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Meetup with Old-time Friends in Oslo

Spain is great, but like all new things, it takes time to get used to it 🙂  I enjoy the climate and the easy way of living, but I understood fast that I needed time to be bold enough to practice the Spanish I have learned. When my husband and I also had to go […]

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Norway: Vigeland Sculpture Park

The sun was shining but it was still cold, only 17°c when my husband and I arrived in Norway and the Norwegians call it summer, brrrrr. One of the first things my husband did was to show me the Vigeland Sculpture Park, the world’s largest sculpture park by a single artist, Gustav Vigeland. He is […]

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Málaga: Tradition + Art = Progress

We live near the City of Málaga, 2016 elected European Capital of Culture, and it’s amazing to see what a conscious commitment to art can lead to. Taking care of local traditions and customs, and at the same time understanding the great importance of art, is a winning concept.  For the past 10-15 years, Málaga […]

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Two Trips to the Police Station in Motril

Just after my arrival in Spain, my husband and I went to Motril – the administration center for our area in Granada to submit my residence application at the Police Station. But the two officers in charge of the Foreign Affairs section only spoke Spanish. They did not understand so much of my Spanish, LOL, […]

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Trip to Almuñecar: Relinking an Old Friendship

We received an invitation to a meetup from an old friend of my husband who has just bought a small townhouse together with his wife in Almuñecar. It’s just a 10-minute bus ride from our area in La Herradura. I was excited for my husband to meet old buddies after more than a decade of […]

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Plane to Spain: A Border Suspense Story

My travel to Málaga in Spain finally happened. I was very happy to reunite with my husband. Some jitters are normal, but my husband’s instructions were clear with a good time for a change of planes in Manila, Hong Kong, and Frankfurt. But the trip almost ended in a catastrophe for me, and it started […]