Desert To Tapas

Desert To Tapas ¡Hola, next chapter! My life did a complete 180. From having 24/7 help (Dubai) to just me, myself and I (Madrid).

After 25 years in corporate, now a mommy, cook, cleaner, solutions whizz, remote worker, swing/day trader. 📈

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31/08/2026

Affordable or expensive? Compared to Dubai or the Philippines?

2 Adults and a child's meal
€39.50 - AED 169 - Php 2,521

Ramen Kagura

29/08/2026

“We are here. We are home. We are exactly where we’re meant to be”

Over a year ago, my husband and I flew to España to have a chat with her. Somewhere between the conversations, the streets, the shore and the sea, it clicked.

We knew, this was going to be home.

Bringing our kids back to where it all began feels like more than a trip. It’s our little homage to that experience, a way of letting them feel what we felt then, and the quiet assurance that says, “we are exactly where we are meant to be”.

Sometimes, home isn’t the place you were born. Sometimes, home is the place that makes you say, “This is where we’re supposed to be.”

Valencia, Spain

26/08/2026

🤨 Spain's DIGITAL NOMAD VISA … are they telling you the WHOLE story? 🤷‍♀️

Here are the hot takes and spicy details social media posts usually leave out

🔥 Bonus: one extra-spicy Student Visa point

Part 4: More Digital Nomad Visa truths!

Honestly? This might be the spiciest visa pathway of them all. ¡Creo que sí! 🌶️🌶️🌶️

21/08/2026

We had to say “Hi!”

Last year, hubby and I visited Valencia as we explore the possibility of moving to Spain. The way she matched my husband’s energy was so memorable, we have to come back!

Definitely longer Hi and Hello encounters with her in the future!

Location: Un Cafe Mercat VLC
Mercat Central, Valencia

18/08/2026

Newton's First Law of Motion, "an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion at a constant speed and in a straight line, unless an outside force acts on it."

One foot in front of the other... you'd be surprise at how far small steps can take you.

16/08/2026

HOT TAKE on Student Visa / National visa that social media tends to leave out.

Part 3 - Digital Nomad Visa

13/08/2026

Affordable or expensive? Compared to Dubai or the Philippines?

Adult + Child access to the public swimming pool
€3.60 - AED 15.60 - Php 234

Madrid Deporte - Centros Deportivos Municipales

09/08/2026

Social media is leaving out A LOT.

Everyone sells you the dream of living in Spain. Very few talk about the fine print……….I do.

Everyone tells you how to move to Spain but almost nobody tells you about the 2-year rite of passage, the realities, setbacks, and hardships you need to know, regardless of your pathway.

Part 1: We’ll touch on it lightly.
Part 2 onwards: Gloves off. We’ll get into the nitty-gritty of each pathway.

Already know? Great. You don’t yet? Even better.

Because you deserve to arrive in Spain with your eyes wide open, with a solid plan, and realistic expectations, not wishful thinking.

Dirección

Castellana Cuatro Torres
Chamartín
28046

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