Hi, Since September 2008, I do live with my family of three in Alicante. We did decide to settle down at the Costa Blanca, but we did not really know where, so we did rent a place in Alicante in order to look around. After having done this, we are having a closer look at Altea, which seems to still have the character of a a Spanish pueblo, but seems to be quite organized and not to far from a bigger city. Since making contact or friends with Spaniards seems to be very difficult, we are looking for a place with an important expat population. I am from Switzerland, speaking English, German, French and some decent Spanish. My wife is Filipina (English speaking, but she learns Spanish)
Important to us is a good public school, being near to shopping, markets and Restaurants, and also not to far from the sea. I am retired and we do not need to work for a living.
Thanks for a possibly feedback, Iwan
