Moving to Andalucia
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Quite funny
I have been ROFL as I read this thread. Very funny, but at the same time some pretty sound advice from many involved.
Spanish, your comment about the wheel chair bound person was not very PC, but hilarious.
Spanish, your comment about the wheel chair bound person was not very PC, but hilarious.
Inland
SPANISH LAD
thats handy, i´m glad for you, where do you live? i bet its no more than 20 minutes inland. i´m talking about "properly" inland, an hour or more. not just somewhere that you cant see the beach.
We live more than 1 hr 20 mins inland.
SPANISH LAD
and how much was the tax? i dont believe that you have booked flights with a TOTAL cost of 1cent. you are lying.
We had to pay tax but return flights for three were less than 120 euros.
SPANISH LAD
oh right, you have a wheelchair? you wheel yourself up and down cobbled streets? thats fantastic, your arms must be as thick as tree trunks my mum has a disability too, she is not in a wheelchair, and doesn´t have a problem living here.
Not that my disability is any of your business but I am on crutches everyone has their own limitations and I suit my life to mine. I find your comment degrading.
SPANISH LAD
and what does your husband do, prey tell.. it seems that we are in the wrong jobs then...that or there is a high demand for the type of work your husband does...or he doesn´t do much each day so always seems to have lots to do...
He has his own electric business plus other intrests not that I have to explain ourselves to you.
I do not wish to enter into any on line slanging match but I refuse to be put down by someone without having the opportunity to stand up for myself.
thats handy, i´m glad for you, where do you live? i bet its no more than 20 minutes inland. i´m talking about "properly" inland, an hour or more. not just somewhere that you cant see the beach.
We live more than 1 hr 20 mins inland.
SPANISH LAD
and how much was the tax? i dont believe that you have booked flights with a TOTAL cost of 1cent. you are lying.
We had to pay tax but return flights for three were less than 120 euros.
SPANISH LAD
oh right, you have a wheelchair? you wheel yourself up and down cobbled streets? thats fantastic, your arms must be as thick as tree trunks my mum has a disability too, she is not in a wheelchair, and doesn´t have a problem living here.
Not that my disability is any of your business but I am on crutches everyone has their own limitations and I suit my life to mine. I find your comment degrading.
SPANISH LAD
and what does your husband do, prey tell.. it seems that we are in the wrong jobs then...that or there is a high demand for the type of work your husband does...or he doesn´t do much each day so always seems to have lots to do...
He has his own electric business plus other intrests not that I have to explain ourselves to you.
I do not wish to enter into any on line slanging match but I refuse to be put down by someone without having the opportunity to stand up for myself.
spanish_lad wrote:have you got kids ? dont move inland.
have you got a pension? dont move inland if u dont.
have you got relatives visiting frequently? dont move inland.
can you drive ? if not, dont move inland.
have you got disabled relatives ? if so, dont move inland.
do you speak perfect spanish? if not, dont move inland...
anything else u wanna know ?
My Children are 27 and 30 years old and capable of looking after themselves.
My pension will be active in 10 years by which time it will be substantial, very.
I actively discourage vistors to the point of downright rudeness.
I have driven many times for long distances in Spain and will be buying a fourwheel drive vehicle as soon as I move there.
See the point before the previous one.
What do my languages skills have to do with it, I'm planning to spend a few weeks at a time there, not open a language school.
To make things a little clearer I am not planning to live there permanently and sell time share, I have a home in England, but I need to have a place in Spain for several reasons, the most important one being it's location in Europe, I'ts basically a holiday/ corporate entertainment home,
now do you have any information regarding Casares and Ronda or don't you?
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oh i thought u meant ACTUAL public toilets, not bar / hotel ones where abouts is the covered market?jane grant wrote:Spanish Lad
There is a public loo in the covered market in Casariche - and just for the record, we have never had a problem popping into a bar or hotel to use their loos without having to buy anything- we just ask and it's usually OK. Also most of the supermarkets have loos.
ah. 60€ each return from spain to the uk is still pretty cheap isn´t it, thats handy to know. thanks.Rossini wrote:We had to pay tax but return flights for three were less than 120 euros.
i agree, your disability is actually none of my business, thats not really what we were "discussing" anyways. (i use the term loosly, its more me being shouted at for expressing a view). we were "discussing" the fact that you never see people in wheelchairs in "inland villages with cobbled / and or steep streets, do you?Rossini wrote:Not that my disability is any of your business but I am on crutches everyone has their own limitations and I suit my life to mine. I find your comment degrading.
no you dont have to explain yourself to me, it was just a question. i bet you answered the "what do you do for a living in spain" thread without questioning their motives or being so hostile towards the thread poster?Rossini wrote:He has his own electric business plus other intrests not that I have to explain ourselves to you.
i am not putting anyone down, just expressing an opinion and disagreeing with some of what people say? i dont want to get into anything online either, i never say anything online that i wouldn´t say to anyone face to face in a bar over a beerRossini wrote:I do not wish to enter into any on line slanging match but I refuse to be put down by someone without having the opportunity to stand up for myself.
would you include me in the givers of sound advice? i´m glad that you can see the funny side to this thread, its gone for serious to ridiculus in placesamheuwr wrote: I have been ROFL as I read this thread. Very funny, but at the same time some pretty sound advice from many involved.
Spanish, your comment about the wheel chair bound person was not very PC, but hilarious
this makes me wonder if you are taking me seriously and heeding advice from someone who has been in the situation...or if you are having a go at me without saying my name... hmmm are the decent people the ones that never post ? this forum may survive, but it will go back to being the boring mundane place it was before we started getting threads like this crop upLorraine-Mijas wrote:Deliberate nasty postings again :Shocked::Shocked:
It's a shame for the decent people on here that someone's trying desperatly to destroy this forum!!!
the object of this thread is not to take the p*ss, is not to have a sl*gging match, it is to inform and discuss the pitfalls of moving inland. why does everyone feel the need to defend their comments to the death, even when.. in the end, it really doesn´t matter a whole lot? where people move to will always be the choise of the buyer. we can not tell them where to move to, or indeed where not to move to. the only thing we can do however, is offer advice and ideas, based on our personal experiences.
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Midnight Rambler wrote:spanish_lad wrote:have you got kids ? dont move inland.
have you got a pension? dont move inland if u dont.
have you got relatives visiting frequently? dont move inland.
can you drive ? if not, dont move inland.
have you got disabled relatives ? if so, dont move inland.
do you speak perfect spanish? if not, dont move inland...
anything else u wanna know ?
My Children are 27 and 30 years old and capable of looking after themselves.
My pension will be active in 10 years by which time it will be substantial, very.
I actively discourage vistors to the point of downright rudeness.
I have driven many times for long distances in Spain and will be buying a fourwheel drive vehicle as soon as I move there.
See the point before the previous one.
What do my languages skills have to do with it, I'm planning to spend a few weeks at a time there, not open a language school.
To make things a little clearer I am not planning to live there permanently and sell time share, I have a home in England, but I need to have a place in Spain for several reasons, the most important one being it's location in Europe, I'ts basically a holiday/ corporate entertainment home,
now do you have any information regarding Casares and Ronda or don't you?
oh right, so you are not "moving inland in the near future" like you said? which makes this whole thread pretty much pointless? language skills, if you are living in a foreign country are probably the MOST IMPORTANT thing you need to have.
do you think that everyone who lives in spain sells timeshare ?
what information are you looking for about ronda and casares? i could furnish you with statisics, pictures, even houses for sale.
i hope you point your question at the whole forum, and not just at me, i answered the question that you posted in the first place. dont get in a stress with me / us because you failed to explain yourself.
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oops, yeah they said for three flights, i was reading too quickly. 40 euros each is pretty good, only slightly more than flying with easyjet, i flew for 18 euros return last time i went.luffes wrote:I make that €40 eachspanish_lad wrote:ah. 60€ each return from spain to the uk is still pretty cheap isn´t it, thats handy to know. thanks.Rossini wrote:We had to pay tax but return flights for three were less than 120 euros.
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Ronda Casares
Spanish-lad, but you didn't answer my question in the first place, what you did was give me a load of negative advice probably based on your own bad experiences, I asked for comments regarding two specific areas, not for reasons where and why I shouldn't move, if you don't understand the question it's okay maybe someone else can help!
Re: Ronda Casares
We are into the second page of replies and no-one has answered your initial questions yet, perhaps your attitude may be discouraging a helpful response.Midnight Rambler wrote:Spanish-lad, but you didn't answer my question in the first place, what you did was give me a load of negative advice probably based on your own bad experiences, I asked for comments regarding two specific areas, not for reasons where and why I shouldn't move, if you don't understand the question it's okay maybe someone else can help!
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including taxes, i booked in advance.spanish hopes wrote:Was that before taxes or including taxes? I have had a few £9 flights but there is normally about £40+ added in taxes.i flew for 18 euros return last time i went
andalucia.com (this website) has alot of information about many towns, ronda and casares included i would imagine. if you want more "whats it like to live there" opinions, the only people who could ofer any advice are the people that actually DO live there. i wouldn´t of thought that many people who frequent these boards reside in those towns, but i may be wrong. i have heard that Ronda is nice to visit, but not many people would want to stay there? although reading the andalucia.com pages about it, that sounds rather contridictary - it looks like a big town with lots to do? i cant say, personally, as i have never been there.
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