When they asked for early retirement, future American pensioners Greg and Gmail Warner were just over 50 years old. They wanted to enjoy, just like other others from different parts of the worldof a quiet retreat from working life and to save the maximum possible of their retirement pensions. And it is that Spain offers very interesting options to be able to LIVE CHARGING Pensions of 1,000 eurosan advantage that these two Americans knew very well.
Our country has become the perfect shelter for thousands of foreign retirees seeking improvements especially in climate and basic services such as health. This quality of life, and the possibility of making money from their pensions rather than in their countries, give Spain all the positive points necessary to make their bags and start a new life. “When I retired, just a week and we were already heading to Spain,” Greg explained to the British chain CNN.
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“We joked with the option of being able to pass retirement in a country other than the United States,” he explained to this medium, but there was one thing that stopped them: his Bau dog. “We have no children so it is like our son and we are waiting for ourselves to die to be able to travel.”
But the thing changed when, after 50, they requested and granted them the early retirement. They had enough savings and not even the dog could stop them. Everything was determined, including fate: Valencia was the selected city after thoroughly investigating and shuffling all possibilities.
“We chose to fly eight hours to get trapped between doctor’s invoices and hurricanes”
The retiree couple was clear from the beginning: they preferred to fly for 8 hours and land in Valencia than stay in Florida (USA) “and pass our retirement surrounded by medical invoices and hurricanes.” He acknowledges that it was not difficult for them to make the decision and opt for Spain, but “we were also considering Singapore.”
As soon as they arrived, they organized their day to day. The adaptation was very simple. “The Spaniards have a surprising ability to enjoy the moment, they are happy with what they have and know how to enjoy the day to day.” From the first moment the shops of the shops caught their attention. “When the soap runs out at two in the afternoon, it’s time to wait until five to open the store again,” they explained. For the rest, they only had difficulties with the language when they went to the bank to open a new bank account.
Free public health, its great discovery
What encouraged them to travel to Spain to enjoy their retirement was health. “I think they serve us better here than in the United States and also the cost is much lower.” This said it because, upon arrival, they had to become a private insurance that now they no longer have but it was mandatory to be able to achieve residence.
The idea of returning to Florida or is going through their heads, “I would get a lot of depressed if I had to move back there,” he said, “we were visiting in 2023 and we felt that this was not our place, our usual city felt it as a foreigner because we wanted to be in Spain.”
They helped clean during the Dana
Local problems, such as the Dana de Valencia, touched them very closely. “Our friends were having a bad time, helping them was the minimum we could do,” showing that they are fully integrated into our country. “It did not affect us personally but we knew people who were very harmed.”