This month a rather special edition of Expat lives with father and son (Michael and Paul Saliba) writing about their respective experiences of expat life in Spain, I think we have at least one budding writer here…although for one of them, I’m sure he’d rather be pulling teeth..!
MOVING TO SPAIN…AS SIMPLE AS PULLINGTEETH
When dentist Paul Saliba and his family decided to make the move to Spain it was the first time

Spain’s financial deficit is not exactly news. But the new Government is implementing new plans and along with the measures taken to shape up the economy the Spanish tax authorities have now started to send out letters advising people to put their taxes in order.
Non residents are targets of this campaign, too. Letters are sent by the tax office in

Psychologically speaking!
As we enter February, how are the New Year’s resolutions going???
There are two things we need to remember if the resolutions made have not turned out as you had wished. The first is

It seems that Dave Bull (our hopeless editor) has had a lucky break with his All Abroad Late 11 as Tom Daniel has stepped in and taken over bottom spot. However, Damon Rose of Santa Pola Dive Academy is still doing his best to be the one who’s trawling the bottom.
Club Cars of La Marina seem to have stalled (although it is possible that James has said ‘stuff it’ and found something far more productive to do with his time although fellow La Mariner and

KEYBOARD COMPATIBLE?
Hi Steve,
I write music and use my computer in conjunction with my Keyboard, it’s a Roland. I used to be able to plug my midi cable directly into my laptop but since I bought the new laptop. This no longer has a port to connect my midi cable and I’m wondering if I can get an adapter or can I add the port in some way.
Nigel. Gran Alacant
Hi Nigel,
Your midi cable has a midi connection on one end and what’s known as a serial connection