Today's guest on the podcast is Amanda, a professional chef who started off her life in America. Amanda worked is a semi-retired chef who still gives cooking classes, a former recipe developer for Food and Wine magazine, Essence magazine and former Chef Instructor at Sur La Table and Williams-Sonoma in California. Eventually Amanda decided moving to Spain to retire was a perfect idea. One of her main reasons to not choose retirement in America, was the fact that things were getting too crazy there. There was far too much violence for her and her husband to continue living there. So she decided to pack her bags and move to another country, somewhere where she wouldn't just retire. She'd make a home, live her best life. With some research about the best country to retire in, Amanda found herself retiring in Spain! In our conversation, I got to find out about life in Spain, and it's very intriguing, to say the least. So, in this post, I'm going to do a complete rundown of some of the top reasons why moving abroad, retiring in Spain, making a home in Spain, is a perfect idea. Want to hear more about retiring in Valencia Spain , best way to make a home in Spain? Listen to this episode. Support the podcast, click here to donate and keep the cool interviews with guests from around the world going! Tune in every week for 2 new episodes with people from around the world! Subscribe, Download, Share, Rate, Review the podcast! When you share the podcast, tag us as well:   IG and FB : @arewehomeyetpodcast  Twitter: @arewehomeyetpod Check out the blog for handy information about living abroad and buy the ebook , a great guidebook for moving abroad!