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Bored and bitchy – the Brits who settle for Costa living

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A recent report by the Institute for Public Policy Research estimates that 5.5 million British citizens now live overseas. Spain is second only to Australia as a destination, with 790,000 Brits choosing to make it their home. The Costa Blanca, the stretch of coast south of Valencia, is host to one of the biggest concentrations of expats, and not just pensioners seeking warmer weather. In the endless ‘urbanisations’ that crowd the land between the mountains and the sea, Spanish is at best a second language to English, and often third after German.

Read the full story on the Telegraph Online.

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