February is the month to harvest olives. From the terrace of the house where we now stay, we oversee several olive orchards. The harvest is performed in a standard fashion. A fishing net is spread out on the soil, as you can see under the second tree from the right top of the picture. Some … Read more
Who said living in Spain was easy? The tools in the picture are the ones you need when you have a house in the ‘campo’. Out in the hills and mountains here. For instance, you need pickaxes to carve holes in the rocky soil to be able to plant a tree or some shrubbery. Or … Read more
Usually, we have a view from the terrace. We overlook the opposite hills and to the left, we see the village. Not at the moment. We are covered in the cloud we have seen all day from a distance, hanging in the valley down below. Finally, it has caught us. ^hm
A lot of times there are very peculiar clouds in the sky. I have only seen them here so far. Does anyone know if these are a sign of something in particular? Just wondering. ^hm
Today we had a lovely day: we went house hunting in the campo. We are lucky enough to have someone who is guiding us and he managed to squeeze 5 of the houses we wanted to visit into one day. All houses had something in common. They had a living room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, one … Read more
In winter the nights here up in the hills are cold. During the daytime inside the houses, it’s as cold. So, what you would expect is that all villages are constantly covered in smoke. This is not the case. Apparently, the houses are not heated with woodfires. Butane gas stoves and electric heaters, such as … Read more
During the day it is often warm enough to sit on the terrace, but in the morning and evening, we need heating. Here it is done with gas stoves. At times the empty gas cylinders need to be switched to full ones. So today we went downhill to the gas station and bought 4 new … Read more
We didn’t encounter the horse in this picture in the hallway (a Dutch joke which refers to a comedian called André van Duin). But that it’s parked in front of an apartment complex is quite exceptional. Moreover, since it was parked between the standard Spanish mode of transport: cars. That the horse is a mare … Read more
They did warn us [10] We are very persistent. To be able to buy a subscription for a mobile phone, or a car, or a house, or to be able to open a bank account, as a foreigner you need a NIE number. NIE means: Numéro de Identidad Extranjero. After numerous attempts (see They did … Read more
According to our daughter-in-law, there are 2 kinds of cars in Spain: the normal ones and the cheap version. The latter comes without a direction indicator. She is right. 🙂 ^hm