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Good afternoon. I live with my wife in a street where there is only one other occupant and he is kindly showing me how to use a computer and the internet to pass the time. My nearest neighbours have become our best friends and without them, I am not sure how we would survive here.
My wife and I are both old age pensioners and realise now that moving to live in Spain was the biggest mistake we ever made. Still, no looking back now and we just have to get on with it. The pension is less every month because of the dropping pound and so we have devised methods of making it stretch. We do not smoke and only have the odd bottle of wine. We do not go out eating either and share meals with our nearest neighbour for a change and play cards. We lost a lot of money on television installation and so cannot afford it back on so read and listen to the radio and watch videos kindly loaned to us. To save a little on the groceries, we get up late, have a late breakfast or early lunch then an evening meal. Two meals a day instead of three saves quite a bit.
We are not asking for charity and having made our bed so to speak, have to lay on it. Others survive difficult times and so shall we.
Now, please may I ask a few questions:
Does anyone know if there are any charity shops we can visit that sell warmer clothes, video films and books ? We have been offered a lift to any in the area.
Are there any libraries or similar around here ?
We never had a Lidls near us where we were from. Here, we have always shopped at Mercadona but have been told Lidls is cheaper. We wondered if it was from people's experience ?
Many thanks in anticipation for replies received.
My wife and I are both old age pensioners and realise now that moving to live in Spain was the biggest mistake we ever made. Still, no looking back now and we just have to get on with it. The pension is less every month because of the dropping pound and so we have devised methods of making it stretch. We do not smoke and only have the odd bottle of wine. We do not go out eating either and share meals with our nearest neighbour for a change and play cards. We lost a lot of money on television installation and so cannot afford it back on so read and listen to the radio and watch videos kindly loaned to us. To save a little on the groceries, we get up late, have a late breakfast or early lunch then an evening meal. Two meals a day instead of three saves quite a bit.
We are not asking for charity and having made our bed so to speak, have to lay on it. Others survive difficult times and so shall we.
Now, please may I ask a few questions:
Does anyone know if there are any charity shops we can visit that sell warmer clothes, video films and books ? We have been offered a lift to any in the area.
Are there any libraries or similar around here ?
We never had a Lidls near us where we were from. Here, we have always shopped at Mercadona but have been told Lidls is cheaper. We wondered if it was from people's experience ?
Many thanks in anticipation for replies received.
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