A British expat who moved to the “Cotswolds of Spain” for a year to learn Spanish says she ended up staying for seven years after falling in love with the local culture and way of life.

Joanna Woods, 32, from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, moved to Spain’s southern coastal province of Cádiz in 2018 to surf and learn the language.

“I always wanted to learn Spanish and speak Spanish fluently and I also wanted to surf. So I decided to spend a year in Spain, teaching, surfing and learning Spanish,” she told The i Paper .

After moving, she initially worked as an English teacher, with her students including professors at local universities and tour guides at bodegas.

Ms Woods added that she “really loved it” in Spain so decided to stay a second year. “That was the year the pandemic h

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