Exploratory Holiday in Quesada
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:08 pm
Hi. We're a couple from South Manchester but we've been working in the Middle East since the early eighties. Retirement looms and the prospect of spending fifty-two weeks of the year in rainy Manchester is starting to lose its appeal. So we thought we'd look at buying a place in Spain where we could hide out for the winter months or even longer if we settle.
We looked at some areas of Spain last year but for one reason or another they just didn't work for us. Too remote, too quiet, etc. We'd also taken some expert advice that told us to avoid the "urbs" at all costs. Well, we've seen why that might be the case in some areas but I'm getting the feeling that Quesada doesn't fall into that category. Particularly through this (very useful) forum - where everybody seems fairly positive about the place.
Also, we've spent almost every day of our working lives dealing with the Arabic language barrier, so being surrounded by our own language is viewed as a positive for us.
So we'll be arriving in ten days or so and wondered where we could go to of an evening and perhaps get to speak some residents and find out more about the place - face to face rather than online. A friendly pub, an open Quiz Night, anything rather than just the two of us sat in the hotel bar every night. Any ideas? BB.
We looked at some areas of Spain last year but for one reason or another they just didn't work for us. Too remote, too quiet, etc. We'd also taken some expert advice that told us to avoid the "urbs" at all costs. Well, we've seen why that might be the case in some areas but I'm getting the feeling that Quesada doesn't fall into that category. Particularly through this (very useful) forum - where everybody seems fairly positive about the place.
Also, we've spent almost every day of our working lives dealing with the Arabic language barrier, so being surrounded by our own language is viewed as a positive for us.
So we'll be arriving in ten days or so and wondered where we could go to of an evening and perhaps get to speak some residents and find out more about the place - face to face rather than online. A friendly pub, an open Quiz Night, anything rather than just the two of us sat in the hotel bar every night. Any ideas? BB.