[speeder]

I have a good friend who relocated to Barcelona ~10 years ago from SoCal, just cashed in his chips here and moved. I've lost touch with him but I can get his info somehow because our Moms are friends. You would almost certainly get along well, he hitch-hiked to Wyoming and worked on an oil rig when we were 18 in the '70s and came home 6 mos. later with $35k in cash in his pocket. He is smart and a real survivor, like you. I think he's a day trader and just wanted to move somewhere where he could sleep until noon and wake up with the NYSE. (In L.A. this requires waking @ 5am every day).

Let me know. There is some great info on this thread.