Blog update number 2....a week on my own....

Of course you might possibly already have read elsewhere that Stuart's visa had been approved early. So Saturday 6/5/12 was largely taken care of by getting him prepared to travel back to the USA to pick up his visa at the Spanish Consulate in Los Angeles. An early night was appropriate of course as I had to take him to the airport to be there before 6.00am to get his first flight from Almeria to Madrid. This was only the first leg of course, Madrid to London was next then onwards from their to Los Angeles non stop with British Airways. 


Taking him to the airport wasn't an issue but it was tinged with sadness even though I knew this trip was essential for our future in Spain. Our being apart would of course feel strange as we'd been together 24/7 since we got to Spain and we do get on like a house on fire! Even when we have minor disagreements - who doesn't? - we are soon back laughing and joking! I feel so comfortable with Stuart, we are equals in our relationship and I am so thankful to have him in my life. I am being a little reflective here as it is now Thursday and I have been here all on my own since Sunday - yes I AM missing him a lot!


Well in his absence I have been able to take care of business which has been a good thing I guess. We got paperwork through for our home insurance sent via our solicitor. Our car only comes with a Spanish manual so our good friends in the UK Colin & David got us an English one from the Hyundai dealer in Warrington and mailed that to us, it arrived yesterday. 


In the meantime out solicitor got in touch with us to let us know the balance required for us to complete the purchase on our house to be in their client account by May 18th. I was also pleased to find that I managed to spur the bank and our solicitor to work together as it would have cost us a lot of money to do the bank to bank transfer and even a bank draft (cheque/check) would have cost us 60 Euros! So our solicitor opened an account with La Caixa (our bank) and it was a totally free transfer for us! I was able to go and do this from our account today and collect the paperwork and manual today from the solicitor. 


Before Stuart left for Los Angeles he had his mobile sim changed to a different company as the ones we'd got in Almeria on Day 2 didn't have good coverage in Bedar. Yoigo who we got in Almeria uses Movistar (Telefonica) masts for their signal. In Turre we only get 2G, in Bedar there is no signal at all! So we found out that Hits (cheapest pay as you go in Spain!) use Vodaphone and they have 3G speeds even up in Bedar! So it was a no brainer to change to them, Stuart wasn't bothered about changing his number but I wanted to keep mine. He got his done and now has his new one firmly committed to memory! I went today and put in for mine and for my number transfer which will happen by the early hours of next Thursday morning. I like my number as it is easy to remember like the one I had back in the UK which I kept for over 10 years!


When I got back I heard from Stuart, still waiting on the Consulate but I won't tell you too much about this as I have told Stuart he should do his own blog update to detail all his experiences on this!