why we left Spain to move to Mexico 

A little nostalgia & some major life lessons learned! Check out the video description for timestamps 🤓What did you find most interesting about this walk down memory lane??

Love this! Thank you. I met so many amazing Mexicans here in BC last year. They're some of my absolute favourite people. Currently learning Spanish ❤🎉

Love the story behind you and Taylor moving to Madrid, then Mexico, and the comparisons between both countries! Thank you Alex! While I have never lived in Spain, I just moved to Mexico in November and I am loving it so far, even with my limited Spanish. I just started a 3-week Spanish immersion course and I am hoping I will walk away from that with a good foundation to keep building my language skills! All the best to you and Taylor! 😀

Having lived in Spain, I can say that it is not the land of opportunities. It's different to find Americans who are doing anything besides teaching English. I have never lived in Mexico, but I love it so much. There are so many amazing places. Enjoy Mexico!

I loved the video as I can relate to your and Taylor's experience. I lived in Valencia for 6 months 27 years ago, way before it became an expat hotspot. That being said, Madrid is by far my favorite European city, where I feel most alive. And while I never lived there, I almost always manage to spend a week there whenever I go to Europe. So after a good 10 years of scouting different countries and cities in search of my retirement place, Spain and Mexico were the two top contenders. I settled on Mexico (for the time being at least) for many of the same reasons you mentioned, proximity to Canada is a key factor in case I need to fly back for whatever reason.

Perfect timing that I found this video as I’m originally from Mexico but have been living in Vancouver for more than 12 years, and now planning to move to Mexico or Spain!

I enjoyed your story of moving abroad, your reasoning, and your comparisons of the two countries. It's so cool that you developed book clubs in the three cities in order to meet people, I wouldn't have thought of that. Love the baby Taylor and Alex pics!

Nostalgic memories and good to hear you feel like home in Guadalajara ♥️♥️♥️

Lots of great advice here I will keep in mind. Thank you so much!

I love the shots from your wedding, seems so magical. Looks like all is well, miss you both on Tuesdays!!!

As always love your work, makes me smile.

omg the ode to Taylor at the end HAD ME. You guys are the cutest and the edit on this video was top quality, Al!

Alex&Taylor, Bienvenidos a Gdl ! Estoy deacuérdo Gdl, una gran ciudad , rodeada de Pueblitos mágicos, cuatro horas al oeste, estas en la costa ó dos horas hacia otro lado y estás en Bosque..Tapalpa, Mazamitla,Patzcuaro etc y cuando *Los visitas regrésas a casa con delicias que venden cajetas, quesos, miel, mezcal, hechos allí localmente, es un placer si. Por Ej. Si encuentras Birria en estos Lugares , Debés probar , seguramente es un Muy Bueno , rayando en lo delicióso...Gracias por compartir ! Alex

❤ you Alex and your videos. You are one of my fav RU-vidrs. And an inspiration for my permanent move to Mexico which happened this November. 🤗🤗🤗

Most excellent lessons! Gracias por compartir.

Omgggg this is amazing baking donuts at 3:00am, Count me in! 🎉🎉😊

Buen video.

Fantastic video guys

I remember the public transit in Spain was great, and taking the high speed rail for a few hours to get to Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga etc was awesome. Cheap wine too :).

Great story. Welcome home. Welcome to Mexico.

Interesting and well done, 😊😊😊!

I didn't realize Taylor was a web developer who used to manage a grocery store. I'm an IT consultant for a major software developer who used to manage a fast-food restaurant. We both come from humble beginnings, but we found our way. Amazing!

Mucho éxito Alex

Great video. Your discussion points really make me think. I lived in Madrid for many many years.i lived in your off and on for 20 years. Madrid is still my fav. I took my daughter Madrid kicking and screaming and she left crying she loved it so much. It’s the most amazing city. After traveling internationally for work for 30+ years, I got a wicked respiratory infection that required several operations. The new normal is flying is not an option or I would be writing this from Madrid. With that said and watching your Lake Chapala video (and several others) I’m heading to Mexico in a car. Actually packing right now! So excited. I have to be honest, the portion of my mind that’s an adventurous person is still alive and well. Other than considerable scar tissue from the surgeries my health is perfect. Because you will not shut up about Guadalajara we are now on the fence. Some friends of mine just got back from Guadalajara and they believe I would love it there as well. My wife does not really care but I believe Lake Chapala will be a bit slow for us. We are going to travel around a bit. I’m driving to Cabo and she’s flying. After a few days , we are heading to La Paz to catch the ferry to the mainland (Mazatlan) then ease over to Guadalajara and Lake Chapala before heading to Morelia. The plan is to stay in Morelia for a couple of weeks before heading to Vancouver BC. We might reverse the trip and hit Cabo last. It really depends on the weather, Morelia seems like an amazing place as well. Love your channel and all the great info. Your energy and sense of style immediately attracted me to the channel. My wife says “she’s Spanish!”

Good to know. I am from Guadalajara and I lived more than 22 years in Guadalajara and 36 years in total in Mexico. I have lived in Canada for 19 years and plan to spend a few winter months a year when I retire in Spain since I also have Spanish citizenship. My daughter worked as an "Auxiliar de Conversación" for almost a year in Alcázar de San Juan, near Madrid.

Hola Alex!❤, Hola Taylor🤗‼️

Guadalajara is amazing. Even if you can't flight to other South American countries, you have plenty of beautiful cities in Jalisco to explore. There is Mascota, Talpa de Allende, San Juan de los Lagos, El pueblo de Navidad, Yahualica Jalisco, Etc....Etc. Great video.

Thanks for sharing your story. Did you speak Spanish before moving to Spain?

Thank you Alex

City-wise (architecture, location, climate, transportation, size, variety, safety, social life, parks) Madrid is by far my favorite in the entire world. Sadly in-person service isn't great, online platforms are worse, and job opportunities are not that great unless you are in healthcare. I really want to return one day but for now I feel like it's easier to make money and have career opportunities elsewhere.

There is no comparison between Spain and the North American monster Mexico and future leader of the American continent 🇲🇽🔥😎🔥🇲🇽

Por ver este video, ahora quiero vivir un tiempo en España!!!

Kudos to all expats and non expats who want to learn Spanish. You'll go the extra mile with the language!

Mexico is building high-speed rail in the coming future! Recently it built the Mayan Train.

We grew up in Michigan. Our families still live there.

Spain is next on my list after Queretaro next year. I want to get my permanent residence before I leave.

Spain: Travelling and visiting little towns, going for tapas, enjoying great wine and food. Mexico: making a good living, high quality of life, great food, great weather, great magic towns, great beaches, family, friends and meeting people. The best of both Worlds.

I live in GDL and would love to be involved in a book club!

Hola Alex saludos

I lived in spain, portugal,italy in the 1990's, moved to the usa in 2002 whent on vacation to mexico to cuernavaca I was there for one week and me and my wife absolutely fell in love with cuernavaca. On the wekends we are in los cabos, and the next in the mayan riviera, we also love nayarit, jalisco, tasco, and acapulco wich we heard was is gonna be restored to it's glorie days. We also cant wayte to travel the mayan train. There is just so much to do to see in mexico, just this weekend we where in mexico city and got on to a hot baoloon and flew over the incredible TEOTIHUACAN piramids. Like THE MEXICAN PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN GO TO ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD BUT IF YOU WANT TO TRAVEL TO A NEW WORLD YOU GO TO MEXICO, ITS A MAGICAL PLACE

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Have fun kids. I just hope you two are putting money away for retirement. I understand the Wunderlust. I've had it my whole life but I've had responsibilities and it hasn't been easy. At 67 I moved back to my small hometown in Kansas and I'm loving it. You will eventually tire of it, miss relationships, miss people and miss home, even a small town in Michigan. Trust me when I say you will eventually miss the Michigan winters.😊. But enjoy this time and get a fantastic medium format film camera and care for the negatives and your great grandchildren will marvel at your travels. Digital pictures won't last and will be degraded.

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Do you also miss those Madrid summers?

Actually Mexico is huge not Spain, Mexico is 3 times bigger. I lived in Spain and now Mexico, in general I think living in Mexico is better that’s why so many Spaniards want/move to Mexico.

Where do you feel safer, Spain or Mexico?

Como están ?

Wow lost of American, Canadians and Europeans moving to Mexico 🇲🇽 🎉🎉

Curious. You spoke of college. Yet you did not go into a 'college' career. What was that about?

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Beautiful, lady.

Mexico off course! And... I love Spain.

I always think people in Spain as well as France, are arrogant and not the nicest people . In Mexico, I feel at home. The culture in Spain and Mexico has to be very different.

I live in Spain and will not move to Mexico. The drinking water is too polluted and I get horribly sick in Mexico plus as a single woman I feel much safer in Spain. I don't stick out because I speak Spanish with an accent. In Spain no one cares. In Mexico I am much more noticeable and sometimes targeted as a gringa with some spare cash. In Spain I can get a very good bottle of wine for under $5. In Mexico wine is expensive and little variety. The cost of living in inland Spain is incredibly low. I easily live on $1200 a month. No, I don't live in Madrid and I don't want to live in any big city. I love living in the Andalucían mountains. I can drive my car for hundreds of miles and never see a pothole in Spain or get stopped by police. No worries about getting kidnapped either. I bought a 4,000 sq ft beautiful home for $50,000. Americans are not moving here in droves so prices aren't going up and no one resents me. I love Mexican food and the people. I love Spain too. Spain suits me better.

The homicide rate in the USA is 6.38 per 100,000 inhabitants, the homicide rate in Mexico is 26, 38 and in Spain it is 0.61. The Human Development Index of the USA is 0.921, that of Mexico is 0.779 and that of Spain is 0.904. Life expectancy in the USA is 76.33 years, in Mexico 75.17 and in Spain 82.8. The poverty index of the USA is 12.8, that of Mexico is 37.6 and that of Spain is 20.2. The GENI index that marks inequality is 39.8 in the United States, Mexico is 45.4 and in Spain 34.9. These are the objective data, another thing is the different tastes of each person and the different ways of life. I have traveled, only as a tourist, once to Mexico and twice to the United States and therefore my opinion about the way of life there is very partial. I would never live in the United States because of its individualism and the culture of using the car for everything, but between living in the United States and Mexico, as a middle class, I would choose the United States. Mexico is among the most unequal and insecure countries in the world, two very important questions for me.

Between madrid and mexico , bueniis aires....

You didn't talk about safety. I feel like that's a pretty big difference... can't move around in Mexico the same way you do in Spain, right?

Mexico

~MÉXICO 🇲🇽 is the most visited Latín American country in the world . Everyone who comes here sees why ~☆

Madrid is the capital of the country of Spain and Guadalajara is the capital of Jalisco a Mexican state, So there will be a difference in the kind of people there i suppose Guadalajara is much more fun i would think very popular FUN and relaxing city #2 One is European and the other is North American so it definetly has a different feel.

You wouldn't have of you were 70 years old and wanted private healthcare insurance. If you're young and in good health, great, but that is the reason we will not live in Mexico.

Diferents places but beatiful places