So why start this Blog?
Thursday, October 1, 2009 @ 4:10 PM
For more years than I care to remember I have always wanted to own a house, apartment or any sort of home in Spain. It all started when my wife and I took our very young children to stay in my uncle's apartment in Calpe on the Costa Blanca. It was a three week holiday and after endless packaged holidays I couldn't believe the freedom you had to get up when you wanted to and to have all the convenience of a home from home. I even got to watch Spanish football on the television in a comfortable chair with a beer direct from the fridge. Okay, so I picked up an ear infection from the swimming pool and almost lost my hearing but for a while, well for three weeks at least, I felt I was actually a true part of Spain and dreamed of the time when I would have a place like this in Spain of my own to stay in whenever I wanted to.
There was always a reason not to and it took me many years and another marriage to actually take the plunge and buy something. So in 2003, yes I know, at the height of the property market, I decided that prices would never come down and now was the time to buy. My dreams came true when I signed up for a 2 bedroom apartment on an off plan development on the Costa Del Sol. The apartment was completed in 2007 and my new wife and I (and the bank of course) are now the proud owners of our own Spanish holiday home.
The experiences I have had, and continue to have, never cease to amaze, frustrate and delight me and I want to document and share them on this blog. I know i'm not alone and ask that others join in and comment on my posts and share their experiences as well. I'm referring to the holiday home and not the marriages of course !!!!
Some of my posts will be historical reflecting on what has happened and how it unfolded and others will be current as the jouney continues .......
Thank You Uncle Vic, well at least I think so!