The expat files: What is it really like to be a long-term stranger in a foreign land?

Richard Skrein, 29, moved to Barcelona from London. He says: 'Many people fall in love with Spain. I l fell in love with Andalucia, tapas, wonderful wine, the fire and culture, the dusty afternoons, but you move to Barcelona and realise you haven't moved to Spain, you've moved to Catalonia and all those neat stereotypes go out of the window.'