Jacksgranda Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 8 minutes ago, NewBornBairn said: My parents have a retirement flat in Benidorm, surprisingly good if you keep away from the British quarter. That's where I'd have gone if I'd had the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Planning to buy a property on Fuerteventura this year depending on late father in laws house selling. Ideal scenario in a few years time would be 8 months there over autumn to spring and 4 months here in summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Retirement to the Costa Calida is the plan, revisit choices over the next 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Planning to buy a property on Fuerteventura this year depending on late father in laws house selling. Ideal scenario in a few years time would be 8 months there over autumn to spring and 4 months here in summer. ^^^ Kens the score. Keep to the 'cities' or thereabouts so there's a bit of life in the off season and I reckon you've near enough nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mon Dieu Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Heaven (EH7) To dream right next to my team; To fight the ***beatable foe: The Bears with unbearable sorrow; To roam where their Hampden graves grow. Or, if I have to go abroad, I would like to become the Sheikh of Djibouti before settling down in the Virgin Islands. #ParaParaParadise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 ^^^ 'Florida Man' 2.0 ^^^ 'rrrrrr' 1.0 ^^^ 'Ffsdions' 1.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 If I had a spare half bar I'd trade my flat in High Wycombe for a 2 bedroom place in Marylebone once my wee yin goes to University. It won't happen so I'll stay where I am and travel once I get the pension book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 The Moray Firth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I don't think of it as emigrating but I've lived in Hong Kong and am now in the Philippines. Two very different places, one expensive to live but with plenty going on and the other the opposite. If i was to leave the Philippines it would probably be to go back to work for another few years in Hong Kong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy233 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 13 hours ago, NewBornBairn said: Florida would be too hot for me. I was there in January and it was 100 degrees (OK, that was Key West). Mmm - Hottest temperature ever in Key West is 97 in 1956 - I was there three weeks ago during the winter break and it was very nice mid seventies to low eighties, which is the norm for that time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Iceland, quite like all the 'Scandinavian' type countries. A total generalisation here but they seem to be more forward thinking people and less corrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 26 minutes ago, davidy233 said: Mmm - Hottest temperature ever in Key West is 97 in 1956 - I was there three weeks ago during the winter break and it was very nice mid seventies to low eighties, which is the norm for that time of year. Ha - car thermometers may not be so accurate then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 8 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said: The Moray Firth. God's country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 God's country. Agreed. Shame about most of the inhabitants though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Germany would probably be a good middle ground between here and the UK. I could get by with the language and the people are a more outgoing than the Swiss. Could probably find work in Frankfurt easy enough if I really wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight minge Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Although I'm hardly Scottish, I would move to Singapore, in part due having lived there for 6 months last year. Sure, the weather is awful (35 degrees and ridiculously humid) and the government a bit strict (chewing gum outlawed, canings as punishment for graffiti, death sentences for drug transgressions), but the people are wonderful, the food delicious and varied, and the football scene, while decidedly worse off than the Dutch and Scottish ones, is incredibly interesting. Everyone speaks English, public transit is cheap and efficient, and you can easily travel to anywhere in South East Asia. Highly recommended for a holiday or extended layover. Very difficult to get in to permanently and unbelievably expensive. The tax and permits for cars is horrendous, £70k for a toyota corolla Altis and over £100k for a more desirable car. Car tax of £4k a year. Just overall far too expensive. If it wasn't for the baby, I'd be away from here like a shot. But it is an okay place to live, if not a little boring.Best two countries I've lived in have been Hungary and Vietnam and would happily move back to either, with Vietnam getting the edge.Cambodia would also be high in my list. For Europe, all things considered and it with Hungary is say Germany, Poland or Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Bloody emigrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I was in London when the last World Cup was on. The Colombian female fans were incredible. Might have to divert there for a wee trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 31 minutes ago, throbber said: Bloody emigrants. A salient point throbbs. Strange to be talking about going to live where we fancy as our country is planning to raise the drawbridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 7 hours ago, Alert Mongoose said: Agreed. Shame about most of the inhabitants though. Everyone on the north side of the firth is sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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