If you’ve ever wanted to live and work in Spain before, then you’ll know it’s tough if you’re non-EU. However, Spain seems to be following in the footsteps of Portugal, Greece & Croatia and introducing a Digital Nomad visa to allow anyone who is a ‘third country’ native to live & work in Spain. In … Read more
As you may have seen on Instagram, this week we unpacked our storage unit after 5 years, and out of 30+ boxes and loads of furniture… we kept one small box. So, join us as we set the scene and then explain how we felt unpacking all of our sh*t. NOTE: This is following our … Read more
Want to live like a local in Spain? We’ve spent almost 6 years living in Spain, and today we identify 13 things that tourists do, that the Spanish would never! As ever, we focus mainly on bars and restaurants, and we’ll show you the 13 things we’ve learnt that will instantly identify you as a … Read more
In this episode, we meet Julianne Bosch (pronounced ‘Bosk’) who has travelled the world as a wife (to a fancy jet-setting, Spanish-speaking businessman) and mother (to 3 cool kids who speak loads of languages). Regular listeners will know that we don’t have (nor do we want!) kids, so we always jump at the chance of … Read more
We’ve had a short break, as we both went back to the UK for 3 weeks. We hadn’t seen some of our friends or family for 2 and half years, so although it was brilliant, we did learn 7 important lessons. I think it underlined WHY we still want to live and work abroad. Enjoy! … Read more
In this episode, we talk about the last 7 weeks where we’ve been living and working in Split, Croatia. We talk about the areas we liked (and those we didn’t), the general cost of things (including rent), and Lea brings back the Factoids segment with some facts about Split. NOTE: This is following our new … Read more
Transcription Please note, that this transcription is automatically created, so it may not be perfect! AlHello and welcome to a Sideways Life podcast. This is episode 70. I’m out. LeanneI’m Leanne. AlAnd hello. Welcome back. Well, I suppose we say welcome back to Us, haven’t we? LeanneWelcome back, Al. AlWelcome back. Leanne. Even though I’ve … Read more
Meet Hugues Bureau & Random (the dog). We had a great chat about: Travelling around Europe on a motorbike with a dog What friends and family think of his adventure Most beautiful places to ride a bike in the Balkans And much more. Sorry about the slight hiss – I think I messed up our … Read more
Let’s just start by saying, we’re not trying to put you off living and working abroad! It’s actually the opposite. We want to give you all the downsides we’ve found of living and working abroad so that you can be prepared if you take the plunge. Please do give us feedback (even if it’s bad!). … Read more
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It really is as beautiful as it looks. We first visited this small Balkan country back in 2018 and it stole our hearts – beautiful nature, buzzing cities, great food and lovely people, this place has it all. Wherever we go, Al and I enjoy getting to the heart of a … Read more
