Hi Barbara,

Nice to hear from you, we're looking around Almeria area to start but hope to make a few trips over the next 12/18 months checking out different area's.

I notice from your other thread you've been in the Murica region for over 7 years but are looking to move on too. Funny how we always think the grass is greener on the other side isn't it... we bumped into a man last week whilst shopping who has recently moved from Southern Spain back to our neck of the woods here in France - apparantly it was too hot for them down there. Hope he's prepared for the big temperature difference, it can get down to -16ºc here in winter and even August can be quite changable! I know what you mean about wanting to get back to proper seasons but -16ºc is just too damn cold for me. I think I'm ready for some winter sun. I'm not very green fingered so not having a garden doesn't bother me either. I just feel really isolated here, we're about 3km outside a village with just one farmer neighbour at the end of the drive. Although we've made a few good friends (mainly ex-pats) winter's here are so lonely. My French isn't too bad although I find it realy frustrating not being able to have a proper chin wag with my French neighbour. I'm now trying to pick up a bit of Spanish. We'd like to live nearer to a village with a mixture of both Spanish and ex-pats and hopefully somewhere with a bit of life.
After being there for 7 years your Spanish must be pretty good now, is it difficult to learn?
Jules