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I know EXACTLY how you feel. Dreams are very good. They can keep you going in difficult, boring or frustration situations. Sometimes, life can deliver those characteristics. So, dreaming to a time or place beyond the 'now' can help.
My dream is simply to spend half the year at Santiago, doing what I have come to love through five consecutive years for volunteering. I help people. It's a simple as that. I do not feed them or house them. But, I help them to do what they need to get done. It seems to have become my niche.
However, family commitments and filial responsibilities prevent me from making a plan. So, until that day, I satisfy myself with a month-long stint working there each summer. I always plan to be there at the very busiest time of the year, as that is when help is most needed.
So I spend half of July and half of August there. It recharges my batteries for the coming year.
All this said, Don's advice above about seeking out Rebekah Scott is spot on. She is the resident expert at making this paradigm shift. She and her husband Paddy's personal experiences and advice would be priceless to you, even before you start making plans. You can trust both of them to give you the unvarnished truths about moving to the Camino and living in it.
Hope this helps.
Love this idea! Hope you can keep the dream alive and I will come to volunteer! My question is about obtaining a long term visa as a US citizen. Is this difficult? Anyone know? Ultreia! elleMy absolute, number one dream is to buy one of the abandoned villages along the Camino, preferably on the way to Finisterre. We would maybe have a small albergue with rooms and tents, a garden where we grow fruits and veggies, and take care of weary pilgrims. I'm an acupuncturist, so I would provide tune up treatments to help them get through the last days. When time allowed, I would take my daughter a week at a time to section hike thej other parts of the Camino.
This is all I've thought about since my first Camino 10 years ago, and the fire was stoked when I got to take my hubby and 2 year old from Sarria to SdC last summer.
This is the dream that keeps us going. I can't wait for it to come true.
If you can dream it, you can do it.My absolute, number one dream is to buy one of the abandoned villages along the Camino, preferably on the way to Finisterre. We would maybe have a small albergue with rooms and tents, a garden where we grow fruits and veggies, and take care of weary pilgrims. I'm an acupuncturist, so I would provide tune up treatments to help them get through the last days. When time allowed, I would take my daughter a week at a time to section hike thej other parts of the Camino.
This is all I've thought about since my first Camino 10 years ago, and the fire was stoked when I got to take my hubby and 2 year old from Sarria to SdC last summer.
This is the dream that keeps us going. I can't wait for it to come true.
Where do you volunteer, Tom?
I wish there were something for North Americans between the Schengen Agreement restrictions and a residents visa, say around 4 months, so I could do the Via Francigena without racing.As a US citizen I maintained a Resident's Visa for 4 years in France. It is not easy and the rules in Spain and France are very similar. You must renew the visa every year with a pile of documents including paid utility bills for one's residence, proof of health insurance coverage and your source of income. In other words saying you are going to wander around looking for a job and place to live is not going to get you past first base. In Spain there are some "scams" around purporting one can buy a resident visa with the purchase of real estate between 300,000 and 500,000 euros but there are strings attached.
I finally let my resident visa expire and I am happy visiting France and Spain as a tourist with the restrictions of the Schengen Agreement.
Looks like there’s is https://www.expatica.com/es/moving/visas/visas-and-immigration-102354/I wish there were something for North Americans between the Schengen Agreement restrictions and a residents visa, say around 4 months, so I could do the Via Francigena without racing.
I'm not seeing anything in between the 90 day Schengen requirements and a long-term resident/work Visa on the page. Which were you thinking of for something like 120 days?Looks like there’s is https://www.expatica.com/es/moving/visas/visas-and-immigration-102354/
Under “after arrival in Spain” :This temporary residence permit allows you to stay in Spain for between 90 days and five years, and can be renewed.I'm not seeing anything in between the 90 day Schengen requirements and a long-term resident/work Visa on the page. Which were you thinking of for something like 120 days?
Go prepared. (Funny)Under “after arrival in Spain” :This temporary residence permit allows you to stay in Spain for between 90 days and five years, and can be renewed.
That is a good Idea! It is hard for me to get the technical law language they use on the official government websites so I usually get information where it is easier to understand.I can't vouch for this website but I have read somewhere else that Portugal will ease visa requirements for those who invest in some higher priced property there.
Gordon Bell walked the Camino in 1999 and dreamed of opening an albergue in Galicia.
In 2002 he was a founding member of the Confraternity of St James in South Africa. In 2005 he made his dream come true by buying one of the oldest houses (a dilapidated ruin!) in Vilacha, near Portomarin. Being a contractor he spent the next 8 years repairing and renovating the house and in 2014 it opened as an albergue. Many people loved Casa Banderas (the house of flags) and it as often rated as one of the best on the Camino.
In 2017 Gordon underwent a quadruple bypass operation. A blood clot found its way into his brain causing a stroke, making it impossible to continue running the albergue. He still hoped that he could go back one day but the prognosis is not good and now he has to sell it.
The full story, with photos of the transformation of the old house is on his website:
I didn't check the website you posted but from what I saw on the goldenvisas.com website it is sufficient in Spain and Portugal to buy residential property only.I read here migronis-citizenship.com that is it possible to get residency by creating 10 job positions or by investing in real estate. Did I got it wrong and both of the conditions should be maintained?
Thanks. Wouldn't it be awesome to set 10 remote jobs with no spends for office. Oh well, just a dream for now.I didn't check the website you posted but from what I saw on the goldenvisas.com website it is sufficient in Spain and Portugal to buy residential property only.
I can't vouch for this website but I have read somewhere else that Portugal will ease visa requirements for those who invest in some higher priced property there.
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