I hope you're interviewing us one day about being expats somewhere amazing!!! Haha thank you for bringing us all this inspiration to get out and see the world. Love it!!!
FnA in the house! Our favorite van lifers!!! Heck yeah we'll interview you when you move abroad. You guys are awesome and would love it. Do you have a short list of places you'd expat? 😉 - Josh & Kalie
Thanks. We replied to this elsewhere. I def. misspoke and said Catalan Spanish and 2 versions of Spanish, but that wasn't what I intended to communicate. - Josh
Es una manera de simplificar .gallego, vasco, valenciano o catalán son lenguas españolas porque se hablan en España. El quechua no es una lengua española.
Great interview! Reminded me of two of my favorite memories of Spain, paella with ice cold beer on the Ramblas in Barcelona and swimming at sunrise at Denia. Spain is truly magical!
Thanks, Brian. Thank you for sharing your experience in Barcelona. We love hearing from viewers and their take on the city or what the interview made them feel. It's very cool for us to read these kinds of messages. - Josh & Kalie
+1 go at least a few blocks off of Las Ranblas. Or, if you feel you must eat there, step inside the restaurant and see whether it actually has a functioning kitchen (in my experience, they are heating pre-made meals, delivered by van (picture microwave TV dinners).
Great to hear from you and to get this feedback that you're a regular Portugal content watcher but also found this one to be good. 🙏 We're opening up our content again as the world opens up. 😁 - Josh & Kalie
Great interview Josh!! ❤️ ¡Barcelona! My favorite city !!! Ground zero for Cava! The most underrated sparkling wine 🥂 !! And the world’s best football club ! Go Barça !
Thanks, Julia. You hit the nail on the head with CAVA. It's our favorite sparkling wine and has been a celebratory drink of ours since before moving abroad. - Josh & Kalie
Thanks for watching, Kim! We love to hear that it was inspiring. That one of our 3 pillars to publishing a video (inform, entertain, and inspire). - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Wonderful. I love Madrid. Been to Spain only once, visited Madrid, Seville, Torremolinos, Granada, Sierra Nevada, Jerez, Cadiz, lovely memories. 😀
I think I must have lost my way a long long time ago Somewhere in the distance between love and business, I don't know Didn't have that far to go to find my pleasure though Lovers are like islands in an archipelago Set in a sea of time Love is a place you find Where when two people rhyme, they begin to grow Learning the other ninety-nine words for snow This is a song for Barcelona, city of gravity and light City that gave me back my fire and restored my appetite -JB
I am planning to move to Spain next year. I been in UK for 20 years and I am so tired and overworked and overstress. Life in UK is too expensive and most of my Czech friends went back home years ago.
This really didn’t explain why Barcelona, just that he didn’t like his job and felt he needed a change. He seems to generalise across Europe way too much. Europe is much more culturally diverse than USA (having thoroughly explored both continents).
Just to clarify Catalan and Castillian (or Spanish) are 2 different languages. There's no Catalan Spanish, Just Catalan A romance language (it comes from Latin) same as Castillian Portuguese, French or Italian.
Los TH-camrs de EEUU no ven más de lo que hay fuera de sus fronteras, igualmente no todos Meg Crisolano es un ejemplo de alguien que se integra de verdad. Las barbaridades que he escuchado aquí no son nada que me asombre
Catalan is not a mixture of a spanish french and portuguese because this 3 languages was born at same time from latin more than 1000 years ago there are texts in catalan from the X century, then I can say that spanish is a mixture of catalan italian and arabic ?
Brain talked about Portland, Oregon as a walkable U.S. city. I live 30 minutes to the south and I would say pre-2020 Portland would fit that bill, however, riots, homeless camps, and drugs have totally taken over. Highly NOT recommended.
Ouch 🤕! Don’t refer to Catalan as “Catalan Spanish,” not unless you want to face the wrath of all proud Catalonians!! 😉 This is probably not the best venue to discuss politics, but the relationship between Catalonia and the rest of Spain (or, rather, all proud Spaniards) isn’t exactly… cordial, let’s put it like that!
@@harmonybarry6182 we know and totally understand that from our time in Spain. It’s a semantics thing that is being a bit lost. I shouldn’t have said Catalan Spanish making and inference that it’s a variation on Spanish. - Josh
@@ExpatsEverywhere I defend Catalan from a distance, since I live in Barcelona and speak zero Catalan. I agree with your guest: there might be more “useful” languages to learn, (for example, Portuguese). I mean no disrespect to Catalans but they’re also bitter that so few foreigners here end up learning the language 😅
Lo siento pero si alguien quiere saber lo que es Barcelona y la vida en Barcelona mejor ver youtubers de España y catalanes, todo lo que se aquí es la visión de un americano que vive hace poco en Barcelona y no sabe nada, ni tiene interés en saber nada de la cultura del lugar que vive. Decir que el catalán es un idioma que hablan solo en Catalunya és una ignorància. También se habla en Francia, (Perpinyà, Colliure ..):islas baleares: Mallorca...y un país llamado Andorra cuya lengua oficial es el catalán. No es una crítica solo que no podemos ir de expertos sino investigamos. Por cierto sabes a qué hora se levanta la gente en Barcelona???? Vas en el metro a las 6 de la mañana?? Va lleno de gente..
Llegan donde llegan....si ves cualquier yoyuber de EEUU instalados en España dicen cada burrada que da miedo...hay unos pocos que si se integran Aventurero Elliot o Meg Crisolano son una maravilla, el resto se repite como loros porque vienen con información de otros instalados aquí y que tampoco se ha integrado y claro escuchas burradas cómo estás, que no se habla catalán según él, lo que pasa cuando no te integras 🤦🏻♀️
Hi guys. Overall, nice video. However, please note that the term you use at 22:35, "millonario" is inaccurate, as it should be "mileurista". The term was coined in the early years of the Euro and stemmed from the stark contrast between the high demand of the market on hiring workers with endless academic qualifications and the actual salary these young professionals were receiving. In those years, you could consider yourself lucky if you earned 1,000 euros but unless you kept on living with your parents, you definitely could not make ends meet, and especially not in Barcelona or Madrid.
Thank you, David. I couldn't remember off the top of my head. "Mileurista" it is. It was a different time back then for me (Josh) as I earned €780 my first year and €1,440 my second year living in Madrid from 2009-2011.
Some politicians are the ones creating a situation of Madrid vs. Barcelona...It is mostly politics...Most people in Cataluña are very integrated to the Peninsula...and so are the madrileños accepting people from Cataluña...Spain is a very diversified culture region by region...
In the EU what about Schengen countries? Greatly appreciated the video interview. Remote teaching or mentoring English, hospitality and tourism, healthcare also is an interest. Love the walk ability, the architecture, landscapes, cultures, music, quality of life…these are so important. 🌺🍀❤️
I think you confused the term "Mileurista" , which is used to call a person making one thousand euros a month, with "Millonario" which means millionaire.
Hey Josh, have you done a video of the differences between living in Spain & Portugal, since you've lived in both? (Sorry if I'm being a dweeb and just can't find it!)
Hey Keri, this is the best we've got for you. th-cam.com/video/rxJ7UTwa0Wk/w-d-xo.html Both of us have lived in Portugal and Spain and we do a friendly debate with Kalie as the ref. Let me know if you've seen it before. - Josh
Having lived in both Spain and Portugal... if you want lively people, go to Spain. Portuguese are very reserved and a tad boring. Food way better in Portugal however. Infrastructure and health care is way way better in Spain. Amazing road network and superb hospital services.
@@Prodrive1 Thanks! We actually left Portugal a year ago, wasn’t for us. We found the people quite rude unfortunately, and the food disappointing. Health care and education shocking compared to what we had. So ultimately, we decided to come back to South Africa. Hoping we get to visit Spain soon, Barcelona is on my bucket list!
@@kerilee9886 I agree totally regarding the unfriendly Portuguese. The Camara there ruined our lives by putting us through torture for 7 years. This was in regard to a habitation licence. They dont like foreigners in Lisbon for sure. I lived in Cape Town for 3 years. 2005 to 2008. LOVED IT. I ADORE SOUTH AFRICA.
@@Prodrive1 That is very true. They also don’t really keep that a secret - we were even told openly that we’re not welcome. SEF made every bit of admin we had to do a nightmare. But anyway, we chose to just skip the struggle and go home - it wasn’t worth it. Thanks for replying 😊
Healthcare for the disabled? Comfortable speaking continental Spanish. Wondering about older expats and where is good for them. Any thoughts? Gracias 🌺🍀
8:43 ““I became fluent in Spanish in a 4 to 6 month range”. That is false. He doesn’t say which level of fluency he is in Spanish is and it’s misleading. You can’t be fluent in a language in 4-6 months. And going to a language class a couple times a week for a couple hours doesn’t cut it. Saying “where’s the toilet” doesn’t count and very basic Spanish is not “fluency”. Does he read Spanish novels? Conduct business and have full conversations with no English in Spanish ? I don’t get that impression. Plus in the interview he doesn’t really speak Spanish at all so he doesn’t give the impression that he speaks Spanish fluently. It just frustrated me hearing him say he was “fluent in Spanish in 4-6 months” because that is VERY unrealistic statement to just throw out there.
Hey MjG, apologies if it was misleading, but I can assure you it's not false :) To clairfy for anyone wondering, no I'm not conducting business meetings or reading Spanish novels. I just meant conversation level fluency, obviously there is always room to improve if you are not a native but just wanted to let others know that it's really not as hard as many people make it out to be!
@@rossgossman6530 Agree with you Ross. In America i have seen born and raised in American degreed professionals at work that can't write a decent note in an e-mail that describes the intent they want to communicate.
thank you guys I am from New York I also fell in love with Barcelona I just couldn't get it out of my system... I am looking for a job please assist me. I ll be there in August,
Hi Jam, we don't do job assistance however if you hit up David McNeil at Expat Empire he might be able to help you. Drop our name and he'll give you a discount on his paid services. - Josh & Kalie
Now DON'T do that mistake. You are in Catalunya and you want to have real catalan friends: Learn Catalan. Be one of us. There isn't anything else that mades us happier than a foreigner understanding that Catalan is our language even thought we can speak spanish no problem. And NO Catalan is not a mixture of french and spanish. Catalan comes from vulgar latin as spanish does.
@@danigonzalez4299 Barcelona is a world city and historically it has spoken two languages. Barcelona attracts businesses from around the World continually promoted by its private and public sectors. Peoples' vision depends on whether they work in the local public sector or from the private sector. I presume you belong to the public sector.
Catalan is a dicerent langage than spanish but a lot of people that works in Catalonie don't. Speak catalan.so, if you wish to find a good job is beter that you lean catalan too
Oh I hope you can help on this because I have asked but it is so hard to obtain info on this. How on earth can I become a digital nomad as a Registered Nurse? And thank you for this content :)
That's a great question. Maybe working for a company (medical insurance or one of those kind of networks) that has remote "doctors". Have you heard of these kind of jobs? - Josh & Kalie
If you are a Nurse, you are required to understand both languages Catalan and Spanish as it is a right of any catalan to be able to be assisted in the language they preffer. So i'd say here you have it a bit harder than anywhere else.
What happend if I go to live in Hungary or Sweden and I say... I prefer learn french o other languages instead hungarian or swedish? if you don't learn catalan then you will be always one foreigner.
He mentioned New York and San Francisco resembling the walk ability of Europe. Except for that in 95% of European cities you will not witness drug addled homeless harassing you and blacks assaulting you. There is nowhere in the United States to escape to. Unless you want to live in isolation.
Do you really want more americans to leave this country? There are cities starting to say "Americans, get out." Im genuously curious your thoughts on our gentrification tgats starting to irritate locals. americans , we are quite grating on most peoples nerves, i think.
At ExpatsEverywhere, we believe living abroad transforms lives so yes, it's a good thing. It's also fine if people return but they return changed. The United States has the highest number of foreigners (immigrants/expats) living there than by a wide margin so why wouldn't Americans be allowed to get out and experience other cultures, languages, and customs. It's estimated that between 8-10 million Americans live abroad while 50 million foreigners live in the US so that's a net difference of 40 million people so we'd like to think that we have room for even more Americans to go abroad if they choose. As far as Americans getting on people's nerves. That's not been our experience in real life. It certainly seems that way as a media play. For example, we living in Portugal and Americans are the 24th most represent foreign population. In the famed Algarve, among the locals, it's not Americans that have a bad reputation. It's another English speaking nationality. - Josh
I like Barcelona as well, as a neutral point of view, as a city and environment. I lived 6 months there and I could return. But I don't get why people are so stuck with their identity in a capitalist world where literally everything great happening to your wallet is thanks to capitalism; and the fact a modern city like Barcelona keeps having independency claims, this tells a lot about the fakeass world we live in: most of the town's success is linked with tourism = mainly linked with foreigners coming to the city: now you're literally taking their money, of course, money has no smell, then you don't wanna do the effort to speak even Spanish, not mentioning English ? When I say there is a lot of misplaced pride in the world, this is one example. I've seen people even refusing to speak Spanish with me. This is total stupidity. Just speaking truth. Be real: the fact you're claiming independency is only thanks to the same people who are too busy with time (we're all busy with time in that modern-day era aren't we ?) to learn yet another language only not to offend some locals by doing so. It's like someone or your friend says "hey that would be nice if you did this for me" but maybe I have other priorities and I don't care about disturbing people's little feelings. It's totally out of common sense, it doesn't make sense: we live in a capitalist world where money has no smell and everyone is asked to adapt, yet some narrow-mindedness is still there with people saying "speak our language"; I believe I already did my job by learning Spanish, and I have nothing against Catalan, but it's just a principle, if every single region with its dialect said to me "hey learn this" in the way Catalans do, I would lose my entire lifetime learning for what ? For some narrow-mindedness caprices. Apart from that, the most realistic people there who are successful and have many friends of course speak English and Spanish and it's more than enough. In a broad-minded world where there must be more and more unity and width, this doesn't make sense. Apart from old nostalgic people and people who wanna stay at the same place forever.
Catalan Spanish?? It is called Catalan and it is its own language, and a millionaire with 1000 euros?? That was called a mileurista ("one thousander") which is not seen as a good salary at all. You guys may live there but have no clue! Why are Americans that move to Europe so annoying?
Pardon us. It was a slip of the tongue. Mileurista was said tongue and cheek in 2009 when €1,000 was enough to live on for sure. As to your last statement, you're the one on a TH-cam comment section calling someone annoying so it says more about you than Americans.
I hope you're interviewing us one day about being expats somewhere amazing!!! Haha thank you for bringing us all this inspiration to get out and see the world. Love it!!!
FnA in the house! Our favorite van lifers!!! Heck yeah we'll interview you when you move abroad. You guys are awesome and would love it. Do you have a short list of places you'd expat? 😉 - Josh & Kalie
Great video! Just a heads up that Catalan is an independent language, not a Spanish dialect or "version" of Spanish.
Thanks. We replied to this elsewhere. I def. misspoke and said Catalan Spanish and 2 versions of Spanish, but that wasn't what I intended to communicate. - Josh
@Nicolas B. Henry Molt bé, el Català és una llengua mare del Valencià i del Mallorquí. La cultura catalana és molt antiga i important.
Es una manera de simplificar .gallego, vasco, valenciano o catalán son lenguas españolas porque se hablan en España.
El quechua no es una lengua española.
@@rosamariacasals3941 y el Español, castellano , es la madre de las lenguas de 22 países en el mundo.
Great interview! Reminded me of two of my favorite memories of Spain, paella with ice cold beer on the Ramblas in Barcelona and swimming at sunrise at Denia. Spain is truly magical!
Thanks, Brian. Thank you for sharing your experience in Barcelona. We love hearing from viewers and their take on the city or what the interview made them feel. It's very cool for us to read these kinds of messages. - Josh & Kalie
I would say NEVER do you EVER sit in Las Ramblas in a terrace. This is a tourist trap and a rip-off. Just please don't and skip those places.
+1 go at least a few blocks off of Las Ranblas. Or, if you feel you must eat there, step inside the restaurant and see whether it actually has a functioning kitchen (in my experience, they are heating pre-made meals, delivered by van (picture microwave TV dinners).
I keep coming back to this video every few months. So inspiring!! My dream is to live there one day, such an incredible place
I hear Valencia is cheaper to live in
…extremely important to know that Catalan and Spanish are completely, separate and different languages!!! Plus, from different language families!!!
Fabulous interview on both sides of the table! Thank you.
That's amazing compliment, Maria! Thank you very much. We appreciate it and appreciate you subscribing. 🙌 - Josh & Kalie
Normally I watch your channel to find out about Portugal. But I also love Barcelona and this was an excellent interview.
Great to hear from you and to get this feedback that you're a regular Portugal content watcher but also found this one to be good. 🙏 We're opening up our content again as the world opens up. 😁 - Josh & Kalie
Great and thoughtful questions. Seriously.
Thank you. I'm (Josh) humbled by your comment. - Josh & Kalie
Fascinating! Talány, hogy mért nem Budapestre költöztél vissza :) Remélhetőleg én is követlek oda hamarosan...See you there! :D :D
Great interview Josh!! ❤️ ¡Barcelona! My favorite city !!! Ground zero for Cava! The most underrated sparkling wine 🥂 !! And the world’s best football club ! Go Barça !
Thanks, Julia. You hit the nail on the head with CAVA. It's our favorite sparkling wine and has been a celebratory drink of ours since before moving abroad. - Josh & Kalie
This was a really helpful interview for me. Thank you!
So glad it was helpful! Thanks for sharing that feedback with us. - Josh & Kalie
Very inspiring! 😊 Thank you!
Thanks for watching, Kim! We love to hear that it was inspiring. That one of our 3 pillars to publishing a video (inform, entertain, and inspire). - Josh & Kalie
Thanks Josh, you always ask the questions I am thinking :)
You're welcome! Thanks for the feedback. Glad to know it! - Josh & Kalie
I used to live in Barcelona. Great city. Left very good ffiends
Thanks for sharing and watching. - Josh & Kalie
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.
U guys had lived in Spain right, which city?
Thanks, Yasin. Yep, we lived in Madrid for 2 years at the start of our journey abroad. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Wonderful. I love Madrid. Been to Spain only once, visited Madrid, Seville, Torremolinos, Granada, Sierra Nevada, Jerez, Cadiz, lovely memories. 😀
I think I must have lost my way a long long time ago
Somewhere in the distance between love and business, I don't know
Didn't have that far to go to find my pleasure though
Lovers are like islands in an archipelago
Set in a sea of time
Love is a place you find
Where when two people rhyme, they begin to grow
Learning the other ninety-nine words for snow
This is a song for Barcelona, city of gravity and light
City that gave me back my fire and restored my appetite
-JB
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, Marty!! - Josh & Kalie
It's impressive that he was able to become conversant in Spanish in only 4-6 months.
I am planning to move to Spain next year. I been in UK for 20 years and I am so tired and overworked and overstress. Life in UK is too expensive and most of my Czech friends went back home years ago.
You need to go to the Basque Cou try
This really didn’t explain why Barcelona, just that he didn’t like his job and felt he needed a change. He seems to generalise across Europe way too much. Europe is much more culturally diverse than USA (having thoroughly explored both continents).
Just to clarify Catalan and Castillian (or Spanish) are 2 different languages. There's no Catalan Spanish, Just Catalan A romance language (it comes from Latin) same as Castillian Portuguese, French or Italian.
Los TH-camrs de EEUU no ven más de lo que hay fuera de sus fronteras, igualmente no todos Meg Crisolano es un ejemplo de alguien que se integra de verdad. Las barbaridades que he escuchado aquí no son nada que me asombre
@@auradb1140 nailed it
Catalan is not a mixture of a spanish french and portuguese because this 3 languages was born at same time from latin more than 1000 years ago there are texts in catalan from the X century, then I can say that spanish is a mixture of catalan italian and arabic ?
Brain talked about Portland, Oregon as a walkable U.S. city. I live 30 minutes to the south and I would say pre-2020 Portland would fit that bill, however, riots, homeless camps, and drugs have totally taken over. Highly NOT recommended.
Same in SFO aka “poop city”. Big disappointment, would never live there.
Ouch 🤕! Don’t refer to Catalan as “Catalan Spanish,” not unless you want to face the wrath of all proud Catalonians!! 😉
This is probably not the best venue to discuss politics, but the relationship between Catalonia and the rest of Spain (or, rather, all proud Spaniards) isn’t exactly… cordial, let’s put it like that!
We're very okay with facing the wrath. 😂We used to live in Madrid after all. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere 🤣
@@ExpatsEverywhere Catalan is very much its own language. Spanish is totally separate…And it’s hell of hard to learn-like Portuguese 🤣
@@harmonybarry6182 we know and totally understand that from our time in Spain. It’s a semantics thing that is being a bit lost. I shouldn’t have said Catalan Spanish making and inference that it’s a variation on Spanish. - Josh
@@ExpatsEverywhere I defend Catalan from a distance, since I live in Barcelona and speak zero Catalan. I agree with your guest: there might be more “useful” languages to learn, (for example, Portuguese). I mean no disrespect to Catalans but they’re also bitter that so few foreigners here end up learning the language 😅
Lo siento pero si alguien quiere saber lo que es Barcelona y la vida en Barcelona mejor ver youtubers de España y catalanes, todo lo que se aquí es la visión de un americano que vive hace poco en Barcelona y no sabe nada, ni tiene interés en saber nada de la cultura del lugar que vive. Decir que el catalán es un idioma que hablan solo en Catalunya és una ignorància. También se habla en Francia, (Perpinyà, Colliure ..):islas baleares: Mallorca...y un país llamado Andorra cuya lengua oficial es el catalán. No es una crítica solo que no podemos ir de expertos sino investigamos.
Por cierto sabes a qué hora se levanta la gente en Barcelona???? Vas en el metro a las 6 de la mañana?? Va lleno de gente..
I met Brian back in 2019. Such a great guy. Makes a killer sangria 😂
Nice video... Thanks for sharing dear friend. Greetings from Indonesia
Hi Dera. Thanks for the message. - Josh & Kalie
Catalan is not spanish, catalan is spoken in parts of Spain, Andorra, France and Italy.
Llegan donde llegan....si ves cualquier yoyuber de EEUU instalados en España dicen cada burrada que da miedo...hay unos pocos que si se integran Aventurero Elliot o Meg Crisolano son una maravilla, el resto se repite como loros porque vienen con información de otros instalados aquí y que tampoco se ha integrado y claro escuchas burradas cómo estás, que no se habla catalán según él, lo que pasa cuando no te integras 🤦🏻♀️
Francia e Italia?
@@mariajb1309 Pues si!! la Catalunya en la parte francesa ,el Rosellón y en Italia la ciudad de l'Alguer en la isla de Cerdenya.
Hi guys. Overall, nice video. However, please note that the term you use at 22:35, "millonario" is inaccurate, as it should be "mileurista". The term was coined in the early years of the Euro and stemmed from the stark contrast between the high demand of the market on hiring workers with endless academic qualifications and the actual salary these young professionals were receiving. In those years, you could consider yourself lucky if you earned 1,000 euros but unless you kept on living with your parents, you definitely could not make ends meet, and especially not in Barcelona or Madrid.
Thank you, David. I couldn't remember off the top of my head. "Mileurista" it is. It was a different time back then for me (Josh) as I earned €780 my first year and €1,440 my second year living in Madrid from 2009-2011.
"Prices there [NYC & SFO] are like 5 times more expensive". Bingo! I LOVE BARCELONA too
Some politicians are the ones creating a situation of Madrid vs. Barcelona...It is mostly politics...Most people in Cataluña are very integrated to the Peninsula...and so are the madrileños accepting people from Cataluña...Spain is a very diversified culture region by region...
NIE does not entitle you to live in Spain, having a EU pass passport does. NIE is merely for tax purposes.
In the EU what about Schengen countries? Greatly appreciated the video interview. Remote teaching or mentoring English, hospitality and tourism, healthcare also is an interest. Love the walk ability, the architecture, landscapes, cultures, music, quality of life…these are so important. 🌺🍀❤️
I think you confused the term "Mileurista" , which is used to call a person making one thousand euros a month, with "Millonario" which means millionaire.
Yes, the brain couldn't recall it in the moment. Thanks.
People do crazy things. Many return back crying when leaving like that. I see many Americans do that which is crazy
Hey Josh, have you done a video of the differences between living in Spain & Portugal, since you've lived in both? (Sorry if I'm being a dweeb and just can't find it!)
Hey Keri, this is the best we've got for you. th-cam.com/video/rxJ7UTwa0Wk/w-d-xo.html Both of us have lived in Portugal and Spain and we do a friendly debate with Kalie as the ref. Let me know if you've seen it before. - Josh
Having lived in both Spain and Portugal... if you want lively people, go to Spain. Portuguese are very reserved and a tad boring. Food way better in Portugal however. Infrastructure and health care is way way better in Spain. Amazing road network and superb hospital services.
@@Prodrive1 Thanks! We actually left Portugal a year ago, wasn’t for us. We found the people quite rude unfortunately, and the food disappointing. Health care and education shocking compared to what we had. So ultimately, we decided to come back to South Africa. Hoping we get to visit Spain soon, Barcelona is on my bucket list!
@@kerilee9886 I agree totally regarding the unfriendly Portuguese. The Camara there ruined our lives by putting us through torture for 7 years. This was in regard to a habitation licence. They dont like foreigners in Lisbon for sure. I lived in Cape Town for 3 years. 2005 to 2008. LOVED IT. I ADORE SOUTH AFRICA.
@@Prodrive1 That is very true. They also don’t really keep that a secret - we were even told openly that we’re not welcome. SEF made every bit of admin we had to do a nightmare. But anyway, we chose to just skip the struggle and go home - it wasn’t worth it. Thanks for replying 😊
Healthcare for the disabled? Comfortable speaking continental Spanish. Wondering about older expats and where is good for them. Any thoughts? Gracias 🌺🍀
8:43 ““I became fluent in Spanish in a 4 to 6 month range”. That is false. He doesn’t say which level of fluency he is in Spanish is and it’s misleading. You can’t be fluent in a language in 4-6 months. And going to a language class a couple times a week for a couple hours doesn’t cut it. Saying “where’s the toilet” doesn’t count and very basic Spanish is not “fluency”. Does he read Spanish novels? Conduct business and have full conversations with no English in Spanish ? I don’t get that impression. Plus in the interview he doesn’t really speak Spanish at all so he doesn’t give the impression that he speaks Spanish fluently. It just frustrated me hearing him say he was “fluent in Spanish in 4-6 months” because that is VERY unrealistic statement to just throw out there.
Hey MjG, apologies if it was misleading, but I can assure you it's not false :) To clairfy for anyone wondering, no I'm not conducting business meetings or reading Spanish novels. I just meant conversation level fluency, obviously there is always room to improve if you are not a native but just wanted to let others know that it's really not as hard as many people make it out to be!
@@brianwiesner Curious if you have dual citizenship having been born in Hungary?
Mjg, ease up on Brian! I met an American who spent five years in the south of France and spoke no French. She was a bore. You go Brian! Pura vida!
@@rossgossman6530 Agree with you Ross. In America i have seen born and raised in American degreed professionals at work that can't write a decent note in an e-mail that describes the intent they want to communicate.
thank you guys I am from New York I also fell in love with Barcelona I just couldn't get it out of my system...
I am looking for a job please assist me. I ll be there in August,
Hi Jam, we don't do job assistance however if you hit up David McNeil at Expat Empire he might be able to help you. Drop our name and he'll give you a discount on his paid services. - Josh & Kalie
Now DON'T do that mistake.
You are in Catalunya and you want to have real catalan friends: Learn Catalan. Be one of us. There isn't anything else that mades us happier than a foreigner understanding that Catalan is our language even thought we can speak spanish no problem.
And NO Catalan is not a mixture of french and spanish. Catalan comes from vulgar latin as spanish does.
Barcelona is not Lleida or Girona it is an international city and the second business center of Spain with Madrid
Speak Catalan. Barcelona is the CAPITAL city of CATALUNYA where the language is Catalan Javier. So....
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@@danigonzalez4299 Barcelona is a world city and historically it has spoken two languages. Barcelona attracts businesses from around the World continually promoted by its private and public sectors. Peoples' vision depends on whether they work in the local public sector or from the private sector. I presume you belong to the public sector.
Catalán is not “version spanish” catalán is independent language. Thanks.
Catalan is a dicerent langage than spanish but a lot of people that works in Catalonie don't. Speak catalan.so, if you wish to find a good job is beter that you lean catalan too
It's not "Catalan Spanish", it's just Catalan. It's a different language.
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Oh I hope you can help on this because I have asked but it is so hard to obtain info on this. How on earth can I become a digital nomad as a Registered Nurse? And thank you for this content :)
That's a great question. Maybe working for a company (medical insurance or one of those kind of networks) that has remote "doctors". Have you heard of these kind of jobs? - Josh & Kalie
If you are a Nurse, you are required to understand both languages Catalan and Spanish as it is a right of any catalan to be able to be assisted in the language they preffer. So i'd say here you have it a bit harder than anywhere else.
He looks wealthy, any place is great when you're wealthy
We'll let him know you said he looks wealthy. He'll get a kick out of that.
I'd have to disagree, I was "weathly" living in the US and it was not great :)
His apartment looks dope!
I wonder how much he pays for rent there?
Yea, it does! Sorry, we didn't ask him. - Josh & Kalie
It's our family apartment in Budapest so no rent payments here!
@@brianwiesner thanks for responding
The bad thing about moving to a foreign country is that you still have to pay Taxes to the U.S
Catalan and Spanish are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AND SEPARATE LANGUAGES FROM DIFFERENT LANGUAGE FAMILIES…!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What happend if I go to live in Hungary or Sweden and I say... I prefer learn french o other languages instead hungarian or swedish? if you don't learn catalan then you will be always one foreigner.
They won't get it thought
He mentioned New York and San Francisco resembling the walk ability of Europe. Except for that in 95% of European cities you will not witness drug addled homeless harassing you and blacks assaulting you.
There is nowhere in the United States to escape to. Unless you want to live in isolation.
Loved the video, but the CATALAN SPANISH, that triggered me 😂😂😂
Thanks! It was a slip. 😅 Sorry.
Do you really want more americans to leave this country? There are cities starting to say "Americans, get out." Im genuously curious your thoughts on our gentrification tgats starting to irritate locals.
americans , we are quite grating on most peoples nerves, i think.
At ExpatsEverywhere, we believe living abroad transforms lives so yes, it's a good thing. It's also fine if people return but they return changed. The United States has the highest number of foreigners (immigrants/expats) living there than by a wide margin so why wouldn't Americans be allowed to get out and experience other cultures, languages, and customs. It's estimated that between 8-10 million Americans live abroad while 50 million foreigners live in the US so that's a net difference of 40 million people so we'd like to think that we have room for even more Americans to go abroad if they choose.
As far as Americans getting on people's nerves. That's not been our experience in real life. It certainly seems that way as a media play. For example, we living in Portugal and Americans are the 24th most represent foreign population. In the famed Algarve, among the locals, it's not Americans that have a bad reputation. It's another English speaking nationality. - Josh
Catalan is not a version of Spanish! It is a completely different language! A Romance language, agreed, but it's not a version of Spanish!
The U.S. is too much of a car culture versus a walking culture.
Bs place to live
Unless you live in Florida. Every other state is crap
I like Barcelona as well, as a neutral point of view, as a city and environment. I lived 6 months there and I could return. But I don't get why people are so stuck with their identity in a capitalist world where literally everything great happening to your wallet is thanks to capitalism; and the fact a modern city like Barcelona keeps having independency claims, this tells a lot about the fakeass world we live in: most of the town's success is linked with tourism = mainly linked with foreigners coming to the city: now you're literally taking their money, of course, money has no smell, then you don't wanna do the effort to speak even Spanish, not mentioning English ? When I say there is a lot of misplaced pride in the world, this is one example.
I've seen people even refusing to speak Spanish with me. This is total stupidity. Just speaking truth. Be real: the fact you're claiming independency is only thanks to the same people who are too busy with time (we're all busy with time in that modern-day era aren't we ?) to learn yet another language only not to offend some locals by doing so. It's like someone or your friend says "hey that would be nice if you did this for me" but maybe I have other priorities and I don't care about disturbing people's little feelings. It's totally out of common sense, it doesn't make sense: we live in a capitalist world where money has no smell and everyone is asked to adapt, yet some narrow-mindedness is still there with people saying "speak our language"; I believe I already did my job by learning Spanish, and I have nothing against Catalan, but it's just a principle, if every single region with its dialect said to me "hey learn this" in the way Catalans do, I would lose my entire lifetime learning for what ? For some narrow-mindedness caprices. Apart from that, the most realistic people there who are successful and have many friends of course speak English and Spanish and it's more than enough. In a broad-minded world where there must be more and more unity and width, this doesn't make sense. Apart from old nostalgic people and people who wanna stay at the same place forever.
Now this is a passionate comment! Well done, Jake. Thanks for watching the interview.
Catalan Spanish?? It is called Catalan and it is its own language, and a millionaire with 1000 euros?? That was called a mileurista ("one thousander") which is not seen as a good salary at all. You guys may live there but have no clue! Why are Americans that move to Europe so annoying?
Pardon us. It was a slip of the tongue. Mileurista was said tongue and cheek in 2009 when €1,000 was enough to live on for sure. As to your last statement, you're the one on a TH-cam comment section calling someone annoying so it says more about you than Americans.
That was funny!. If you earn 1,000 euros you aren´t a "millonario", you´re a "miliurista".
Thank you. I couldn't remember the word off the top of my head. Just like I misspoke about Catalan and Spanish. - Josh
catalan is not spanish, catalan is catalan. there is no such thing as "catalan spanish"..
I Dont like the gothic side of Barcelona which was imposed by Britain in the mid evil times
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