My introduction message

PeterC · 1st December 2006, 08:17 AM

Hi
I have just replaced my car, the new one has an iPod adaptor, so I downloaded a few podcasts. One being the latest NFS. I liked it and downloaded all the back numbers. I listened to most while travelling cross country (I tend to avoid AVs & APs where possible), from Castellón to my home in Cordoba yesterday

I live and work Spain

. I am English but have lived or visited the place for over 30 years.

I have owned proporty here for over twenty years. For the first sixteen I had a small holiday flat in Marbella, which I swapped for a yacht (another story)

. Although I was the fourth 'owner', I was never the legal owner. When I sold it, the escritura was passed from the first (registered) owner to the fifth, the person I sold it too. This suited me, as I never owned it, there were no taxes to pay, when I passed it on

.

During the time that I owned the flat I was working in Dubai, as a marine consultant (I am an ex mariner). I became fed up with Dubai and could not stand the many changes, so I asked my employer If I could open an office in Spain, using my flat. This was succesfully achieved. I am now working for myself carrying out risk assessment inspections of oil, gas & chemical tankers. I cover Spain & Portugal, sometimes S France, Italy & its islands & Morocco.

After a year, I found that is impossible to live / work in a holiday flat on what was mainly a holiday complex. So I sold it and for the same money, brought an ex flour mill / bakery with a cottage attached, It has 2000 m2 of arrable land, plus 4000m2 of olives. I have coverted the muill to my residence and have friends living in the cottage. Pics can be seen at the url below.

I chose the area where I live, because I wanted to live in the country, but had to have good communications, as I travel a lot. Here I have Granada airport 45 mins away, and Malaga (which I do not use, unless I have to, about 75-90 mins. I am 10 mins from the A92, which gived me excellent road access to ports in Spain & Portugal. I have mains water and electricity. Telephone is via telefonica's Trac II and internet by satellite.

Brian · 2nd December 2006, 02:36 PM

Welcome, Peter. You are living the dream for many of us, my friend. Enjoy your time here at NFS, and WELCOME!

ValenciaSon · 2nd December 2006, 03:21 PM

What a great home, nice ride and overall nice life you have. Welcome to NFS.

eldeano · 2nd December 2006, 04:42 PM

Peter,

I can only echo the greetings of our NFS 'elders' .

Brian · 2nd December 2006, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by eldeano

Peter,

I can only echo the greetings of our NFS 'elders' .

'elders?''

Do we look that old?

ValenciaSon · 2nd December 2006, 06:28 PM

Brian, congrats on your 1000th post!

Brian · 2nd December 2006, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ValenciaSon

Brian, congrats on your 1000th post!

heh. I was disappointed that my title didn't change after seeing the odometer roll over.

ValenciaSon · 3rd December 2006, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian

heh. I was disappointed that my title didn't change after seeing the odometer roll over.

Like maybe to "GigaForero"?

Brian · 3rd December 2006, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ValenciaSon

Like maybe to "GigaForero"?

Hehe, something like that.

eldeano · 3rd December 2006, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian

'elders?''

Do we look that old?

Absolutely not! It's just that you've both been with NFS for ages, unlike me. On the other hand, if the cap fits...

ValenciaSon · 3rd December 2006, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by eldeano

Absolutely not! It's just that you've both been with NFS for ages, unlike me. On the other hand, if the cap fits...

Cool! That like makes us all wise and stuff!

eldeano · 3rd December 2006, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ValenciaSon

Cool! That like makes us all wise and stuff!

Indeed, Grasshopper.

Brian · 3rd December 2006, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ValenciaSon

Cool! That like makes us all wise and stuff!

Great, now we have to act mature and stuff.

Ben · 3rd December 2006, 07:39 PM

How's your user title now Brian? Hope you like it and thanks to Valenciason for the suggestion!

Brian · 3rd December 2006, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben

How's your user title now Brian? Hope you like it and thanks to Valenciason for the suggestion!

LOL, nice!

Ben · 3rd December 2006, 08:30 PM

Great. Though I have taken out the !´s as I think it looks neater like that. Sorry to have overlooked this before you got to the big gigapost!

Marina · 3rd December 2006, 08:48 PM

Welcome to the forums Peter!
I had a look at the pictures of your Molino and I think you've done it up marvellously. I also think that you've pick up one of my favourite areas in Sapin, the views of rolling hills full of olive trees in Córdoba are stunning.

Saludos,
Marina.

PeterC · 6th December 2006, 06:29 PM

[quote=Marina;12383]Welcome to the forums Peter!
I had a look at the pictures of your Molino and I think you've done it up marvellously. I also think that you've pick up one of my favourite areas in Spain, the views of rolling hills full of olive trees in Córdoba are stunning.

Peter replies:
Hi from Cartagena:
I caught up with the remaining back NFS podscast on the way here today.
I am here for three days, then off to Tarragona (both great cities), for a further days works, then back to Motril for another job, then home I hope.

It is great having a job which pays me to travel all over Spain & Portugal.
As far as scenery goes, I prefer the Galicia and the Cantabrian coast, to rolling hill of olives

. I would live in the north if it wasn't for the weather

.

Food shopping here can be poor, I spend hours walking around and drooling over stalls in the big northern markets. In the area were I live, the only available bread is bland, tastless white stuff, a bit better than Bimbo

but not much, I have to bake my own, I don't use the mill's old wood oven at 2.5m x 2.5m (pic on my URL) it is a bit for just me, it used to supply all the local villages when it was a mill and bakery. Strangely enough, the choice of veg is limited, what I cannot get, I grow, I have arable land with an arroyo (El Gata) running through it, as well as my olives and grape. Some of the available food is good though, when you buy a chicken, you have the choice of dead or alive, if the former, plucked or unplucked. On that subject, it is the pig killing / processing time. Neighbours help one another, it's a days work, nothing is wasted, a lot of anis is consummed.

I agree on Ben's comments on Spanish TV, it is terrible. ABC prints a daily report on the channels watched, Los Simpsons always near the top. I have Sky, but mainly for BBC & Classic FM radio programs.

que · 7th December 2006, 12:15 AM

Again i'd like to say welcome to the forums.

Id love to hear a little about your change form England to Spain. Where in England did you live? What was your Spanish like before you moved, and what is it like now? You have spent some time in Spain, so what is the attraction? Is it just the weather or the lifestyle or what?

Again, welcome, lovely place you have

Brian · 7th December 2006, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ben

Great. Though I have taken out the !´s as I think it looks neater like that. Sorry to have overlooked this before you got to the big gigapost!

Thanks! It was a good celebration while it lasted. Next stop: 5,000! Megaloforero

1st December 2006, 08:17 AM	#1
PeterC Forero Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Córdoba Province Posts: 41	My introduction message Hi I have just replaced my car, the new one has an iPod adaptor, so I downloaded a few podcasts. One being the latest NFS. I liked it and downloaded all the back numbers. I listened to most while travelling cross country (I tend to avoid AVs & APs where possible), from Castellón to my home in Cordoba yesterday I live and work Spain . I am English but have lived or visited the place for over 30 years. I have owned proporty here for over twenty years. For the first sixteen I had a small holiday flat in Marbella, which I swapped for a yacht (another story) . Although I was the fourth 'owner', I was never the legal owner. When I sold it, the escritura was passed from the first (registered) owner to the fifth, the person I sold it too. This suited me, as I never owned it, there were no taxes to pay, when I passed it on . During the time that I owned the flat I was working in Dubai, as a marine consultant (I am an ex mariner). I became fed up with Dubai and could not stand the many changes, so I asked my employer If I could open an office in Spain, using my flat. This was succesfully achieved. I am now working for myself carrying out risk assessment inspections of oil, gas & chemical tankers. I cover Spain & Portugal, sometimes S France, Italy & its islands & Morocco. After a year, I found that is impossible to live / work in a holiday flat on what was mainly a holiday complex. So I sold it and for the same money, brought an ex flour mill / bakery with a cottage attached, It has 2000 m2 of arrable land, plus 4000m2 of olives. I have coverted the muill to my residence and have friends living in the cottage. Pics can be seen at the url below. I chose the area where I live, because I wanted to live in the country, but had to have good communications, as I travel a lot. Here I have Granada airport 45 mins away, and Malaga (which I do not use, unless I have to, about 75-90 mins. I am 10 mins from the A92, which gived me excellent road access to ports in Spain & Portugal. I have mains water and electricity. Telephone is via telefonica's Trac II and internet by satellite.

3rd December 2006, 07:39 PM	#14
Ben Hero Forero Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,425	How's your user title now Brian? Hope you like it and thanks to Valenciason for the suggestion! __________________ Notes in Spanish: Get The Best Free Spanish-Learning Conversations On The Net!

3rd December 2006, 08:30 PM	#16
Ben Hero Forero Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,425	Great. Though I have taken out the !´s as I think it looks neater like that. Sorry to have overlooked this before you got to the big gigapost! __________________ Notes in Spanish: Get The Best Free Spanish-Learning Conversations On The Net!

3rd December 2006, 08:48 PM	#17
Marina NFS Admin Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Madrid Posts: 1,237	Welcome to the forums Peter! I had a look at the pictures of your Molino and I think you've done it up marvellously. I also think that you've pick up one of my favourite areas in Sapin, the views of rolling hills full of olive trees in Córdoba are stunning. Saludos, Marina. __________________ Our new REAL SPANISH CONTROL course has just been published, check it out!!!

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2nd December 2006, 02:36 PM	#2
Brian Errant in Valencia Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,310	Welcome, Peter. You are living the dream for many of us, my friend. Enjoy your time here at NFS, and WELCOME!

2nd December 2006, 03:21 PM	#3
ValenciaSon Hero Forero Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA Posts: 4,923	What a great home, nice ride and overall nice life you have. Welcome to NFS.

2nd December 2006, 04:42 PM	#4
eldeano He's the most tip top Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,892	Peter, I can only echo the greetings of our NFS 'elders' .

2nd December 2006, 06:28 PM	#6
ValenciaSon Hero Forero Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA Posts: 4,923	Brian, congrats on your 1000th post!

6th December 2006, 06:29 PM	#18
PeterC Forero Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Córdoba Province Posts: 41	[quote=Marina;12383]Welcome to the forums Peter! I had a look at the pictures of your Molino and I think you've done it up marvellously. I also think that you've pick up one of my favourite areas in Spain, the views of rolling hills full of olive trees in Córdoba are stunning. Peter replies: Hi from Cartagena: I caught up with the remaining back NFS podscast on the way here today. I am here for three days, then off to Tarragona (both great cities), for a further days works, then back to Motril for another job, then home I hope. It is great having a job which pays me to travel all over Spain & Portugal. As far as scenery goes, I prefer the Galicia and the Cantabrian coast, to rolling hill of olives . I would live in the north if it wasn't for the weather . Food shopping here can be poor, I spend hours walking around and drooling over stalls in the big northern markets. In the area were I live, the only available bread is bland, tastless white stuff, a bit better than Bimbo but not much, I have to bake my own, I don't use the mill's old wood oven at 2.5m x 2.5m (pic on my URL) it is a bit for just me, it used to supply all the local villages when it was a mill and bakery. Strangely enough, the choice of veg is limited, what I cannot get, I grow, I have arable land with an arroyo (El Gata) running through it, as well as my olives and grape. Some of the available food is good though, when you buy a chicken, you have the choice of dead or alive, if the former, plucked or unplucked. On that subject, it is the pig killing / processing time. Neighbours help one another, it's a days work, nothing is wasted, a lot of anis is consummed. I agree on Ben's comments on Spanish TV, it is terrible. ABC prints a daily report on the channels watched, Los Simpsons always near the top. I have Sky, but mainly for BBC & Classic FM radio programs.

7th December 2006, 12:15 AM	#19
que Super Forero Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Somewhere in Málaga Posts: 153	Again i'd like to say welcome to the forums. Id love to hear a little about your change form England to Spain. Where in England did you live? What was your Spanish like before you moved, and what is it like now? You have spent some time in Spain, so what is the attraction? Is it just the weather or the lifestyle or what? Again, welcome, lovely place you have