Hello from Spain

Welcome Lisalou? I agree we are a diverse bunch here and all are welcome. It's good to hear other's points of view. It's amazing the subjects covered and all emotion and real life is here.
Hope you enjoy following the threads.

Yes, I am English, I was born in Hendon and spent the first six years of my life in Buckinghamshire. Funnily, having lived here most of my life, I married an Englishman (second husband) and we do go back occasionally, as his parents live in Cambridgeshire. As for my family, my mother lives here in Spain, in the same village as us, about ten minutes away.

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Hello, Lisalou - and welcome. I think we are getting the Spanish weather here today. It's 23 degs in our garden. Where do you originally come from? I'm assuming it's the UK? Do you ever go back there?

Yes, I do speak Catalan and Spanish, as do my kids. I am afraid I was awful at all other subjects, luckily i have the one talent for languages!

Hello and welcome!

I think there's something for everyone here !

It certainly was not sunny in London yesterday! We had some heavy downpours but I did not have to think about watering anything. Today is perfect, beautiful sunshine a light breeze.

Lara, please don't give away all our sunshine!

Lisalou, of course it doesn't matter that you aren't (yet) a gran. There are plenty of non-grans and would-be grans on here. Don't feel at all self-conscious about joining in our discussions - hopefully not disputes - and enjoy a bit of occasional banter. You do live in a lovely part of Spain. I'd love to see Catalonia again - have done Ramblers holidays in other areas but Catalonia has it all. Do you speak both Catalan and Spanish?

Unfortunately, the weather here has been awful for the last couple of weeks. Sun is now peeking out, but it is due to rain in the evenings for the next few days - I keep telling myself it is good for the garden, but it certainly is not good for me!

Yes, I live in Spain permanently, have been here for the last forty odd years. Came here as a child and feel more Spanish than English in many ways. I live in Catalonia, about 80 kms north of Barcelona.

Thanks for the invitation to the kitchen - heading over there!

Welcome Lisalou and that you continue to enjoy the banter. If you want a very relaxed atmosphere try soop's kitchen we are never rude or nasty to each other there.

Welcome from me in Cyprus. I think I can say we are a diverse lot, but I find Gransnet a very enjoyable way to while away a few hours and get a lot of very informative information and support. Hope your present weather is a good as ours, 30 degrees and rising, at least the washing dries very quickly, and the swimming pool is heating up nicely. makes a change from being snowed in as we were here in January.

Nice to meet you Lisalou. There are other quite young grans on here, as well as those who are not grandparents.

Do you live permanently in Spain? Where? Some of our members also live abroad.

Look forward to reading your further contributions - and welcome!