Granada – A Wonderful Place (New Home For Summers?)!

My wonderful wife, Eve Grace-Kelly, arranged a great trip to Granada, Spain for my birthday this year. It’s only a 2-3 hour drive from our Spanish home of the last 4 years (when we weren’t in Herefordshire or gorgeous Cheltenham, where we’ve recently bought a lovely 3 storey Victorian terrace property).

It’s only now that we’ve managed to visit Granada and what a lovely city! It has lots of culture, fab architecture, an expat community and the Sierra Nevada mountains for walking or even ski-ing.

One of the 21st century challenges with being able to work from anywhere is where on earth (literally!) shall we settle?! We have visas to stay in the USA for up to 6 months of each year for the next 10 years, so we’ll vacation there, principally in Florida, where we are setting up a property investment fund business. The difficulty then is, where do we spend the other 6 months? I know – a nice problem to have! We love Moraira in Spain so that’s a possibility. Then we love Portugal, so that’s an option…. Now we’ve discovered Granada, we’re wondering – do we spent 6 months of each year near the beaches of Florida and 6 months in a big city like Granada, getting our city vibe fix that way?

Here is a selection of photos….

 

 

FLORIDA – REAL-ESTATE & JOINT VENTURES

WE ONLY VISITED FLORIDA FOR SOME WINTER SUNSHINE AND A CRUISE!

Well, Eve & I needed (OK – wanted!) some winter sunshine so we spent a few weeks in Florida touring around prior to going on our first ever cruise: socialising and networking with several hundred marketers & entrepreneurs, hoping for a Joint Venture or two! We visited Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Fort Myers, Marco Island, Sarasota and fabulous Naples, which I’d visited 20 years or so ago. It was smarter and more stylish than ever and Eve loved it too.

Having lots of time on our hands, (one of the advantages of working for yourself with a laptop!), we idly picked up some real-estate / property magazines and ‘casually’ set up a few appointments, ‘just to see what was on offer’ in the Sunshine State. The answer? Great value and loads of sunshine, the outdoor life, friendly people and great seafood. The upshot is that we’ve made an offer on a property in an immaculately maintained development.

We are off on the Caribbean cruise now, visiting Cozumel, Belize, Honduras and Yucatan Peninsula, so will have to wait and see if our offer is accepted….. Watch this space!