Life Abroad & Spain
We Moved to Spain and Everything Fell Apart (Part 1)
The part of the move nobody photographs: grief, a bereavement, apartment chaos and gaslighting, and a long battle with depression and anxiety.
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Deciding to leave, the move to Valencia, and what expat life has actually been like — the good days and the ones that fell apart.
The part of the move nobody photographs: grief, a bereavement, apartment chaos and gaslighting, and a long battle with depression and anxiety.
Two months into life in Valencia: the restaurants, the bureaucracy, the metro misadventures, the smells, and two rental cars that did not go to plan.
The family made it to Spain. An honest account of the emotional, financial and physical toll of getting there, and what arrival actually felt like.
Why the Bird family decided to move to Valencia, how people reacted, and the beginning of documenting a move away from everything they knew.