Eva Longoria Reveals What She Misses Most About the U.S. While Living Abroad, What She’s Happy to Be Without (Exclusive)

Alexandra SchonfeldTue, April 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC

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Eva Longoria on April 18.Credit: Etienne Laurent / AFP via Getty -

Eva Longoria is sharing the biggest differences she's noticed after living mostly abroad with her husband and son for the last several years.

After spending a bit more time in L.A. this year while directing the upcoming film The Fifth Wheel, Longoria says the family of three might return to Spain

The actress and director's series Eva Longoria: Searching for France airs weekly on CNN

She grew up in Texas and spent much of her adult life living in L.A., so Eva Longoria has had to get used to a few key things while living abroad.

The actress and director, 51, who in 2024 revealed that she and her husband José Bastón and their son Santiago, 7, had been splitting their time between Spain and Mexico for years, said the biggest change has been “slowing down.”

“They really enjoy life in Spain,” Longoria, whose travel series Eva Longoria: Searching for France is airing weekly on CNN, tells PEOPLE. “They love a long meal. You're never in a rush.”

Eva Longoria at the 'Searching for France' premiere in New York City on April 7.Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

“I don't miss the working lunch," she adds.

“It's so amazing how we really don't take lunch in our work culture,” she continues. “You always do the working lunch: ‘I'm going to go grab a sandwich. I'll be right back.’ You only have an hour. It's so stressful to think, ‘I have to hurry up and be back.’ ”

Another welcome change, she says, is the lack of traffic: “There's no traffic where we live [in Spain.] I walk everywhere."

José Bastón and Eva Longoria on April 16.Credit: Stefanie Keenan/Getty

While she says revels in the many benefits of living abroad, Longoria says there are two things she misses while away.

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“I miss my family, my Texas family…. [and] good Mexican food. That's what I miss. That's what's not in Europe, is good Mexican food,” she says.

Last year, Longoria revealed that after first being homeschooled, her son was enrolling in school for the first time as the family spent more time in L.A. while she prepared to shoot The Fifth Wheel, her second film as a director.

Eva Longoria and her son Santiago in 2024.Credit: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Getty

“He's loved it,” she says now, adding, “He's been so excited to have classmates and friends and birthday parties. Although we do have a very big family, so he's always had the social aspect, even when he was homeschooled. But he's really flourishing as a little human being, and it's really fun to watch.”

And while he has thrived in the new setting, Longoria says the family “might” head back to Spain “because he likes it more.”

“We have a big family, and so a lot of his cousins are in Spain. They're mostly in Spain and Mexico. And so we like to be surrounded by family,” she says. “I also think he's happiest when he's with family. So I think we take it day by day, year by year.”

Eva Longoria: Searching for France premiered April 12 on CNN. The series will air two episodes weekly through May 3.

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