Hugh Donagher

Hugh Donagher is a Connecticut Yankee (not to be confused with the baseball team; GO SAWX!), born in Hartford, CT and raised in Windsor Locks, CT, he studied at Albright College in Reading, PA. Thirty years ago he traded the Northeastern winters for the incredible climate of San Diego, CA. Since then, he has also lived in the California Bay Area, San Antonio, Texas, and Seattle, Washington. His varied career pursuits have centered around technology, communications, nonprofit advocacy and community building. His interests include writing, photography, and travel.
About six years ago, Hugh applied for and received Irish citizenship, through descent, and an Irish passport. This is the basis for the couple's legal residency and employment status in the E.U.
Hugh and his husband, Brian Rountree, visited Spain for three weeks in 2013 to celebrate their 20th anniversary. After exploring Barcelona, San Sebastián, Zaragoza, Madrid, and Valencia, they returned home with a vague notion that maybe they'd like to retire to Spain someday. That idea simmered on the back burner for a number of years until several pieces fell into place and suddenly transformed the dream of retiring to Spain to a reality of moving there for work, landing them in Barcelona years before retirement. They and their pooch, Hobo, now live in the beautiful and vibrant barrio of Gràcia in central Barcelona. Brian leads an engineering organization for one of Spain's largest and most successful tech startups and Hugh works at BCN Life, a boutique relocation agency specializing in helping folks relocate to Barcelona and he teaches English on the side.