You got it. People here in the US don't understand life in Europe generally speaking. People eat smaller portions of very good food and walk a lot. Walking on cobble stone streets is a skill, they're not as easy to walk as the smooth surface sidewalks in almost any US city. So, you are exercising without thinking about it. I was amazed to see how people maneuver those giants in those streets or watching musical bands walking at a pretty fast pace on the streets during some religious celebration and no one falls (young and old) while playing and reading music at the same time. Even in northern Spain they eat a Mediterranean style diet and it has absolutely nothing to do with the "Mediterranean Food" you see in the US grocery stores. Enjoy life and be happy.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! We love the way life moves here.

Can't believe I found this channel. My husband and I have been talking about moving to Europe from the US for almost 2 years. It's finally happening this summer. We went to Galicia on our honeymoon and our favorite city was Ourense, so it's cool to see that y'all settled there too!

@DaysWeSpend

2 ай бұрын

Wow!!!! That's really amazing. A honeymoon in Galicia sounds like a great idea!

"Vale" is the last word in the novel "Don Quixote de la Mancha." And its obsolete meaning is "goodbye or farewell that is given to a dead person, or that which is said at the end of something." Nice video, wellcome to Spain.

@DaysWeSpend

5 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing. That's the next book we're going to read. :)

Great video guys, thanks so much! Seems like an amazing place to be!

@DaysWeSpend

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! We love it here.

My family is from Galicia, but I was born in the US, just a thought; a great way to practice your vocabulary is to listen to audiobooks, they have tons of audiobooks available in both Castilian and Latin American Spanish. In the past few years they have released tons of popular fantasy series in Castilian Spanish, like Brandon Sanderson books, but you probably want to start with books with a middle-school vocabulary, like Rick Riordan books. They also have lots of historical fiction like Edward Rutherfurd and Ken Follet in Castilian, and also classics like Tolstoy and Jane Austen. Also Tony Robbins books on investing are available in Castilian. Audiobooks are a great way to saturate your brain with the language, it also helps if it is a book you have already read in English.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

That's a great idea! Thank you so much for the suggestion.

And I’m vacationing in Seville with my family right now. In love with Seville 🦜💃🍊

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Have fun!

Cheap and easy access to fresh baked bread is what I miss most when I'm not in Europe, even Spanish bread (and I know you know what I'm talking about, having walked from France to Spain).

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

LOL. French bread is amazing. But our favorite is sourdough and it's ALL OVER Galicia. I'll take Galician bread over French bread any day. But... the rest of Spain has good bread, but French bread is definitely a bit better.

@Andy-Mesa

4 ай бұрын

@@DaysWeSpend listen, I'm not complaining. I'll take any of it.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

@@Andy-Mesa Agreed!

Teníais que esperar hacia devolvíais a casa a publicabais los videos en KZread porque la ley (NLV)? Pasabamos un mes en Denia, al sur de Valencia, en noviembre y vuestro vídeo me hizo extrañar España! Muchisimas gracias por los videos!

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Es muy amable de tu parte decirlo. Me alegra mucho que nuestros vídeos te hagan extrañar España. Nos encanta estar aquí.

excellent vid, great job guys.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

Tus videos son muy amenos!

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias!

I am sooooo happy for YOUUU! ❤😊

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Adapting to Spain takes patience, dedication and effort but if you manage to do it you will find a new way of life( May be yours or not) difficult to find somewhere else. Thank you so much for your kind, polite and decent way to talk about my country. An Asturian in California.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Besos!

Living in Spain will definitely change you for the better! ❤❤ Sleeping in! 🙌🏼 Walking! 🙌🏼 But dinners super late seems so hard, glad you have adapted. Take care!

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

For sure! We're so used to eating later now, it feels normal!

Super excited I found this channel! It’s a goal of mine (and my partner’s) to live there and your channel makes it sound totally possible. Keep up the amazing work and thank you!

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

You are a lovely couple and you really understand the Spanish way of life.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

sois.muy simpaticos y se os.ve.tan contentos...

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias!

Vale vale vale! Never been to this part of Spain, but looks humid like Norway.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Vale! It is fairly humid. Galicia gets a lot of rain.

@midei

4 ай бұрын

Yes! It is very humid in the north of the peninsula, but not cold. It’s called “Green Spain”. Greetings from Bilbao, also in the north. 😊

@Andy-Mesa

4 ай бұрын

It's very similar to the Pacific Northwest.

What a great video! The wife and I have been watching your videos for the last two years. It’s wonderful to see how well you are adapting to Spanish culture. My wife and I I have been visiting Spain, once a year for the last 20 (we usually stay 3 weeks at a time). 10 years ago we started going north ( Asturias, Cantabria mostly). It’s been our dream to move and retire there ( we’re fairly young retirees at 58) But now, we’re thinking about doing 6 months in Spain and 6 in the states. . Wishing you continued success. Were curious, not that it’s any of our business, you mentioned a year ago that you were on a non- lucrative work visa. Are you still able to not work? Bessos y abrazos de Los Estados Unidos

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Oh wow, thanks so much for being long-time viewers! Asturias and Cantabria are gorgous. We love those areas. We're still on the non-lucrative visa, so yes, we're still not allowed to work.

Soo cool to see you gettin on with Galician-style life 🙂 Given your appetite for vermouth, have you tried to drink it with a shot of soda water? Not the sweet soda, but the regular one. If not, try it! And let me know.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

We'll definitely have to give that a try. Sounds perfect for a hot summer day.

With yours videos i learn english

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

That's awesome! Thanks for watching.

hahah, great stuff!

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! It's the little things that make life great. :)

HEALTHY HABITS ENJOY

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

¡que guay ver Orense en vuestros vídeos!! ....Por cierto, sabéis que ahora hay swing en Orense ¿verdad?

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias!! El baile swing en Ourense es nuevo. Sabemos del baile en Mur Marxinal. ¿Hay más que aún no sabemos?

@pvlvq

4 ай бұрын

@@DaysWeSpend Pues no lo sé, porque ya no estoy en orense. Estaba pensando en Julia y Pablo, y por lo que veo en sus redes, parece que sí. ....espero que coincidamos en algún social por ahí. Enhorabuena por vuestro canal.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

@@pvlvq Sí, Pablo y Julia son maravillosos. Estamos tratando de construir la comunidad juntos.

Hi, we're in Galicia our house is literally on the Camino francés, loving your videos, but I don't do much interaction normally, but I thought I would this time :). We haven't visited Ourense yet. I assume the hot springs are Aquis Querquennis. We went there last spring, it was flooded and we couldn't find the actual springs. You must have explained elsewhere why you chose Galicia, so I shan't ask.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Hi neighbor! We must have walked right by your house last September! Aquis Querquennis are really far from us. We have lots of other hot springs in our city. If you google search "termas" a lot more things pop-up. Yes, the rivers flood many of the springs in the winter (even some of them in Ourense flood).

Wow, you moved to the right place for bread. Os galegos son famosos polo seu pan, entre outras poucas cousas. La comida para mojar pan es deliciosa. Saludos.

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Sí! Los panes aquí son muy ricos.

Is the name of your channel inspired by Annie Dillard’s works?

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Yes, it is!!!!!

Ahh how I miss the fresh Spanish bread

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

It's sooooo good!

It's not late, we don’t do things "late", Spain is on the wrong timezone, Galicia even more so. When you are having your "superlate" dinner at 9 pm in Galicia, it's really about 6:30 pm solar time. To us Spaniards it's a bit annoying when foreigners talk about "late" hours in Spain

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

That’s a good point. We try to share how different the time zone is here - which is why things happen so “late.” Either way, we love the way people live in Spain.

Thanks for the video. We Want to retire in Italy of Spain-but don’t want our pensions double taxed: U.S. military retirement (& VA Disability), my wife’s Fed govt pension (when she retires). Or our Soc Sec when we are eligible to receive it….or our property in the US….

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! There's apparently a tax treaty with Spain and the USA. We haven't filed taxes yet, so we're not sure how it works.

Visit Ribeira Sacra canyons

@DaysWeSpend

4 ай бұрын

We love the Ribeira Sacra! It's one of my favorite places here -Lainey