Let’s make a list!

So, we have a house – that’s a good start. We now start to think about all the other things we need to find out about such as what furniture will we take, what will fit, what will we need, what will work, how will we get it out there, how much will it cost, how much would it cost to buy new in Spain?

Next to think about is the car, do we take our current car, what’s involved with that, do we want a left hand drive, what’s involved in that, how does the insurance work, mot’s, registration?

Then there’s the dogs, what’s involved with taking them abroad, how do we avoid quarantine, will their health insurance be valid overseas?

What if we want to work out there, what do we need to know, what do we need to do?

How does the medical system work in Spain, what do we need to know, how do we join their system?

How do we sort our finances out, what happens with our pensions (state and private), how do we sort out a bank account, how best to move money across?

And, where are we going to play golf?

Answers on a postcard!

No, seriously, we had a lot more research to do.

I also wanted to find a fun way to learn Spanish. I had taken ‘O’ level Spanish at school 30 years ago and could only remember a few words, one of which was ‘naranja’ which means orange – why that word? No idea! But I was hopeful that once I started on a program of learning others would come back fairly quickly. And of course, there is learning the words, but you then have to learn how to put them together to construct a conversation.

Lots to do, time to Google!