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La vida BONITA means the beautiful life. Read every month what the residents are enjoying.
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☞ Upgrading: (⌐▀͡ ͜ʖ͡▀ )
With so few homes going on sale, we see more and more people buying into the community when a home goes on sale and then upgrading to their dream home when one becomes available.
The upgrade is often a year or two after joining the community.
Buying a level entry home between £25,000 and £35,000 first is a safe way to test the water. Thanks to the SAPA agreement, selling a home while buying a different one is easy. We try to complete both sales simultaneously.
☞ Latest GBP <> EUR exchange rate: £٩◔̯◔۶€
For those who use Revolut to exchange money, we report the exchange rate for the day before (Thursday) and the trend. Currently, GBP is €1.18 to £1, up 1c. The € is worth £0.84, meaning no change from last week.
Why do rates matter? In the community, people buy and sell in both currencies, and residents come from the UK and Europe. A drop for some is a gain for others.
☞ Posada community news: (づ ◕‿◕ )
On Wednesday, a “Heads Up” alert informed subscribers that a two-year-old 13m x 4m park home with a 2.5m x 4m POD was about to go on sale. The owners set the asking price at £112,500.
The recording was the first we have produced that included a copy of the inventory and a list of what could be seen in the video, but is not included.
The home is now listed on the park’s website. It is the only home for sale at the moment, and the listing includes a link to the virtual recording.
:-> Hoping to join the community? Sign up for the “Heads Up” service and be the first to know when a home within your price range is about to go on sale. Currently, we have one plot available and a resale park home.
☞ On the spot Spanish news: ٩◔̯◔۶
REPORTED crimes in Spain fell by 2.8% in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period last year.
Figures released on Wednesday by the Interior Ministry revealed that citizens registered 589,683 crimes with the authorities between January and March.
Just over a fifth of reported offences revolved around cybercrimes, which is no surprise as criminals from outside Spain get creative in developing new scams and constantly target every country connected to the internet.
☞ Thinking out loud: (◕‿◕)
- “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost.
ETA, the new UK visitor entry scheme, is up and running. They are trying to make everyone complete the process using the app on their phone rather than online. With an ETA issued, visitors can stay in the UK for up to six months.
The .GOV website states that the process using the app should take no longer than ten minutes.
British passport holders do not need to apply, but all EU citizens do. The ETA costs £16 and lasts for two years, provided your passport does not expire before then. If your passport expires within two years, so does your ETA, and you will have to apply again using the new passport.
☞ Time now for some humour. (-‿◦)
A young priest was in his church when he got a call from his parents’ neighbour to say his father had fallen off a 20-foot ladder and was at the hospital. He rushed to the hospital, expecting his father to have fractured something or worse.
On arriving at the hospital, the doctor told him that his father was lucky because X-rays confirmed he only had bruises on his leg and arm.
On hearing the news, he said to his father that it was a miracle he suffered no serious injuries, and perhaps he was spared such a fate because his one and only son was a priest.
” Nothing to do with you or religion, Son”, replied the father. “I only fell from the third step of the ladder, and Mum, who was holding it at the time, broke my fall.”
Smiling now? (¬‿¬)
☞ Sneaky’s brain teaser 
Sneaky Beaky, our co-editor, puts together a brain teaser that gives you a second chance to win some money.
Every Friday, he buys a La Primitiva lottery ticket for the following night. Subscribers who send in the correct answer to his question BEFORE THE DRAW are sent the ticket numbers and will automatically get an equal share of 50% of the jackpot if it wins.
Let us take a look at last week’s “Sneaky Beaky” question, which was this:
Q: One day this week, 72 years ago, this man was born in Scotland. He became one of the UK’s most influential politicians in the 20th century. Who is he?
Here is an anagram containing all the letters to help you name him.
binTaylor
Answer: Tony Blair. Born on the 6th of May 1953. He was the prime minister from 1997 to 2007.
Quite a few subscribers sent in the correct answer using the link provided in the newsletter before Saturday night’s draw. If Sneaky’s ticket for the Primitiva on Saturday night had won, we would have contacted them by now to arrange payment of their winnings.
Now, let’s move on to this week’s Sneaky teaser. Good luck! What a great newsletter story it would be next week if his ticket did win the lottery!
Q: One day this week, 64 years ago, a man (who was never crowned champion) drove around a European city at speed with 15 others and was the fastest. For the occasion, he was allowed to exceed the speed limits within the city. He was famous for driving fast in what was a basic car by today’s standards. Who was he?
Here is an anagram containing all the letters to help you name it.
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IMPORTANT: >>>Please click on this link to send us your answer.<<<
Your email program will then open a new pre-loaded email template for you to send us your answer. Once received, it will activate a server-automated response with the lottery numbers.
After clicking send, check your inbox for the numbers. If they’re not there, check your junk/spam folder.
If you send your answer to us any other way, you will not receive the lottery numbers in advance, and we might not be notified of your answer, which means you could miss out if the ticket wins.
Here are the links again to the instructions on how to do it, with the email providers blocking them. Copy and paste the web address into your browser.
- AOL: https://www.whitelist.guide/
aol/ - BT Internet: https://www.whitelist.guide/
bt-email/ - Yahoo: https://www.whitelist.guide/
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