Having a better life in Spain also goes beyond speaking Spanish
As a woman living abroad myself for more than six years in Australia, Germany, and Bulgaria, I’ve faced all kind of challenges, fears, loneliness, new beginnings… And today I’m sharing with you a list of the things that have helped me adapt and feel more at home every time I’ve started from over again.
Practical tips, easy to apply, that you can use if you just moved in or have been already living in Spain for some time now.
I always find a café where I feel good and go over and over. It makes me feel like I have a place that I know, where people know me. I gives me a feeling of familiarity, and somehow belonging.
Decorate my room or apartment. I made the mistake of not doing it the first times I lived abroad. It felt like I was there only temporarily, so why bothering? But it
Join the activities that I used to do before, or new ones that make me feel good.
I have 8 objects that make me feel at home and I always carry with me wherever I go:
Start doing things on my own.
Make an effort to speak the language and understand the culture. Something I always say is «life is easier when you speak the local language».