#expatdiaries

Exchange / renewal of European driver's license We both have a driver's license and where my boyfriend's license expired during our time in Hungary, he already had it renewed and exchanged there, mine

Buying supplies A list of needed supplies was handed to me when the registration was final and I started to search for all the requested things immediately. I made a shopping list in an online store until

No sunsets or sunrises captured Even though by now I could have probably captured a sunrise above the sea if I were to walk downhill in time, I have not succeeded in capturing either of these pictures

Bumps in the process Of course, it would not be our life if things only went completely smooth and according to plan, lol. In this case, I had to wait 3 full days for the risk assessment of the private

I read the reviews about a restaurant called Popeyes And we decided to try it one day but they were closed even though maps told us they were open, this happens a lot so I've noticed. Either way, later

Walking in another part of the town During our stay at the 2nd (and last) AirBnB we stayed within 30 mins walking distance mostly as we mostly tried to park the van during working hours to avoid not having

Documenting the process of our journey As you have noticed, I've been sharing many steps of our process from the planni

The second attempt eating grilled chicken turned out fine! Remember that failed grilled chicken we brought home from the supermarket? Well, this was the real deal! We ordered a whole grilled chicken, bread,

Created in Canva Pro Another house visit After our first house visit, you can read about it here, the agent told us about another apartment in the city. Although we were quite sure we didn't want to live

Created in Canva Pro The good - Several things! The apartment itself was as displayed in the ad, spacious and everything furniture seemed fine. Plus there was enough space to have a double office or use

Hello Friends, Another story about my move from Belgium to Spain. This time I will tell you about the weather. If you tell people that you move to Spain, or that you live there, the first reaction is:

The groceries in Budapest Some time ago, I had a chat with someone in the comment section about grocery prices which I saw on price tags in her images, I compared them to those in Budapest as I was still

Empty beach I'm going to live at the coast! I really thought this would mean we'd be swimming every single day! Especially because I booked an apartment with a swimming pool knowing that I personally don't

First tapas of 2022 I should have mentioned that of course, we had plenty of tapas until this trip to Spain, but I like to capture a diary of our experiences and of course, the first tapas after arrival

We made it! After months of planning, listing items, donating stuff, and a lot of other things, we arrived in Málaga a few days ago. Now the arrival didn't go fully smooth as two suitcases are pretty heavily

Our flight to Spain It was quite stressful packing everything as you can read here but we made it and a few days ago we arrived in Spain, finally! We flew from Budapest to Malaga and we were not really

One chapter closed Monday was D-day, the day we gave our landlord back the keys to his apartment to close the door forever and travel towards the first step of our emigration process. I woke up at 7 AM

The final countdown Today our landlord will come to visit after we have our Covid tests done. It was a bit of a pain to get that arranged with him because the testing was actually going to happen between

Created in Canva Pro Throwback in time Days before flying back to Spain, suddenly the old injury that I caught before we moved from Spain, seems to be present again. It's like my body says, you brought

D-Day is very near! Now that we are less than a week removed from emigration day, the countdown has never been more real as it is today. Every single day our house produces more and more echoes because