Gone for 2 years, coming back for month, What to expect?
22 November 2007, 11:46 AM
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Gone for 2 years, coming back for month, What to expect?
It's just over 2 years ago that I left the UK for a new life in Spain and I have learnt more about myself in those 2 years than in the previous 34. I'm coming back for a month from mid December as I have spent the last 2 Christmas here away from my wifes family and our friends and am very interested to see what has changed in those 2 years.
Prime ministers, wheelie bins and probably the yoof culture but anything else to be aware of I wonder....?
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Prime ministers, wheelie bins and probably the yoof culture but anything else to be aware of I wonder....?
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22 November 2007, 11:54 AM
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depends where you are going ,
lots of new roads , buildings . lots of old buildings pulled down . .
oh and army check points every 30 miles up the motor way to check your not speeding .. foreign cars get allowed straight through though
might have made that last bit up
lots of new roads , buildings . lots of old buildings pulled down . .
oh and army check points every 30 miles up the motor way to check your not speeding .. foreign cars get allowed straight through though
might have made that last bit up
22 November 2007, 01:24 PM
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If you're from Spain you'll be put in a detention centre for the first two weeks before being deported 
Oh and the weather's got even worse
Oh and the weather's got even worse
22 November 2007, 03:13 PM
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I got a grey bin for general crap, a blue one for paper, tins etc and a brown one for garden waste, weeds, grass clippings, broken wheelbarrows etc.
I think all the waste still ends up in the same landfill, but it makes the council look like they are being environmentally friendly
I think all the waste still ends up in the same landfill, but it makes the council look like they are being environmentally friendly
22 November 2007, 03:16 PM
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I got a grey bin for general crap, a blue one for paper, tins etc and a brown one for garden waste, weeds, grass clippings, broken wheelbarrows etc.
I think all the waste still ends up in the same landfill, but it makes the council look like they are being environmentally friendly
I think all the waste still ends up in the same landfill, but it makes the council look like they are being environmentally friendly
22 November 2007, 03:18 PM
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you will be fast tracked through customs, have preferential benefits with regards housing, education, medical health care, probably even get free dental treatment. The air is a lot fresher, the only thing is apparently there are lots of metal cylindrical things around. Sorry got that last bit wrong its poles 
22 November 2007, 03:18 PM
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My mothers just about to do the opposite to you.
Shes bought in Spain and off until the new year. Bro lives in Gibraltar with his family so shes off to do the grandmother bit
Shes bought in Spain and off until the new year. Bro lives in Gibraltar with his family so shes off to do the grandmother bit
22 November 2007, 03:21 PM
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you will be fast tracked through customs, have preferential benefits with regards housing, education, medical health care, probably even get free dental treatment. The air is a lot fresher, the only thing is apparently there are lots of metal cylindrical things around. Sorry got that last bit wrong its poles
22 November 2007, 03:23 PM
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Can be a good time to visit if she's not used to the severe heat of summer just yet. Last Christmas day we were on the roof terrace in just a pair of shorts (not my Mrs, obviously!) and it can hit around 70 degrees which is lovely but next day can get cold again. That'll be our biggest shock - wearing coats and scarves again...I actually miss the frosts!
22 November 2007, 03:48 PM
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What to expect?
A chorus of people you know back here saying: "You're not very brown are you?"
Oh, and the seasonal flu!
A chorus of people you know back here saying: "You're not very brown are you?"
Oh, and the seasonal flu!
22 November 2007, 04:00 PM
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We're the same though. Wife just wrote an article for her expat women's mag that said how we drove a couple of hours north to see the beautiful autumn colours that we were missing so much. Editor replied and said "I used to fly to Switzerland to see them!"
22 November 2007, 04:11 PM
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Granada?
We're the same though. Wife just wrote an article for her expat women's mag that said how we drove a couple of hours north to see the beautiful autumn colours that we were missing so much. Editor replied and said "I used to fly to Switzerland to see them!"
We're the same though. Wife just wrote an article for her expat women's mag that said how we drove a couple of hours north to see the beautiful autumn colours that we were missing so much. Editor replied and said "I used to fly to Switzerland to see them!"
22 November 2007, 04:13 PM
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....I spend at least an hour in front of the TV at night as well
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22 November 2007, 04:15 PM
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Wife was in London last weekend, she said exactly the same - "so nice to have cold weather at Christmas time". We've said it for years.
I think it's true to say the last time I touched snow on the ground (as opposed to wet flurries or seeing it briefly out of the window while transiting in Frankfurt) was six years ago
I love snow 
I think it's true to say the last time I touched snow on the ground (as opposed to wet flurries or seeing it briefly out of the window while transiting in Frankfurt) was six years ago
I love snow
