When we visited the Sierra Espuña earlier this week, we promised the foresters we would come back with our grandchildren. And since today was a cloudy day, we lived up to our promise. Driving to the visitor center we had to stop because of a great herd of mountain goats next to the road. Unfortunately, … Read more
The family is on holiday. And guess what? Where did they go? To our place. Everybody loves the swimming pool. And the sun of course. Although it has been rather cloudy for the past couple of days. Which has its benefits. Because then we cannot go to the beach. As such the beach is okay, … Read more
I am a person of habits after all. Despite the enormous variation of coffees that are available In Spain, I always order a Café Americano. Where I could have chosen one of these: Café con leche Cortado Cortado con leche muy caliente Cortado con leche fria Café solo Café Americano Cappuchino Carajillo Café con hielo … Read more
Woot, woot! Finally some rain. And now we realized again why gutters are a really great invention. In the Netherlands, you will hardly discover any house without them. Over here it’s the other way around. Water was streaming from every roof tile which made a spectacular view (from the inside of the house of course). … Read more
For days it has been, what we call, Dutch weather. Humid, cloudy, stuffy. I wish it would rain. Then it would cool down and the garden would be happy as well. But no luck so far. It lights, which is a spectacular view in the dusk, but nothing more. The forecast says there will be … Read more
This is a pozo. It’s a pit where they used to produce ice during the winter. This pozo is one out of five we saw today at an altitude of 1400 meters near the highest mountain of the Parque Regional Sierra Espuña: the Morrón de Espuña (1583 meters). In winter, men from the surrounding villages came … Read more
Do you like to draw your signature? Then you should come to Spain. We had to put more signatures on papers in these past months than in the last 10 years in the Netherlands. And we didn’t make any big purchases yet. I wonder what we will have to sign when we buy a house … Read more
Yesterday, during our daily walk, coming from the Playa de las Moreras, along the Playa Canina, and taking the direction of the boulevard of Bolnuevo, we passed Camping Playa de Mazarrón. During most of the year, there are a lot of campers and caravans from people that hibernate in Spain. But now during verano (summer), … Read more
Saturday evening is always a busy evening here on the coast. So I decided to park the car on a spot where it usually is quiet, the large parking area near the Mushrooms of Bolnuevo. Officially they’re called Erosiones de Bolnuevo. Fortunately, Hannie suggested another parking spot not that far away. In which case we … Read more
For a couple of years, once a year we do a medical check-up. Since it has been over a year by now, yesterday we decided to make an appointment in the Puerto at the private clinic our new health insurer recommends. Before we could blink an eye our blood pressure was measured and the doctor … Read more