South of Spain has always been a popular travel destination – whether for holidays or for expats moving to live permanently in a sunnier part of the world. Wonderful clean sandy beaches, sunny blue skies, flavors of Mediterranean food and Spanish wine are well known and experienced by many. But when you move to another country there are a lot of practical – and less fun issues to consider, such as schooling, real estate, insurances policies, etc – it is not all sun and sangria after all! We are sharing our personal experiences of living in Marbella and hope that this information may be helpful to other families considering moving to wonderful the Costa del Sol.