UK vs. SPAIN.

Interestingly, this week, Uswitch published the results of a study showing that the UK was the worst place in Europe to live, with Spain and France topping the charts as the best places to live because of the quality of life. France has held the top spot now for the past three years followed closely by Spain.

Now all of us who have made the move from old Blighty to Spain have found that the quality of life is alot better here. The stress levels are instantly lower and the "mañana complex" of Spain, which although can be irritating can easily be adapted to, means that nothing can ever be done in a hurray.- it's more of a case of it will happen when it will happen and not before. After being on the receiving end of a lot of "mañanas" I have come to expect that my car will be in the mecanics for a week and not the estimated 3 days, or that the package that was shipped overnight won't actually arrive for atleast 3 days or maybe won't arrive at all as the postal address was written down wrong! However, none of this stresses me out anymore, infact it takes a lot to really make my blood boil,  something I have in contrast to my UK cousins who at the sight of a 5 minute delay will be updating their Facebook status' with a suitable rant.

Stress, as you can imagine reduces your life expectancy, a factor that was also featured in the Uswitch survey along with petrol prices, energy, food, alcohol and tabacco.

My remedy for all of those who would like to enjoy some of the best quality of living in Europe is to invest in Spain, maybe purchase a little holiday home to enjoy the relaxed lifestyle in your 2 week break or over long weekends...or even take the next step and make Spain your home.

Whilst house prices are at a low you can grab yourself a lovely bargain or even build your own dream property, just ask Cases Xalo for details by emailing casesxalo@casesxalo.com or visit our website