STORIES

Amanda Cushman

My story started many moons ago when I was a child. My parents moved us across the pond, as my father believed that the United States was...

Reminiscences of Luck, Love, Life - by Diana Clifton Sewell

I was born on 4 September 1946 in Exeter, Devon, the home of my maternal grandfather as accommodation was in short supply post-bombing. I...

My Love Affair with Spain - by Susan Kaplan

My love affair with Spain began in 1974 when my husband and I were sent by Foxcroft School to set up a homestay/study program. We had...

Lockdown in Valencia - by Janine Forbes

So , here is the story is about how I came to find myself in Valencia. Most of it is, as with a lot of things, a strange set of...

It is Time to Write a New Story - by Linds Boughton

On the terraza we sit, my husband Chris and I, watching the world go by. Sipping my cortado while listening to a string quartet play...

Thriving in Valencia - by Roz Flans

We were looking forward to retirement in 3 years or so but there was nowhere in the United States that we wanted to live. Our beloved New...

So Far, So Good - by Diana Dologh

When I read the email asking to share our experience of living in Valencia, I had to jump in because it is just such an opportunity not...

Valencia, My New Home - by Marina Crijns

My name is Marina Crijns, I am Belgian, born in Antwerp. I left Belgium in 1982 to follow my husband to South America, for his job. In...

When You Decide on a Brand New Life - by Mimi Bejarano

If somebody had an almost perfect life – according to the social standards and what everybody wants -- that was me. Born in Venezuela...

Where is Home, Really? - by Sandra Molyneaux

If I had been asked as a 15-year old what I thought about my living in Valencia, I would have answered, “Neat!” As a 35-year old,...