The Bookworm really is abroad.
This is not just the name of my business, but to be taken literally for much of the year now.
What am I doing abroad and in Spain in particular? Good question - sometimes not a lot, and frequently, nothing very useful
I'm here sort of accidentally. I dare say I shall write about that at some point. If you've looked at the site so far you will have gathered that it isn't very old yet but a lot of the material has been written some time ago or is written about some time ago.
My friends ask me where I see my long term future and I ask them to ask me something to which I do know the answer.
I split my time between Spain and the UK working in both countries. Ideally this allows you to get the best of both countries and avoid the stuff which drives you nuts (and me to write more for The Soapbox) because there really are great things about both countries and lifestyles
Anyone who ever read Bill Bryson on the subjects of a small country and a big land will know he admitted to a cross-sultural split persona at times. Mix up your millieux and find yourself seeing both ends of it through the eyes of an inhabitant of the other.
I'm a compulsive people watcher and observer and analyser so having a whole new country to do it in, well how much material can that generate? I was asked to blog in enough time to recapture the first impression which have now blurred a little at the edges as familiarity breeds contentment rather than contempt - there are fewer surprises these days.
So this section is all about coming here, getting here and back, getting to grips with a different language and culture (and cats) and remembering what language to use (and which side of the road to drive on) - and documenting all the snippets and stories for the interest (if any) of the ex pats who will know exactly what I am on about (or alternatively call me a liar), and the kind folk back in the UK who seem to think I've done something remarkable by coming to Spain let alone staying here after a fashion. If they only knew..........they can soon disabuse themselves of that notion by reading this site!!