist junkie. Part-time philanthropist. Music nut. Movie addict. Occasional faux finisher. Renaissance man. Opinionated. Wordy. Modest...