My move to Spain, Part 1.

Oh, must have been 11 or 12 years ago when I decided I'd seen enough grey skies, the time was right to sell my bungalow on England's south coast, life was getting dull playing scabble & checkers or watching cartoons like the Simmosons & Bambina or films like Back to the Future on TV, I was getting lazly, question was where to go, the place I was looking for had to be goodenuph to last the rest of my life, I had a particolor place in mind, somewhere I'd heard life is best, a mountain location with loads of fruit trees, oranges, lemons & cherrie, a place of serenity .
It was June, plainly I had act quickly as I'm not getting any younger & neither was my old tom cat who would make the move with me, it order for me not to be lonely it was also nessasary to take my puppy, so packing my teddybear the move was on, saying goodbye to my neighbours Bob an Jac it was into the car & away, the property I'd selected was on a mountain, well away from everything, it was even sola powered, with a dirt road, gullies at the side to carry away rain water, history for area tells of invasions from Africa which was why the area became inhabited in the first place, being high up you can see for miles & even invading force of Africans on camels can easily be warded off.
Just the first part of the story, I feel it would have been a cyn for real if I hadn't made the move, in fact I would probably have been tormented for the rest of my life. What's left to now? Well I still have to quit & become a non smoker amongst other things.
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Hi zmountainman,good luck for your new adventure,i made a move to Italy 20 years ago when houses were cheap and to live cost very little,now i am thinking of moving again! my pension is no longer enough to live well,my next destination? looking seriously at Bulgaria,next spring i will decide, cant wait long as the years are passing by. handshake wine
very nice writing zman.. I hope the others also notice the details hidden in it. laugh
Teddy, I hope they do & don't just think my spell check has crashedrolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Robert, thanks for the wished, know what you mean about the cost of living, your next move comes highly recommended by a lady member from there I was chatting to the other day. The blog is only partly do with my move, as Teddy said there is a message hidden within. wave
hi zman wave how are you today ?
the place you have chosen to call "home " sounds absolutetly beautiful thumbs up when is part 2 of the story coming ? grin
doh z......confused mountain cabin girl sees opportunity to enjoy future on this side of cs mountain.kiss peace
Hi serenity, I hope you read it carefully, you're in there somewherelaugh wave
Hi Mtn, perhaps you'll be in part 2laugh wave
yes indeed i did .." a place of serenity " ! thankyou so much hug
how are things with you in spain this evening zman ?--hey if you've any sunshine to spare , could you send some over to me ? it's freezing here cold laugh
I wonder who frank is refering to.. Afterall its just a fun blog .. Maybe he is reading another hidden message??? or is that just his hidden agenda??? rolling on the floor laughing
Hello Teddy wave are you keeping well ?
Dear Z, This could be a great idea . You tell me your " Hidden Agenda " and I'll tell you mine . . . .rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing

PS : Do we have to check in with the new self apointed athourities for the " oficial " version or can we just " wing it " . . confused
hiya serinity4two... I've been doing puuuurrrrfect. How about you??? zman... I know you don't mind some nice greetings from others right?? Afterall i've seen you flirting all over the blogs lately laugh
Serenity, plenty of sunshine but we're just toward the end of a cool spell so can't supply much in the way of heat I'm afraid, maybe some of this might warm you upapplause cheering laugh
Frank, have you actually read the blog, I'm somewhat surprised that a seasoned blogger like yourself either didn't spot or chose to ignore the humour contained within.
Teddy, hands off my lovely ladieslaugh wink
Just a wild guess Teddy dunno rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
oh ok then.. i was scared you found my webpage.. rolling on the floor laughing
i am well thankyou Teddy --and i am glad you are too ! thumbs up
Well, Well, Well. The Zman is a Shakespeare. wave
A very nice prose. thumbs up
I liked the bit about giving up smoking laugh
Folks...tip hat ZM.. wave nice touch with the disguised blogger's names there..thumbs up handshake cheers
Non, there's nothing a smoker fears more than a non smoker, especially if they smoked once but managed to give, they are very hard to argue withrolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing wave
I was thinking about a title in the order of.. Strapped for life. OR whips, chains and paddles. gotta think about it some more. rolling on the floor laughing
Yes yess! i watch tv right now..

i watch Desperate womans with Eva Longoria grin grin wave
St E, thanks, I may struggle with part 2 as I've used most of the easy nameslaugh wave
laugh Ha ha ha ha
Its a happy blog for me, La la la la
Hi Zorro manhug
Life is best love UUU applause
Oh also in lifeisbest land u can fly up and upper
Many goodluck to you for alwaysdancing
Enjoy yourself lazly.. but why do you need tv for that?? I saw a real desperate one on cs this morning laugh oh but really i shouldn't say that because she has an imaginary friend. So Forgive me all. rolling on the floor laughing
Lazly, not sure I approve of watching TV when you could be blogging with uslaugh But being a woman I suppose you can multitaskrolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
what can be hard about writhing a story about the move from a sleeping mountainman.. he sounds like zzzzzzzz.. good one huh?
ohh! come on guys.. the only time i watch tv is on the news and on this serial that i see it for the second time, isn;t that crazy well i like it. grin giggle
Lazly, I'll have to go soon, my favourite programs on soon rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Zmountain pues te deho mirar la tele.., ja me voy yo tambien tengo acer unas cosas. wave
Zman What do you miss most about the Imperial Hub , If anything at all ?
Not the weather obviously cheers
Non, I suppose a pint of bitter, warm of course laugh and the ability to tell the local business's my opinion of their services, my Spanish is not very good, probably just as well as I would most likely end up in troubleconversing frustrated crying rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
Lazly, moy bien, see you laterwave
Hi Zman wave

Glad you thought it was nessasary to take your puppy grin

That's very creative writing there thumbs up
Nessa, rolling on the floor laughing That's where it gets a bit fictional as it was 3 cats & no dog back then, she had been hit & killed by a car poor thingcrying
you took a dead dog with ya?? OMG.. why????
Teddy, the obvious reply to that would be " I had to have something to mop the floors with", but I'm afraid I get too attached to animals to really make that comment. moping
yeah I know what you mean.. I love my animals too.. could never hurt them in any way.
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Originally from the UK I retired & moved to Spain 20 years ago, whilst it's not paradise it's probably as close as I'll ever come to it, living on a mountain with the sea in front & mountains behind & 320 days of sunshine a year. Still reasonably fit [read more]

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