living away from your homeland

I loved living abroad, good weather/food and much cheaper than the uk. Had many good friends and weren't tied down with 'can't do this/can't do that bullsh1t. Bad points, language barrier, not having my hifi (mine lost while in shipping). Will be going again once I get my finances sorted.

This is were I lived. wikitravel.org/en/Sihanoukville

I absolutely love it here. Thing is, I never thought of Britain as my homeland. Some places there are dear to me, such as the Northumberland coast, but I never was an Anglophile. I may spend a few months in Blighty now and again if I’m doing a property renovation, but that’s as much as I can see for me.

My favourite time here is Spring, the winter lasts 12 weeks max and usually more like 8 or 9. Seeing the wild flowers everywhere and enjoying empty beaches in low twenties temperatures is just too good to be true.

Being able to pick oranges, pomelos, bananas and figs at will when you’re walking around is amazing too.

Downsides are small. Healthcare is expensive and not great, wages are low if you work and tourist numbers in the height of Summer can be high. You don’t tend to get plebs visiting this end of the island though.

hopefully the day i turn 65 we'll have enough cash to buy a villa in southern spain..
i love sweden but living here for 6 months with down to minus 40 and being stuck inside for so long will turn me crazy.
we may even sell up and buy a place in cornwall..depends if we're both still healthy ofc..

It's just a chance to indulge our primeval tribal nature for a short time. That's what the 'We' is all about.

Then when it is over we all go back to our warehouse or office and normal life resumes. It's deliberately stepping onto an emotional rollercoaster. I mean I could choose not to care as much if I really wanted. But that's no fun. Watched all the England games at my mate's house down the road, always loads of people there, great atmosphere. Put a load of bets on too. Gave me a bit more interest in the other games.