Notes from a Small Spanish village
One of my favourite books of all time is Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson and so when I was thinking about how I should share my experiences of living and working in the small village of Manilva on the Costa del Sol, I thought that I would call it Notes from a Small Spanish Village as a bit of a homage.
I do hope that I am not infringing copyright or aiming too high by aligning myself with one of the funniest, most observant authors, but hopefully he can inspire me to relate my tales in an entertaining way.
Let me begin by giving you some background. My partner and I have been living and running a marketing agency on the Costa del Sol for seven years, but always in the cosmopolitan town of Marbella. Whilst Marbella is a small place it has a real buzz, an International population, loads going on and great bars and restaurants and we loved the lifestyle there. However, when we wanted to capitalise on the property market crash and buy a property, our budget would only buy us a small apartment in Marbella, so we started to cast our net wider and see what was around.