Day 15: Conclusions and goodbye to the Costa Blanca

Over the past four weeks I have been talking to and meeting lots of different British people who live and work here on the Costa Blanca for Siren FM and Euranet. I have really enjoyed my time and have a real understanding of what it is like to live here in Spain. Many people in...

Day 11: Councillor for Social Services and Welfare, Sylvia Tatnell, talks about her job and help available for expats

Spain's Social Services and Welfare system is very different to the UK, the Spanish culture and way of life means that if you want help and support when you are older, you look to your family first. Cll. Sylvia Tatnell is an expatriate living and working for the Moraira and Teulada council on the Costa Blanca. She...

Day 9: Jordi Giner talks about his PHD study into expats on the Costa Blanca and Higher Education in Spain

Spain, is a popular place for British people to retire to or leave the UK in order to make a new life in the sun.  The migration of British people to Spain and to the Costa Blanca has fascinated sociologists for many years. Why come here to live and work, is one of the many questions they...

Day 8: For some the Costa Blanca dream is not a dream come true

British people have traditionally moved to Spain to retire and to spend the rest of their days in the sun, but more younger people are coming to live out in Spain and today make up a large proportion of the expatriate community here on the Costa Blanca. Up and down the coast there are large communities...

Day 7: British family life on the Costa Blanca

Over the past 15 years, more and more young families have moved to this part of Spain to make a living and to bring up their children in a climate where the sun shines and in an environment that they believe is healthier. Kim Harris is a mother to four girls, three of which were...

Day 6: The Costa Blanca’s English language newspapers; an information service for it’s readers

It was a trip down memory lane for me as I stepped into the busy newspaper office of the Costa Blanca News and The Post. I could not believe it was 10 years ago since I last came here to meet a friend of mine, who was the then Editor. It's where my career started and...

Day 4: Taking at look at owning a business on the Costa Blanca

Many British people have not just come over to Spain to retire, but many came to the Costa's in the building boom in the early 90's. They could find work easily and the cost of living was much cheaper than it was in the UK. For some, in recent years they have struggled to find work...

Day 3: The Costa Blanca Chaplaincy

Forty three years ago, a retired priest who had travelled from Africa settled on the Costa Blanca. Through word of mouth English people heard that there was a priest... the rest is history and the Anglican community here in this part of Spain from then on has  thrived. It has gone through many ups and downs...

Day 2: Local radio on the Costa Blanca

Over the past 15 years English local radio has really taken off in Spain and expatriates  and tourists really are spoilt for choice. If you wanted to listen to local radio 15 years ago your choice was the local Spanish station or your pick of the countries national stations. Now, the Costa Blanca now has...

Day 1: Working for Euranet and Siren FM

After a long and tiring day travelling, I have arrived on the Costa Blanca.After pitching an idea to the Siren FM's station manager he agreed to let me spend my secondment to the radio station in Spain on the Costa Blanca. I have spent 28 years of my life visiting this part of Spain and I consider the towns...