THE BEST THINGS ABOUT LIVING IN SPAIN/ American in Spain | precious pioneer
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- čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
- These are the top 8 best things about living in Spain! If I missed out anything, feel free to add yours to the comments.
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I’m getting my TEFL certification so that i can move to Spain with my children in tow. I can’t wait to live, work, travel, relax and even fall in love in Spain
Did you do it ? Can we get an update ?
I am a Spanish girl from Madrid and it has been a gorgeous present to find this video today. Thank you for bring me a piece of my lovely country while I am living in Ireland. ☺️🌿
Viva la vida! 🧘🏼♀️🧡
You are so welcome! I really do love Spain and will have to come back to visit soon. Much love to you from across the world ✨🤍
I couldn't agree with you more. While most Americans live to work, Spaniards work to live!! That is my experience after having lived in your country.
Haha time tends to move at 10x speed here haha ✨😅
I am moving to Spain soon I just wished I had when I was young never mind better late than never
First Spanish lesson : más vale tarde que nunca.
Agreed 100% on each of your points, its also the mentality of the people, no one works 60 hours a week to have the BIG house, the brand new car and the latest iphone , for them is all about quality of life, friends and family. it is my favorite Country, every time I visit I end up staying for longer and longer lol, GREAT video! Thank you.
thank you so much for watching 🤍✨
My wife and I are planning a trip to Spain 🇪🇸 next year. We have been talking if we ever have to leave the United States 🇺🇸 Spain 🇪🇸 is our choice. Reasons the weather, the culture, the lifestyle, I’m Hispanic so Spanish would be easy for me to communicate in Spain. But the driving factor is we want more deep relationships because like you mention people in the US are always working and never have time for basic meetups or anything. Just to go out with coffee with a friend you have to plan weeks in advance. And I’m also getting very tired of the political divide hear from both sides
i hope that you both enjoy your trip, there's so much to do... and food to eat :)
@@PreciousPioneer We are very excited we are looking to be over there for about a week or a little bit more we definitely want to see as much as possible
We have political problems also in Spain...
@@marcgarrigosmane4572 I bet, every country has political problems. But is it as bad as the USA? I feel like you cannot make friends anymore once you learn how they vote politically. Social media in the USA is horrible for causing so much division. Like a second civil war does not seem impossible anymore since the last 6 years.
@@gabrielanaya2431Yes. I understand that in the united states you are suffering from a very beastly social division...
and that extremist violence will one day cause misfortune. but you also idealize Europe a lot and it would be important to know that now we are also worried about the war with Russia and the nuclear threats xd
You should visit the north of Spain: Asturias, Galicia, Cantabria and Euskadi. Not that we are placed in the sunny side of the country, but there are many attractives!
I would love that; I'll have to check it out next time I visit Spain!
Pioneer and anyone thinking on moving to Barcelona: "The best of Barcelona lies outside the city". The beaches, mountains, woods, cool villages, absolutely everything is amazing outside Barcelona, if north of the city even better. You can enjoy the city (dinner, going out, work) if you live 30 Km. out of the city, but I recommend you to live outside it.
This is true. (At least for me) Like any big city you get the best and worst. But just outside is less pple and more nature. Depends on what you’re going for!
El inconveniente es que tendrá que aprender aparte del español ,el catalán..... Para trabajar en determinados sitios, aparte de la discriminación que sentirán si hablan en español.Asi es como están las cosas en esa parte de España.
For the americans moving to Spain regarding the slow pace of living.
It depends on the job you get here. Some of them are as stressfull as in any other place in the world.
This girl maybe is working from home or as english teacher... An easy job, but normally you get Up 7:00 am an arrive home over 19:00 or 20:00 pm.
Dont think you Will have so easy job as this girl because maybe you get wrong expectations. And forget about taking naps (siestas), thats for retired people and children.
You Will be dissappointed if you work in construction, restaurants or consulting.
This may be true. Thank you for your added insight. It isn't wise to move your whole life based on the opinion of a single video from a girl on the internet. But, for context, I was working as a chef in the city (San Cugat & Barcelona) and a small town in Roses, Girona. Though labor intensive as any other place, the culture is embedded in taking breaks and the value of holidays and rest. Like anything, I speak from my experience and both generally, but there will always be exceptions to the rule.
Love this. I moved to Valencia last year and I can relate to all of this
I’m so happy, haha it’s quite different living in Spain. But, wonderful isn’t is? ✨🤍
What a great video! Love your enthusiasm and energy. I am a fellowing USA citizen who will be heading to Spain this summer to study Spanish in Valencia. Glad I came across this video and your channel!🌻🌞
Thank you so much, best of luck with your travels! ✨🤍
So proud of you! I love your channel!
My wife and I will be taking cruise to the Canary islands and visiting the Andalusian area, Southern Spain this December and January. Looking forward to it.
I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time! 🤍
Aw this was lovely!!! The bit about prioritizing the important things, spending time with your people, really resonated with me 🥰🥺🫂
Aw so happy to hear that, glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching! ✨
I love your energy! You make me want to move to Spain right now!!!
Thank you so much 🤍
Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on Spain. I love Spain. Visited many times.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m so excited to travel to Spain next year. Will be consuming more of your content. So excited to have found your channel…. ☺️🙌🏾
Thank you so much, Spain is such a beautiful country
Good afternoon Precious, that was a truthful and concise appraisal of Spain v US living, I really enjoyed it and fully agree with you, yet I’m British! Hope you post more content about life for you🥰🏴🇪🇸✌🏼
Glad you enjoyed it, I hope to make more videos soon :)
Great explanation, thank you!
After thirty years leaving in NYC I'm back in Spain were I belong. Don't miss it a bit.
Have both citizenships.
sounds amazing!
Glad I found this channel
I'm planning on moving to Valencia in the fall and this video made me sooo excited!! Thank you! :)
I'm so glad!
Just found your channel and looking at the video titles. We have so much in common. Both came to Europe for culinary school, both love Korean food. Both North American (Canadian) here. Adding a bunch of your videos to my travel playlist right now. I love your style by the way, if I still did art, I’d draw you. Your style would make a great character design for animation.
Thanks for making this channel ♥️
Omg that’s sweet. Wishing you the best 🤍🤍🤍
beautiful video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
🤗 Thank You 😊 for this video 🙌 ❤️🖤🩶🩵💚✨
I loveddddddd watching this. OMG I would die for some olive oil and bread!!!
Wow thank you so much Donna🤍 you’re too kind. I hope that you’re doing amazing, much love ✨🥰
You are awesome! Super eloquent!
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A table, some nice people, pan con tomate y patatas and maybe vermuth. And you have a great time for sure. This pan con tomate this is weird.
Thank you for the video. Well articulated.
Could you please tell us about the rent in Barcelona?
Thnx
Thank you so much for the compliment. Sure thing! You can find a decent apartment within all price ranges; I recommend checking out "idealistic" apts in Spain.
I am really considering moving there next year 🥺❤️tysm
Give it a go! It couldn’t hurt, I think it’s beautiful to experience something new 🤍✨
Good Video.
Healthcare is top-notch but not free as people pay taxes to fund a universal, inclusive healthcare system which is available at the point of need. It doesn't mean that we are communists, but believe is community healthcare for everybody.
By the way, talk about security and safety where you live, and perhaps another video your favourite places to hang about.
Wow good tips thank you for the suggestions! 🤍
En la nómina del trabajo se descuenta el pago de la SS, Seguridad Social, los servicios medicos, para que se entienda...
@@coro916 bueno obviamente españa no es comunista pero no és tan capitalista como america
Well I come from a big City in Spain and I living in Jacksonville FL...and ppl here in the US are much slow than in Spain...
My husband is US citizen and is in love with Spain.
There is no country better than other...every country can be good and not so good it depends on what you are looking for.
That’s very true. It’s all relative and about perspective 😄🫰
welcome to catalonia! btw whe also love kids.
We just got word that we were approved for our permanent residency today. I guess there's no going back now. Not that there ever really was.
Congrats!
Great if you can do a cost of living,,, I’m thinking of leaving the states for Spain , 🤔🙏
A wonderful video, thanks for showing the world the good things about my country. Si hicieras este contenido también en español te sorprenderás como va aumentar el número de subscriptores. Ten en cuenta que este contenido no sólo va a ser seguido en España sino en toda Latinoamérica desde México hasta Argentina. Te invito también a que conozcas mi Tierra, Andalucía, todo eso que cuentas aqui se multiplica por 10. Muchas Gracias
How am I just discovering you!!!!! I love your video and you are awesome!!!! I am in Spain now for tourism and really want to move here! I have SOOOOO many questions about how you moved here and all the logistics!
Also, some harder to answer questions about the racism that I have heard about. I have only experienced some distasteful looks from people but overall have been treated well.
Welcome, sorry for the late response. I hope that you love it as much as I did. Eat a lot. As much as you can truly. Try everything! More videos coming soon 🤍
El Racismo es algo que incluso en los EEUU y Sudáfrica existe hoy día , incluso del negro hacia el blanco. Pero no se quede con la mirada que alguna que otra persona le hace, sino con el trato que la mayoría de la gente blanca le brinda.
2:34 omg I have that exact same plate lmfao
Haha 😄
great video! i am so jealous. i dream of living in spain…you are the perfect age and time in your life to transition. enjoy!
Thank you so much!
Quiero que quede clara una cosa: cuando esta gente supuestamente echa flores a los españoles por su "slow pace of living", en realidad se echan flores a ellos mismos, ya que para ellos el slow pace de España es solo una etapa y en el fondo creen que volveran a la normalidad que es la que encarnan ellos. ¡Oh, que exóticos los españoles y su slow pace! ¡Qué pintorescos!
Bueno siempre ahí gente frustrada en la vida que no aspira ni sueña con una vida mejor, cuyo valor es solo el dinero el trabajo ,el dinero, el trabajo ,el dinero y la soledad.
Great video! What kind of visa do you have?
thanks! I had a student VISA
Any issues with summer heat in Costa Brava in the summer?
Summers do get pretty hot, but the closer you are to the coast, the breeze makes it lot better.
América es muy grande , las distancias son grandes, no hay buenos y frecuentes transportes públicos. Las ciudades españolas y europeas son más pequeñas.
Sí es cierto, gracias por comentar ✨🤍
Hey so im applying for this internship in Spain is there any advice or tips you can give me before I start this process like what documents should I have ready ?
I found the main government website helpful. It can be pretty complicated, but it's best to have at least two copies of everything saved in files online. But, if I remember correctly, you need international medical insurance with a $ liability #, medical records that show you have all of your shots, an FBI background check, two passport photos, proof of income, I think at least $600 a month, or have a parent sign a waiver as proof that they'll support you, proof of your internship with documents on their end claiming you, documents on their end that validate the period you need to stay in Spain... and a couple of other things. It's a lot! But, if you plan a few months before, it's easier to break it into chunks. But, def check the Spanish gov website for exact details.
As a chill person lol i want the chill life.
Honestly, it's nice not to feel rushed all the time. It's nice to enjoy the day at your own pace. I miss that about living in Spain.
I need the doctor to come to my front door! lol
Bueno, si no te puedes levantar de la cama con 39°C de fiebre, sí, llamas al servicio a domicilio y vienen del ambulatorio de guardia ( no hospitales, sino algo más quequeño) a tu casa.A veces tardan, según la demanda, pero se hace, sí...
Good video and I have been fortunate to stay in Barcelona on a few occasions but have not lived there yet. If I ever moved to Europe then Barcelona would be at the top of the list. The only thing on your list that I did not care for as much is the increase in dogs. Each time I have gone back there have been more dogs walking around on the concrete ground and peeing and worse pooping all over the place. From a health perspective having animals go into fresh food markets and restaurants is not ideal and in suburbs with grass= dogs make so much more sense. In major cities like NY or Barcelona or Rome it creates all kinds of unhealthy issues and people tripping over dog leashes on crowded streets.
This is a really great point, though I love dogs. I don’t think I liked them inside restaurants all of the time or grocery stores.
You are so good looking!! Tan hermosa i want to go to Spain so bad!
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if you give up your car you get a T-verda. That's free public transportation for 3 years.
Is Spain the only European country you’ve lived in ? If not could you share your other experiences and which did you like the best ?
It is, but I hope to venture out to other countries this year!
If you love “pa amb tomaquet” you’re as Catalan as a local.
haha you're probably right :)
As an Expat, how do you financially support yourself living in Spain? Just out of curiosity... Wonderful video, BTW!
I saved some money before I left and accounted for cost of living. I found a great/ cheap/ safe room to rent on Idealista. I picked up some random side jobs like serving and teaching English. Thank you so much for watching:)
@@PreciousPioneer thank you for the kind response that is appreciated. vlogs like yours are really helpful. this summer, I’m moving to Spain for study abroad.
Sounds like a positive experience for a black person living there. I hate to say that, but I just read about the racist attacks on him. He is from Brazil. He plays for Real Madrid and was in the stadium in Valencia when the other team's fans carried on with racist comments.
How do you feel as a black person in that society? I really want to know because I felt so sad about what happened to him. There is am American blogger in Valencia that promotes that area. However, she looks and speaks more like she could be passed for a Spaniard. So she may not have those experiences.
I’m not too clear on what you’re talking about. But I feel like being black in Barcelona is fine. There’s no sense of real danger like there is in the US sometimes. But there is subtle racism through micro aggressions and biases. Like sometimes uncomfy, but not threatening.
Es una equivocación muy frecuente. Confundir racismo con insulto.
España no es racista, pero insulta muy bien. Y estos hooligans del fútbol atacan con lo que más duele para distraer al contrario.
It is a very common mistake. Confusing racism with insult. Spain is not racist, but it insults very well. And these football hooligans attack with what hurts the most to distract the opponent.
Hello.
Are you still in spain?
hi, no i'm not
@@PreciousPioneer dang. Where are now, etc?
@@PreciousPioneer and know this is random, but I gotta ask, lol.
Are u a believer in Christ?
I would say that pan and tomate in every meal is something very catalan and don´t apply the rest of Spain.
I didn't know that; thanks for letting me know!
@@PreciousPioneer Si se aplica en el el resto de España, desde luego en Madrid, en Andalucía, en Valencia.... se extendió de Cataluña al resto de España, y desde hace ya mucho tiempo.
How fluent in Spanish were you when you arrived? I know from experience that you really do need to speak the language unlike the Nordic countries or other places where a lot of people speak English.
I was able to say basic greetings and I knew a few vocab words. Duelingo basics. You can get by by speaking English in Barcelona, it's just easier when you know some Spanish!
Do they have a pooper-scooper law with all those dogs everywhere?
Not that I’m aware of cause there is poop everywhere in many neighborhoods. But in the city they have daily street cleaners.
Security??????
You are in Catalonia....don't forget.
Catalonia is in Spain…
@@PreciousPioneer ...de moment!!
@@PreciousPioneer As a Catalan I tell you, yes, it's Spain!!...; )
Cataluña seguira estando en España por siempre. Los que duraran poco en Cataluña son los sepa-rratas.
@@metacosmos And this is good or bad?
Come on with the Spanish!!
In what city from Spain you are?
Hi I was in Barcelona and Roses, Girona
I want to leave the USA within the next few years, no more than 7-10 years. I’ll have my daughter with me.
Spain could be a great option for you, but it depends on personal goals, budget, and lifestyle
Slight nitpick: You said you were "American." The truth is, "America" isn't a country, it's a region (North+South America are America). You and I are from the United States. We're US Americans. Very interesting video!
lol I said I’m American because it’s colloquial vocabulary. Though you’re technically correct I have yet to meet anyone who says, “I’m United States American”… considering other countries can reference the continent North, South, and Central America and their corresponding country for geological reference. In short we can say American and people can generally understand United States. Language is about understanding and communicating, not always about text book definitions. Hence why everyone speaks differently and no one talks like Siri… though Siri’s perfect grammar is technically correct. But, thanks for watching and leaving your comment ✨😄
@@PreciousPioneer Totally valid. I call myself a US American, so now you have met at least one person who does so. "We" do understand "American" to mean "United States" because of our own inherent eurocentrism (or perhaps "US-centricism" as it were) but it doesn't make it any more ok or less invalidating to the hundreds of millions of original citizens of the whole of the Americas, including lower North America, Central America, and South America. You're right. Language is about communicating. It's also about being representative and fair to everybody. The point of this comment isn't to be snarky, pedantic, or accusatory. I didn't care about stuff like this even as recently as a few years ago, but it's worth pointing out
, I understand where you're coming from, and I appreciate you adding representation to those who felt invalidated.
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Yeah literally have never heard what your talking about 😂 everyone says American when your from America. Don't know where you get your info 😅
Do you think Spanish boys are sexies?
Not particularly, but I’m sure they’re are some 👍🏾
I am half american/spanish and lived in both all my life, unfortunately the US has exported that way of life to all western society and boy does this spain suck! it still has things but it is loosing its community like crazy, food is becoming more and more overprocesed and I know it is better than the US at this moment and still universal healthcare... but Europe is becoming the US but with different scenery and adoptin the bad part of it 😒
I could see how this development is slowly taking over. Convenience isn't as convenient as it may seem.
Am I the only Spanish who’s watching this video ?😅
Nope. Canary islands here
Po no. Es que domos muy cotillas u estamos con lo de :¡a saber qué habrá dicho de mi o de tí la guiri del 2 izquierda!
Are you black? I don’t want to assume… how are black people treated in your opinion ? I can tell you but I want to read your thoughts.
Black people are treated pretty normally in Spain, based on my experience. It's mostly because they perceive us as more American than "black". It's an odd-spoken privilege because you can see African counterparts treated differently. There will always be microaggressions and those are always uncomfortable, but nothing more than you would experience in the US
Too many Americans coming to Spain …
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