Author name: Susan ASQUITH

…but since our last post we have had rather a lot on, including a funeral of a very young lady, me having the Norovirus and a bout of passing out known as the Vegus Reflex, Chris attending court over a car accident which happened four years ago (thankfully we won),  and of course Christmas and […]

At a family party recently we met the fab and famous Spanish tenor Agustín Prunell-Friend http://www.agustinprunell.com/index.htm – he was so charming when I tried to impress him with my newly learnt Spanish vocabulary from the iPhone app‘Spanish 24/7′.  You couldn’t fail to see the emotion in his eyes as I reeled off cupboard, traffic light and other equally useful words!

I spent one lunch hour last week (just in case my boss reads this) searching for an on-line CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course as my existing teaching qualification (Cert Ed) is not recognised for teaching in Spain. An on-line course course is one option for me, as I work such long hours and

It was my first day back at work today after returning from Spain last week and the morning couldn’t have been more bleak, dark or damp! I was too down to even tweet about my arch nemesis ‘South-eastern trains’! But after a welcome back hug from my lovely new boss Linda and distribution of a yummy box of biscuits from Eroskis, I

Well no we don’t, but clearly for a successful life in Spain we really need to conquer the language and have set ourselves a target for learning Spanish before we leave to start our new life there. I am however very proud of my longest Spanish sentence which was a large(ish) list of drinks ordered at Bar Ortega in Comares!

Back from a fabulous two week break in Spain to a wet and windy UK hasn’t left us with holiday blues, but a sense of excitement as we begin our plan to move to Spain in 36 months. We might seem like the typical middle aged couple, (we met lots in Spain) who are looking for a stress free