I Children are amazing, they seem to have an extraordinary capacity to adapt to new environments and situations. When living in a foreign country, it amazes us to see how quickly they can learn the local language. So little ones would seem to be the perfect expats. But, are they? The reality is that we …
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After attending an informative event with Mijas Foreigners Department and the British Consulate, I thought I would upload the resources they provided at the event. Please also note the following websites contain regularly updated information by the British Consulate:- 1️⃣Information about living in Spain https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-spain2️⃣Preparing for EU Exit https://www.gov.uk/government/brexit3️⃣Information in the case of a no-deal …
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This beautiful mountain called ‘La Concha’ towers over Marbella. Isn’t it gorgeous? Something I love about this part of the Costa del Sol is how you get such elevation so close to the sea. Recently I hiked with a friend part of the way up this mountain. We turned back because it was threatening rain. Winter …
Inheritance Tax Allowances for Andalucia have increased with effect on the 1st of January 2018. This is the biggest tax reform made in Andalucia in the past 35 years whereby 95% of the inheritances will be tax exempt. Most expats coming to Andalucia to live their dream of retiring under the sunshine have the dilemma …
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Chapter 3 Not So Warm Welcome Spain welcomed us with sunshine, as I was hoping for. Straight from the plane, full of positive attitude, we jumped into our rented car and whoosh we went. We were driving from Alicante towards Valencia and the road is next to the sea. It’s a beautiful paseo with …
So, we’ve decided to move out for the UK to Spain. Health issues, lack of sun and urge to learn new language. Now boxes are half packed, transport is organised and in a week time we’ll be in the sunny land. Moving with small kids is a challenge, but also an adventure. I’ll be …
Are you living in Spain? Or Planning to move over here? If this is the case, this bit of info about the NIE, might interest you… What’s the NIE? The NIE stands for: Número de Identificación de Extranjeros/Identification Number for Foreigners. 20 Interesting situations where you will need the NIE: …
NIE: The Essential Procedure being an expat in Spain. Read More »
Hello Costa Women, I hope that you have had a great Christmas Break and are looking forward to a fabulous start to 2017 2016 was a bit ´meh´ and I´m glad its over myself. Today I´m writing to ask for your help. I have been nominated in a Travel Blogger award as …
Bravo European consumer protection! Success for mortgage holders Have you applied for compensation for abusive clauses in your Spanish mortgage? If not, why not? The extent and scale of the abuses carried out by Spanish banks have been well documented and widely commented. Now the Court of Justice of the European Union has added more …
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The Bull boys are off on another adventure to raise money and they need Costa Women help! It’s not long now until father and son team, Dave and Mitch Bull, will be off on their epic journey around the coast and borders of Spain on motorbikes, raising money and awareness for the AECC (Cancer research) …
