The Expat Chat
145 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 124 ratingsThe Expat Chat is a weekday podcast where we interview inspiring expats who have thrown off the constraints of western congestion to enjoy their dream lifestyle in other parts of the world. If you want to combine the travels of Rick Steves and Samantha Brown with the lifestyle freedom of Tim Ferriss then this is for you.Subscribe today.
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Escape The Cubicle - How To Leave the 9 to 5 For a Life of Travel
February 03, 2016 18:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBIf you’re a stressed out business owner working 60-80 hour weeks and dreaming of a life of travel take heart – so was Nicole Connolly. The former Brisbanite ran a successful business but like many we interview, she felt something was missing from her life – mainly travel and the freedom to enjoy herself. She set out 4 years ago on an adventure with her husband Mike, initially relying on savings but soon built herself an online business helping others – firstly with their social media, but m...
How To Buy a French Winery When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing
January 31, 2016 18:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBWould you buy a winery if you knew nothing about wine? What about if there was no one there who could show you and the winery had been in liquidation? Add to it the fact that you were moving to a strange country where you weren’t fluent in the language and had to deal with local business practices that can be challenging and it sounds like a recipe for disaster! 10 years on from their move to France expat South Africans Caro and Sean Feely have developed a working winery and are loving life...
How To Live an Uncluttered Life
January 27, 2016 18:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBOne of the first steps in any journey to become an expat is getting rid of the clutter – be it physical or mental – that is part and parcel of any home and any life. The first step on this journey is having clarity in what you want and what you need in order to achieve it, then eliminating the surplus that sucks your time and energy; be it items, issues or relationships. Today via livestream Blab we speak with Warren and Betsy Talbot of www.anunclutteredlife.com about their journey towards...
Siestas in Seville and My Random Travel Experiments
January 24, 2016 18:00 - 39 minutes - 41 MBFor Karen McCann and her husband the prospect of early retirement left them feeling a little bored. They had always been avid travelers and a visit to Seville in Spain convinced them that it would be the perfect place to start a new life. They moved with their dog in 2004 and have loved life there ever since. Karen’s past career as a journalist has led her on to becoming a successful travel writer with two of her travel books already achieving No 1 status on Amazon. The couples experiments ...
Why Eastern Europe Will Be the Next Travel Hotspot
January 20, 2016 18:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBIn the search for the next travel destination many names and places are thrown around. From Asia to South America various publications try and pick the next place that people should start visiting. In today’s interview we talk with well-known travel blogger Barbara Weibel about Eastern Europe, an area often left off the travel radar. We talk about her favorite city Budapest and one of her favorite countries Croatia, but we also explore a few places often neglected in travel discussions incl...
Managing Your Money on the Road
January 18, 2016 18:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBMany of our interviewees have become accidental permanent nomads, starting off on a gap year with no plans then deciding to become a fulltime traveler. The next issue is always then income – how to fund the new lifestyle in place. Chris Stevens had completed a degree on photography back in England before he decided to head away. While traveling through Australia he met up with a guy who had built a successful travel blog who showed Chris how he could build his own online business. He had al...
Living and teaching in China
January 17, 2016 18:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBBack in 2007 Ian Clavis was working in IT in London. The Liverpool native was becoming tired and bored with city life in England and when a friend suggested he could get a position teaching English in China Ian jumped at the chance. 7 years on Ian has made a home for himself in Chengdu, China a large city of over 10 million people near the border with Tibet where he has a Chinese wife and the recent addition of a young son. I caught up with Ian to discuss life as an expat in China and were...
From successful stockbroker to financial disaster - how the GFC became my blessing
January 14, 2016 18:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBIn 2008 Tomislav Perko had it all. A successful stockbroking career in his home town of Zagreb, Croatia saw him eating in fine restaurants, wearing fine suits and living the good life. It was perfect – until the financial crisis saw him lose his and his families investments and left him deeply in debt. He had been offering couchsurfing space to travelers including Josh Cahill and their inspiring stories of traveling for little or no cost got him thinking – could he travel the world with no ...
Tbex – the travel blogger conference; with Conference Director Mary Jo Manzanares
January 13, 2016 18:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBOne of the most fascinating things with interviewing travel bloggers as part of our show is that you discover a world that you never knew existed before – the further you go in the more people you find and you start to discover a whole community existing below the level of normal everyday life. At the heart of that community is Tbex – the travel blogger exchange. Tbex is not an organization but a series of three events held each year across North America, Europe and Asia where travel blogge...
50 Jobs in 50 States in 200 Days – How I Spent My Extended Honeymoon
January 12, 2016 18:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBLiving an expat lifestyle doesn’t always mean having to leave the country (we’ve coined the phrase inpats especially for people who become nomads at home). For Heath Padgett the boredom and long hours of a sales job proved too much. Soon to be married, his fiancée Alyssa and he hit upon the idea of having an extended honeymoon through all 50 States with the mission of doing one days work in a job in each state. They decided they wanted to film a documentary about their journey and before the...
Finding Money on the Road – Starting Our Income As We Traveled
January 11, 2016 18:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBYou’ll love today’s interview with Stephenie and Tony Harrison. In 2013 these guys hit the road for an undetermined length of time relying on savings they had made during the previous 3 years. (Tony had been a graphic designer while Stephenie was completing research for her degree in neuroscience). 12 months into their journey they knew they wanted to travel fulltime – Tony could pick up work doing graphics and designing websites but what could Stephenie do? Recognizing her skills in resea...
The World is Our Classroom; Teaching My Son Without School
January 10, 2016 18:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBThe economic crisis of 2008 was a catalyst for so many of our interviewees to up sticks and hit to road. Lainie Liberti’s marketing business worked with green entities and non-profit organizations who were among the first to feel the pinch. With her business struggling and her 9 year old son Miro not enjoying his school environment Lainie decided they would hit the road for a 12 month adventure through South America. 8 months into the trip they both realized they were loving it enough to c...
Raising My Kids in Rural Romania
January 07, 2016 18:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBHeading: Raising My Kids in Rural Romania If you want a simple life there can be few places better to move to than a village in Romania. For Alyson Long and her family of two young boys frustration with the education system led her to take her eldest out of school and, with the families new found freedom, they set about a world travel adventure using their savings of $20,000. After the first year which saw them sidetracked to the United Kingdom for family reasons they eventually visited Ro...
My Expat Life in Granada, Spain
January 06, 2016 18:00 - 38 minutes - 36.1 MBThere are two types of expats – those who move to another country but retain their current lifestyle and live very much within an expat community as they had back home. Then there are those for whom moving is a chance to embrace a whole new way of life and effectively become a local. Molly Piccavey is definitely the later. She has spent the last 18 years living in Spain, firstly in Barcelona and now Granada where she is largely welcomed as a local. In this interview Molly shares her experie...
How The Crowd Can Help Fund Your Travels
January 05, 2016 18:00 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MBSo often we see examples of people who don’t travel simply because they wont permit themselves to. In this day and age many people have jobs that will let them hit the road – two such examples are Evo Terra and Sheila Dee. Evo’s work as a digital strategist (and Sheila’s as an instructional designer) gives them complete freedom to work from anywhere, and with their child now of adult age they saw no reason to stay at home. In January 2015 they headed off covering much of Western Europe befo...
Everything You Need To Know About Panama
January 04, 2016 18:00 - 37 minutes - 35.2 MBFor Al and Shelly McCullough boredom with their current situation was the catalyst for a move to Panama. Shelly’s job wasn’t proving challenging enough and Al was looking for more satisfaction in life. They had explored Panama in 2012 and decided it would be the perfect starting point for their adventures. They sold up everything, downsized and hit the road in 2014. 15 months on they have explored Panama, and Nicaragua and have discovered the benefits of housesitting when we caught with th...
My Family's Year in Italy
January 03, 2016 18:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBMost people would love to take a year off and experience another culture. The reality is however few give themselves permission to do it – especially where there are three young kids involved. For Michelle and Keith Damiani a one year experience for their family in Spello, Italy was something they had planned for prior to having children and saw no reason to change their plans once the kids arrived! In 2012 they embarked on a one year journey that became more than just covering distance –...
The Key Technology You Need to Travel
December 30, 2015 18:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBIf you’ve ever traveled for any period of time you know that you will need some form of technology with you. Whether it’s a means of communicating with home, a device for checking the internet, a power adapter that can charge your phone or a means of completing your work. Technology has advanced hugely in the last few years and thing you would never have carried 20 years ago are now a stable part of your luggage. That presents problems as well, as sometimes it’s a question of what should yo...
Raising Third Culture Kids - An Expat Teachers Perspective
December 29, 2015 18:00 - 39 minutes - 37 MBIn this global world more and more children are being raised in cultures that are different to their passport – figures show that there are over 4 million children being schooled in international schools and the number is growing. Although both from Australia Craig and Lorraine Eldred met while teaching in China several years ago and have spent the time since as international teachers, also working in Vietnam and Dubai along the way. As expat teachers with over 13 years’ experience overseas...
How Self-Publishing Can Fund Your Travels
December 28, 2015 18:00 - 36 minutes - 34.3 MBThere’s a book inside almost everyone and in Virginie Carmichael there was several! The Quebec native and her boyfriend Chris Lippi are building their own publishing empire once step at a time as they look to travel the world. Virginie has released 6 novels on Amazon so far while finding time to travel through South America and Eastern Europe. Chris’s skills lie in web development which has helped fund their lifestyle to date and he is soon to launch an app to help new authors get their bo...
Getting vehicles for free (and other handy travel budget tips)
December 27, 2015 18:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIf you think you don’t have enough money to set off traveling then you’re going to enjoy todays show. Ted and Jen Avery sold up all their home possessions and vehicle raising $11000 in the process and hit the road back in 2012 using the funds to sustain themselves through Central America and beyond. For Ted it was a big move, particularly as he’d never left Canada or taken a flight before 2010! After a period of time in Sydney, Australia during 2013 where Jen studied and the pair put in a c...
How To Minimize Your Daily Accommodation Cost
December 23, 2015 18:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBIn today’s interview we catch up with Sean and Jen Boyle who left the sunny San Diego area in early 2014 to hit the road. They’ve have since covered much of Central America and Southern Europe and have recently arrived in Thailand. They don’t believe in roughing it but have comfortably kept to an annual budget of around $US40-$US50000 during the last 12 months. We caught up with them to discuss Air BNB (where they book 80% of their accommodation) and the pros and cons of house-swapping. Yo...
Leaving the Legal World - Life as a Legal Nomad
December 22, 2015 18:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBIf you search the internet for travel bloggers it won’t take you long to stumble across Jodi Ettenberg. Her website Legal Nomads regularly ranks highly on the list of world’s top travel bloggers and has featured in numerous publications since she hit the road back in 2008 after 5 years working as a lawyer in New York. Her long form story telling style of blog has gone against the grain of standard blogging practice but has won her a huge following amongst a loyal group of followers who appre...
How Travel Has Helped Me Deal With Depression
December 21, 2015 18:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBWhat do you do when you’ve left University with a degree in Theatre? Travel the world of course! For Chris Walker-Bush staying at home in rural Australia wasn’t an option – and when a friend suggested teaching English in Korea might be a career move Chris decided it was time to start traveling. After a further stint teaching English in China Chris found himself in the unique position of helping an African safari company develop their business in the Asia region and he has since been on over...
Making it Up as I Go - 5 Years of Earning on the Road
December 20, 2015 18:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBA travel agent, an English teacher, a horseriding instructor and now a copywriter. When it comes to making a living on the road Stacey Kuyf has done it all. The kiwi traveler left New Zealand over 5 years ago and has lived and worked in a variety of countries showing that you don’t need a clear plan in place to start traveling the world. She has always managed to find something she can turn her talents towards and her life has been richer for the experiences she has enjoyed along the way. ...
How I Got My Phd for 800 Euros (less than $US1000)
December 17, 2015 18:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBThere’s more than one benefit to having a second passport. Canadian expat Yvonne Ivanescu has used her Polish heritage to enjoy an extended stay in Belgium where she has been completing a Phd – for a very affordable price! Her tourism course has cost her a total of 800 euros having completed her original degree in Canada and adding on a masters thanks to some hands on experience in Chile. Yvonne has benefitted from the opportunities of being an international student but her passion for tra...
Two Cats and an RV; How We Travel Through Europe (and Where to Stay For Free)
December 16, 2015 18:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBThere are lots of reasons why people don’t travel; jobs, money, children, health. We’ve managed to make myths of most of them with the interviews we’ve done so far… but the one we hadn’t found an answer to was pets…until now! Andrew Matheson and Alison Cornford Matheson are a Canadian couple who have spent the last 10 years living in Belgium where Andrew had a corporate position. Inspired by friends they decided they needed a life of less stress and more travel – but with two mature cats ho...
Lessons in Couchsurfing
December 15, 2015 18:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBIf hitchhiking through Iran, joining the Arab spring or camping (accidentally) in a minefield in Bosnia sounds like your idea of fun then you’re going to love today’s episode. Growing up as a West German living in East Germany was a strange experience for Josh Cahill. The wall had fallen but much of East Germany was still stark and oppressed. He felt like the odd one out and developed a desire to explore the world and discover the realty of things for himself. The 29 year old has been on t...
95 and Counting - My Journey to Visit Every Country in the World
December 14, 2015 18:00 - 37 minutes - 35.3 MBHere’s a question for you… if you could travel the world or spend the equivalent on a one bedroom apartment in Harlem which would you do? For architect Norbert Figueroa it was no brainer decision. Having become addicted to travel the Puerto Rico native spent 18 months building up his blog while downsizing and cutting costs ahead of his trip. Over the last 4 years he has visited 95 countries on his mission to see every one of the 195 countries recognized by the United Nations – his biggest...
How We Earn More Than We Spend on the Road
December 13, 2015 18:00 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MBTo many, being a BBC producer sounds like the dream job. It certainly gave Dave and Carmen Allan-Petale a good bragging story at cocktail parties. But deep down, neither of them were happy with their high flying career jobs in London. While at a seminar in Portugal, the two Aussie natives heard some travel bloggers talking about their lifestyle and it ticked all the boxes…could they do it too? With some savings to their name, they headed off 2 years ago to start their journey. They’ve trav...
You're Never Too Late to Start an Online Business
December 10, 2015 18:00 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBIf the harsh Minnesota winters get a little too much for you after a while there is always an alternative. Betsy and Pete Wuebker were ordinary 50 somethings living a suburban lifestyle and working the corporate job – in Pete’s case in a stressful marketing position. Deciding they needed to supplement their income with retirement on the horizon they took to online marketing as a means of building a business and soon realized after a period of time that they were doing well enough to throw i...
My Lifestyle Experiment - Every 6 Months in a New Place
December 09, 2015 18:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBHow many habits do you live by? Most of us are inundated with things we do without really thinking. Chris Backe sees life very much as an experiment where you question every option you have – including where you want to live. Since leaving Kentucky in 2008 Chris has lived in South Korea as an English teacher and over the last three years has taken to trialing life for 6 months at a time in a variety of places including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, and Krabi in Thailand. He is currently s...
In Search of the Perfect Climate - Chasing 82 Degrees in Costa Rica
December 08, 2015 18:00 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBDan and Cindy Gaskell left the comfort of Wichita Kansas for the climate of Costa Rica only a few months ago. Their website 82 Degree Quest refers to their search for the perfect climate but in many ways it is a metaphor of their search for the perfect life. So far they have found it in Gracia a mountainous city that gives them ideal living conditions with everything they could need Dan and Cindy did a lot of research talking to others before they moved and they believe hearing others talk ...
A Mountain Workplace - How the Internet Can Let You Ski Twice a Week
December 07, 2015 18:00 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBYou can’t get further contrast than moving from the beaches of Sydney to the mountains of Canada – for Kate Wan the shift was a continuation of an expat lifestyle based around her husband’s career in the mining industry. Having traveled extensively during their younger days the couple have experienced the expat lifestyle in both the US and Canada. For Kate the move overseas provided an opportunity to start her own business which now operates in 3 different countries – but it’s not all about...
Life as a Luxury Travel Writer
December 06, 2015 18:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBFancy life as a luxury travel writer? Would you like to be whisked around the world, all expenses paid being wined and dined in some of the world’s most celebrated restaurants, resorts and hotels? For Leah Walker it is a dream come true. The Texan girl gave up her former career as a teacher to become a fulltime travel writer only a few years ago. She now writes articles for prestigious publications such as Bonjour Paris, Luxe Beat Magazine and Forbes Travel Guide to name a few. Despite the...
Travel With Teens - Our Round the World Adventure
December 03, 2015 18:00 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MBIf you are a digital expert who talks to their clients about being location independent it certainly helps if you can show them by example! That’s precisely what Michelle Frost and her husband Simon did when they embarked on a long term trip around the world with their 3 teenage children. The Frosts left Australia just over 12 months ago and have traveled through Asia and Europe spending long periods of time in different locations living much like the locals. They have successfully home sch...
Wwoof Your Way Around the World - How To Be a Travel Volunteer
December 02, 2015 18:00 - 39 minutes - 37 MBEver heard of Wwoofing? No it doesn’t involve howling at the moon! Wwoof is a means of swapping work for travel where you trade a couple of hours per day in return for accommodation and meals on an organic farm. Today’s guests have successfully wwoofed their way around the world in a variety of countries but in recent years as their desire to live a backpacking life has diminished they have switched to housesitting as a means of reducing their travel costs. Cheryl MacDonald and Lisa Chavis ...
How To Make $20,000 Per Month From a Location Independent Business
December 01, 2015 18:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBOne of the benefits of living an expat lifestyle is that you can save a fortune living in some wonderful countries that offer a high quality of life for cents on the dollar compared to the western world. But who says you have to sacrifice income and live on the smell of an oily rag? Today’s guest has combined the best of lifestyle with building an online business that last month provided him with over $22000 in largely passive income. Johnny FD (the FD stands for fighting and diving - his t...
Leaving Hollywood: Why I Learnt to Sail Charters at 50
November 30, 2015 18:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBFancy a lifestyle hanging out with Hollywood A-listers? Life in the movie industry had its pluses but for Brit Gillie Hutchinson the birth of her child in her mid-30’s meant a slower less glamorous life was necessary. She returned to her roots in the fashion industry working for the Countess of Carnarvon at Highclere Castle – a location better known as the setting for Downtown Abbey. To all intents and purposes she seemed to have the perfect career selling fashion for a recognized brand and ...
Blogging for Profit: Funding My Family Travels From A Base in Penang
November 29, 2015 18:00 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBIf others can make money online why can’t I? That’s the question that Sharon Gourlay asked herself in 2013. With her kids still of pre-school age she knew she had a window of opportunity to give up her job, build an online income and move overseas, enjoying the world while living off her digital income. Within 12 months Sharon had started to get results – she has since built her online business up to $5000 per month and growing while she enjoys living in Penang (very affordably) and traveli...
Teaching English in Malaysia (and How to Walk the Length New Zealand in 5 Months)
November 26, 2015 18:00 - 34 minutes - 32.4 MBIf you’re looking to travel than teaching English can be a great way to fund your lifestyle as Jack Askew showed in an earlier interview. Jo Bruce headed to Korea from New Zealand 10 years ago armed only with a child care degree which was enough to give her a foot in the door of the English teaching game. Once there she was able to upskill sufficiently to relocate to Malaysia where the criteria for accepting English teachers was much stricter. Jo is embarking on a new adventure, walking th...
An Aussie Girl in Paris - How I Relocated My Business
November 25, 2015 18:00 - 29 minutes - 27.8 MBMost people would think about visiting a country before making the leap to shift there. Most people would also think twice about relocating their business to a foreign country that they can’t really speak the language of – but Rachel Taylor is not most people. To coin her own phrase sometimes it’s easiest to step off a cliff! Rachel made the move from Sydney, Australia to Paris, France just on two years ago and has settled in well to the Parisian lifestyle where she shares a flat with two r...
Goodbye Dallas; Hello Atenas - Why We Raise Our Kids in Costa Rica
November 24, 2015 18:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBTo all intents and purposes Danna Bowman had the perfect life, living in Dallas they owned their own business, went to all the right places, spoke with all the right people and by her own confession did a good job of keeping up with the Jones. It came at a price though as they lived on the treadmill of working hard, getting more debt and buying bigger things. One day they received an email about the benefits of living in Costa Rica – and it got them both thinking. On her husbands 40th birth...
8 Tips To Getting Free Accommodation
November 23, 2015 18:00 - 55 minutes - 51.6 MBSometimes good things can come from bad experiences and you can look back and be grateful for what went wrong. For Nat Smith and Jodie Thompson a failed business deal in Dubai left them with two choices – head home to Australia with their tails between their legs or embark on something new. Deciding that Europe was closer than Australia they made their mind up – but with only a few hundred dollars to their name how were they going to survive? That’s when they discovered housesitting and its...
28 Flights for $1500 - How We Travel Hack Around the World
November 22, 2015 18:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBWhat’s the best way you could spend $1500 on travel? What if I told you, for that money you could get 28 flights? What if some of those flights were business and even first class? What if those flights enabled you to travel from Europe, through Asia, Australia, New Zealand and back? What if it included some 5 star accommodation and the chance to sip champagne and nibble in airline lounges while you await your flights? Seems too good to be true? Well it did to me to until todays guest told m...
1 Van, 4 Children, 12 Months - Our Epic Family World Adventure
November 19, 2015 18:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBHow does 12 months traveling the world with 4 children sound? What if you had to spend 10 of those weeks together in a combi van? For some people this would be too much of a challenge – for the Morgan Family; Jarred, Iri and their four children aged 5 – 13 years it’s been the making of them as a family. The Morgan’s left Perth, Australia in December 2014 on a one year journey around the world, starting in Bali, heading up through most of Asia, then heading to Europe and Great Britain before...
A Million Website Views a Year - Cornering the Uncornered Market
November 18, 2015 18:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBIf you think traveling the globe has to be all about scraping by on meagre savings and sleeping on dirt floors – think again. There are many travel bloggers who have built very successful businesses from their adventures and today you’re going to meet one of the most successful. US citizens Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll first hit the road in 2002 living in Prague, Czech Republic while working corporate jobs. After 5 years they decided they needed some adventure and in 2006 hit the road on a...
Winters on the Algarve - Summers in Nova Scotia
November 17, 2015 18:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBIf you love inspiring stories of people who don’t let limits stand in their way then you’ll love today’s interview. Gwen McCauley suffered the loss of her first husband in an accident 40 years ago. Looking to escape for a while she booked a holiday to the Algarve region of Portugal, and fell in love with the place. 35 years on at a stage when many people are looking to settle quietly into their senior years the 60 something made two life changing decisions – she was going to relocate from O...
Why I Left Academia for a Life on the Road
November 16, 2015 18:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBSometimes travel is just such a passion you will move heaven and earth to do it. For Italian Claudia Tavani she knew from a very young age that she needed to do it as much as she could. Born on the island of Sardinia, Claudia developed a love of travel with trips growing up with her family. She eventually left school to study and soon became entrenched in the world of academia, getting her Phd and marking papers as a means of earning in livelihood in the hallowed halls of England and Italy....
Fire Yourself and Move to Spain
November 15, 2015 18:00 - 41 minutes - 38.8 MBIf you’re worried about being a victim of the next round of redundancies why not take the bull by the horns and fire yourself! That’s what todays interviewees Alan and Heidi Wagoner did. Deciding that it was only a matter of time until one of them faced a corporate axe they terminated themselves, sold up the home and with their two younger children relocated to the picture postcard seaside town of Almunecar, Spain. The children enrolled in a local school without knowing any Spanish and wit...