The year 2000 was not only the start of a new millennium, it was also the year I decided to leave the international "rat race" and come to live in Andalucia, the most beautiful region of the wonderful country of Spain. After several years of working and living in Switzerland, Italy and the USA, I decided to put down roots in Andalucia, an area of Spain that I knew quite well. But the noise and crowds of the coast were not for me - I wanted the tranquillity and beauty of inland Andalucia - I wanted to experience "Real Spain". Rural Property, And so I did what many other British and others are looking to do find a house in a beautiful location and move to Spain.