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Summer has arrived, and I´m loving living in Spain again.
Isn´t it amazing how we are so easily influenced by the climate. We´ve just had the worst winter in Spain for 30 years, and it looks like Spring has completely passed us by. I remember this from previous years here on the Costa del Sol – lousy winter, but as soon as easter has come and gone, summer starts.
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I was recently approached to take part in a documentary for a UK television company. When the researcher first approached me, she advised that she was looking to create a ´human interest´ series based around Spanish property, featuring people who had emigrated from the UK to Spain. Over the following few weeks, the requests clearly indicated EXACTLY what the TV company was after.
I was asked by the researchers if I knew of any developments in Spain on which there was a high proportion of Brits, living life as they would normally do in the UK, albeit under the Spanish sunshine. It transpired that they wanted to create a sort of soap opera based around stereotypical Brits abroad, swigging lager, bellowing across the balconies, and meeting up for bingo!
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With the rapid demise of sterling (today´s rate is a record low of €1.02), it is thought that many people will be looking to scrap their plans for a 2009 holiday in Spain (or any other Eurozone country), and instead opt for countries that seemingly offer better value for money, such as Turkey and the United States.
Sky News research yesterday reported that instead of abandoning plans to holiday in Spain altogether, most prospective travelers were more likely to increase the frequency of their foreign holidays, but to spend a shorter period of time away from home during each break.
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