Are there still Spanish people in Spain?

Just like many other people we love watching programmes in which people move to Spain or another warm country. Lately we often watch the English program Living in the Sun, a Dutch channel shows the reruns of this BBC program.

In this programme English people are looking to find a home in the South of Spain and they also have e look at the lives of English ex-pats who have set up a business of their own. It is a lot of fun to watch and also quite amazing. Are there even any Spanish people living and working in Spain? In the program you can only see English people buying their groceries in English shops, and when they need a plumber or any other kind of help in and around their home they always find an English person to help them.

One of the things that we think is positive is the fact that this programme is mainly taped in the Murcia and Malaga areas. It's definitely not our dream to settle in an English or Dutch settlement and not be able to connect with the true Spanish people and the true Spanish life. Of course it is also a bit daunting knowing that we will have to turn to strangers when we have a problem, but we are certain we will manage as long as we are prepared to accept the fact that Spanish people do things different than we do.