Yes, there it is! Diego’s ‘brownie cake’. Wednesday my grandson Diego will become five years old. We will go to Leganés to celebrate this milestone. As a surprise and especially for him I made this delicious, rich, and heavy cake. Glutenfree, sugarfree, fatfree, and lactosefree. The recipe is as follows. Needed 250 grams of pit … Read more
Most classical buildings are dating back to Classical Antiquity, the Renaissance, or the 19th-century eclectic revival. However, although you wouldn’t guess it, this building is not even a hundred years old. The construction started in 1933. The function is also hard to figure out without context: it’s an army barrack. They stored bullets here. Not … Read more
One of our regular walks is from the house through the surrounding hills to the via verde. The via verde is a cycle path from Mazarrón to Totana and Cartagena. When we arrive at the via verde, we can either go to the left in the direction of the urbanization Country Club or to the … Read more
We are atypical people, I guess. Lots of people love to sit under the parasols that are for hire on the beaches. Sunbeds often included and a chiringuito always nearby. We don’t even love sitting on the beach very much, but when we do, we choose a beach for which we have to walk an … Read more
“Schneiden?” she asked. I had to think twice before I knew what she meant and started saying my Spanish is not so good when I realized she was talking German to me. “Sí”, I replied “Muy corto, por favor”. I hate going to hairdressers. That’s not their fault. I blame my hair for that, always … Read more
Living in Spain is a challenge. That’s nice because otherwise, you might get bored quickly and easily. For all the other reasons it’s wise to talk a lot with people who have already been living in Spain for quite some time. In the picture, we sit on the terrace of the Hacienda Golf Resort near … Read more
One of the perks of the Spanish supermercados is that they have an overwhelming amount of fresh fish. The fish in the picture is Dorada. It has soft white meat with a soft fishy taste. All fresh fish in the supermercado is kept on ice during the day. You can pick the fish you want and … Read more
This is a ground beetle, from the family of the carabidae. This is a family of beetles with worldwide over 40.000 different species. Why is it on his or her back? Because it’s a ground beetle. It’s supposed to stay on the ground. But for some unspecified reason, they climb straight up the wall of … Read more
Today we enjoyed our second guided tour, organized by the Tourist Office of Mazarrón. Again the subject was ancient history – the Phoenicians and the Romans – but this time in Puerto de Mazarrón. From our visit to the museum Arqva in Cartagena, we knew that the Phoenician boat that is displayed over there is … Read more
The Dutch news website nos.nl referred to a critical message posted by The Verge. The message concerned the amount of water that is required to produce one liter of regular Coca-Cola. The Verge found that Coca-Cola lied: it wasn’t two liters, but seventy. The majority of the water is used to produce the abundant amount … Read more