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Speaker 1: I said, we're going to talk the World Cup because we're going to cross over to Spain. Now we've actually got a man that lives in Spain. He lives in Mabaya. He's I think you could say, a dual citizen now a fully fledged Spaniard. He's got a beautiful wife, Isra over there, two daughters, and they live just sort of twenty or thirty minutes away from Malagar. They're watching the game at the moment in Spain and they've almost scored. It's nil nil approaching the eighty minute mark. Hugh Brown, who's an Adelaide boy but now living in Spain, is watching the match. Hugh, good morning to you. How are the nerves at the moment? Neil nil with ten minutes to play regulation time?
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Speaker 2: Yes, all all a Tom, very well mate. Yeah, it's a very tight one here, that's for sure. Spain got up early where they were looking good early, but last half an hour has been all Portugal, so it's tight.
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Speaker 3: What's the atmosphere like you where you are and what's the feeling been like?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, well just at the moment, I'm actually at my house with my wife and my.
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Speaker 4: Two young daughters. But I mean The atmosphere.
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Speaker 5: Generally in Spain is almost good, is amazing, really, I mean everyone is very sort of confident in the Spanish team because they they are playing very well and we're hoping.
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Speaker 4: For another World Cup here. But let's see, let's see.
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Speaker 1: Well that's the thing, isn't it. Que they've won up before and the expectation is so high because they've been so successful so often European champions of course before as well. Is that expectation that they just you know, get through this and almost go all the way and anything less won't be accepted.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, they certainly don't want to go out again to Portugal.
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Speaker 4: That will be a big no no.
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Speaker 2: I mean it's a big rivalry, but it's probably it's sort of like you know, New Zealand Australia. Really, it's like Portugal is the little brother, if you like. The bigger rivalry might be Spain, France or someone. But yeah, they certainly expected to win this match, and then obviously if they win this match, I think the next one for them would be either either the USA or Belgium, which again they should really get.
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Speaker 4: Through fingers crossed, and then it gets big.
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Speaker 2: Where I think they after that they will.
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Speaker 4: Be probably playing France or maybe Morocco, so that game will be huge.
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Speaker 1: So Q, tell us about where you are, where you live. You're in a beautiful part of Spain, and you've got your gorgeous wife, is there your two young daughters. Tell us what life is like living in Spain over there?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it's fantastic.
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Speaker 2: We used to live in London and sort of seven years ago we moved here mainly actually my doing, even though my wife is the Spanish one, but we were living in London and you know, I needed some more sunshine really, so we moved here and you know, her family and everything is here, so that was a big.
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Speaker 4: Help as well.
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Speaker 2: And yeah, but both our daughters were actually you know, they were born in London, so they're they're still supporting England unfortunately.
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Speaker 4: In this World Cup. How does that go down with them? Yeah, no, there's there's a few arguments here and there.
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Speaker 2: And actually, if both the teams make it all the way to the final, it'll be Spain England final, which would that could be very tasty in this household.
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Speaker 1: And you and things are good for you over there, obviously, working and loving it and loving the Spanish lifestyle.
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Speaker 4: Yes for sure.
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Speaker 2: I mean my my work still based in London and then my wife works here as as a real estate agent, you know, helping people find properties here in southern Spain.
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Speaker 4: And yeah, and then I enjoy a bit of.
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Speaker 2: Golf here and there when I can as well, So it's we can't complain that.
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Speaker 1: Yes, we've played a few rounds together, haven't we, Hugh. Hugh usually tears me up and shows me how it's done. But yeah, we have had a few rounds in the past, Hughley.
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Speaker 2: Yes, we love a good hit and he's equalled me on holes hole in ones just recently.
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Speaker 1: We're going okay, aren't we? Oh it must be so nerve racking over the eighty three minutes gone? How are the nerves holding up? I mean just the town itself as well. You mentioned it's quite an international town. In ma Baya where you live. There's there's a lot of people from Argentina for example, and other places that are very passionate about their football.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean Baya is super international.
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Speaker 2: It's sort of you probably say it's like Dubai in a lot of respects. There's lots of people from you know, all over the world really that come here, and lots of sort of entrepreneurial people with businesses that are still remote, et cetera.
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Speaker 4: And but even in like you.
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Speaker 2: Now girls class alone, there's you know, there's there's people from America, there's people from Portugal, people from Argentina, from Sweden, from Norway. So yeah, there's there's a lot of support around the town for all the all the different teams that are still in the World Cup actually, so yeah, it's going to be.
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Speaker 3: Definitely ready to watch it with it sounds like.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's always someone heavily supporting one of them or the other.
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Speaker 4: So it's a it's a really good.
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Speaker 2: Good place to live actually because of that, because everyone is very open to you know, meeting new people, because there aren't actually many people who are really from Marbeya nowadays. Most of them are you know, giddies as they call it, foreign foreigners that have you know, come and enjoying the lifet style. So but but yeah, it's it's a fantastic place. And Malaga, the closest city is is really really beautiful city. Malaga would be like like Adelaide if you like. And where I where I am is my baya is you know, out outside of Adelaide, like going to vig the Harbor or something if you like. So so yeah, and the South of Spain is actually very similar. I find to sort of the South of Australia and the people here, you know, a bit more down to earth and laid back and fun and it's not as sort of stressful as Sydney like like Madrid might be or you know, so it's I find I find it like a home away from home here.
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Speaker 1: Really, look you, it sounds like you're having an absolute ball and I know how much you love your sport. Go and enjoy it. Eighty five minutes in stillnil all it's going to be a tense finish. But let's hope for the household there the Browns that Spain were able to find a late winner somewhere.
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Speaker 4: Definitely, definitely, let's hope. Great to speak to you guys, Thanks for the call.
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Speaker 3: So you will leave him sitting on the edge of his seat. That game nearly wraps up. I love a good adelaide analogy. One of my good friends just bought a house in Melbourne and she described her as the Athelston of Melbourne, and I just immediately knew. Okay, so that resonates yes, yes, yes, yes, yeah I love that.
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Speaker 1: Well that was good, wasn't it. Yeah. He's sort of saying nice, down to Earth and Mabay are a bit like Victor Harbor. That's a nice sort of image.
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Speaker 3: And described it as beautiful, which you know, that's what we all think too.
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Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, exactly, Yeah, we love it so
Speaker 1: I said, we're going to talk the World Cup because we're going to cross over to Spain. Now we've actually got a man that lives in Spain. He lives in Mabaya. He's I think you could say, a dual citizen now a fully fledged Spaniard. He's got a beautiful wife, Isra over there, two daughters, and they live just sort of twenty or thirty minutes away from Malagar. They're watching the game at the moment in Spain and they've almost scored. It's nil nil approaching the eighty minute mark. Hugh Brown, who's an Adelaide boy but now living in Spain, is watching the match. Hugh, good morning to you. How are the nerves at the moment? Neil nil with ten minutes to play regulation time?
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Speaker 2: Yes, all all a Tom, very well mate. Yeah, it's a very tight one here, that's for sure. Spain got up early where they were looking good early, but last half an hour has been all Portugal, so it's tight.
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Speaker 3: What's the atmosphere like you where you are and what's the feeling been like?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, well just at the moment, I'm actually at my house with my wife and my.
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Speaker 4: Two young daughters. But I mean The atmosphere.
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Speaker 5: Generally in Spain is almost good, is amazing, really, I mean everyone is very sort of confident in the Spanish team because they they are playing very well and we're hoping.
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Speaker 4: For another World Cup here. But let's see, let's see.
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Speaker 1: Well that's the thing, isn't it. Que they've won up before and the expectation is so high because they've been so successful so often European champions of course before as well. Is that expectation that they just you know, get through this and almost go all the way and anything less won't be accepted.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, they certainly don't want to go out again to Portugal.
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Speaker 4: That will be a big no no.
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Speaker 2: I mean it's a big rivalry, but it's probably it's sort of like you know, New Zealand Australia. Really, it's like Portugal is the little brother, if you like. The bigger rivalry might be Spain, France or someone. But yeah, they certainly expected to win this match, and then obviously if they win this match, I think the next one for them would be either either the USA or Belgium, which again they should really get.
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Speaker 4: Through fingers crossed, and then it gets big.
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Speaker 2: Where I think they after that they will.
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Speaker 4: Be probably playing France or maybe Morocco, so that game will be huge.
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Speaker 1: So Q, tell us about where you are, where you live. You're in a beautiful part of Spain, and you've got your gorgeous wife, is there your two young daughters. Tell us what life is like living in Spain over there?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it's fantastic.
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Speaker 2: We used to live in London and sort of seven years ago we moved here mainly actually my doing, even though my wife is the Spanish one, but we were living in London and you know, I needed some more sunshine really, so we moved here and you know, her family and everything is here, so that was a big.
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Speaker 4: Help as well.
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Speaker 2: And yeah, but both our daughters were actually you know, they were born in London, so they're they're still supporting England unfortunately.
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Speaker 4: In this World Cup. How does that go down with them? Yeah, no, there's there's a few arguments here and there.
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Speaker 2: And actually, if both the teams make it all the way to the final, it'll be Spain England final, which would that could be very tasty in this household.
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Speaker 1: And you and things are good for you over there, obviously, working and loving it and loving the Spanish lifestyle.
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Speaker 4: Yes for sure.
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Speaker 2: I mean my my work still based in London and then my wife works here as as a real estate agent, you know, helping people find properties here in southern Spain.
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Speaker 4: And yeah, and then I enjoy a bit of.
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Speaker 2: Golf here and there when I can as well, So it's we can't complain that.
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Speaker 1: Yes, we've played a few rounds together, haven't we, Hugh. Hugh usually tears me up and shows me how it's done. But yeah, we have had a few rounds in the past, Hughley.
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Speaker 2: Yes, we love a good hit and he's equalled me on holes hole in ones just recently.
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Speaker 1: We're going okay, aren't we? Oh it must be so nerve racking over the eighty three minutes gone? How are the nerves holding up? I mean just the town itself as well. You mentioned it's quite an international town. In ma Baya where you live. There's there's a lot of people from Argentina for example, and other places that are very passionate about their football.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean Baya is super international.
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Speaker 2: It's sort of you probably say it's like Dubai in a lot of respects. There's lots of people from you know, all over the world really that come here, and lots of sort of entrepreneurial people with businesses that are still remote, et cetera.
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Speaker 4: And but even in like you.
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Speaker 2: Now girls class alone, there's you know, there's there's people from America, there's people from Portugal, people from Argentina, from Sweden, from Norway. So yeah, there's there's a lot of support around the town for all the all the different teams that are still in the World Cup actually, so yeah, it's going to be.
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Speaker 3: Definitely ready to watch it with it sounds like.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's always someone heavily supporting one of them or the other.
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Speaker 4: So it's a it's a really good.
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Speaker 2: Good place to live actually because of that, because everyone is very open to you know, meeting new people, because there aren't actually many people who are really from Marbeya nowadays. Most of them are you know, giddies as they call it, foreign foreigners that have you know, come and enjoying the lifet style. So but but yeah, it's it's a fantastic place. And Malaga, the closest city is is really really beautiful city. Malaga would be like like Adelaide if you like. And where I where I am is my baya is you know, out outside of Adelaide, like going to vig the Harbor or something if you like. So so yeah, and the South of Spain is actually very similar. I find to sort of the South of Australia and the people here, you know, a bit more down to earth and laid back and fun and it's not as sort of stressful as Sydney like like Madrid might be or you know, so it's I find I find it like a home away from home here.
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Speaker 1: Really, look you, it sounds like you're having an absolute ball and I know how much you love your sport. Go and enjoy it. Eighty five minutes in stillnil all it's going to be a tense finish. But let's hope for the household there the Browns that Spain were able to find a late winner somewhere.
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Speaker 4: Definitely, definitely, let's hope. Great to speak to you guys, Thanks for the call.
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Speaker 3: So you will leave him sitting on the edge of his seat. That game nearly wraps up. I love a good adelaide analogy. One of my good friends just bought a house in Melbourne and she described her as the Athelston of Melbourne, and I just immediately knew. Okay, so that resonates yes, yes, yes, yes, yeah I love that.
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Speaker 1: Well that was good, wasn't it. Yeah. He's sort of saying nice, down to Earth and Mabay are a bit like Victor Harbor. That's a nice sort of image.
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Speaker 3: And described it as beautiful, which you know, that's what we all think too.
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Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, exactly, Yeah, we love it so
