You have to really want to live abroad to put yourself through the seemingly endless list of requirements AND to navigate them in a foreign language. It makes you appreciate what you might have taken for granted in your home country.
Sometimes I think people assume moving to Europe means bringing their current cost of living with them.
It’s not that complicated but requires more than a one-sentence answer, so I often feel like Lucy Ricardo with a lot of ‘splaining to do.
Many of you will think we’re crazy and I’m used to that. Hopefully, some will find this illuminating for your own way of living with less.
For the two years we had been trying to move to Spain, we ran into multiple obstacles, but this time was different.
