Walking in Breda at the moment is peculiar after being away for almost a year. And this was amplified once we sat in a restaurant we loved to go to when we still lived here. I used to own the original of the can shown here. Droste is a brand of chocolate powder to make … Read more
Fortunately, this is a paper cup. Because otherwise, it would never have given me the Merry Christmas Feeling. Which I never have, but that’s another story. What is interesting, is that restaurants start to celebrate Christmas way before Christmas. When I was young there usually were a lot of different other days to celebrate before … Read more
This torture device is present in most Spanish households. It took me a while until I figured out what it is. Then I saw the same thing in restaurants with a pork’s leg squeezed into it. Ah, so that’s what it’s for. They have a big, sharp knife next to it and cut pieces off … Read more
Whether it’s the time of the year or we didn’t pay enough attention, at certain parts of the beach there are huge piles of brown seaweed. Probably the stormy weather of the last few days pushed the weed up the shore. This doesn’t explain the origins of the seaweed. There is a story that goes back … Read more
A daily menu usually is handwritten or told by the waiter. It gives an extra homemade touch in my opinion. Today we went to Tallant. It’s halfway between Puerto de Mazarrón and Cartagena. The Restaurant’s name is El Buen Descante, meaning the good rest or the good pause. Which it was. Really good food! ^hm
In the mornings, it’s coffee or tea with tostada. In the afternoon, it’s a cola zero or Schweppes with tapas. In this case, boquerones, which are sardines in vinegar. Over here life is pretty cheap, but they are sparse on the tapas. In Andalusia and Madrid, we always got a tapa with our drink for … Read more
Here at the coast, there are at least three beaches that are playas de canina (dog beaches). Not that there are no dogs at the other beaches. Far from it. Dog owners love their dogs and can’t part from them. Lucky dogs. Less lucky are we, who have to watch where we walk all the … Read more
As you might have guessed from our previous posts we are not impressed by the Spanish way of heating their houses. So after some suffering in the evening cold, we asked the landlord for another heater. He proposed butane. Call us picky, but we don’t want that either, given our experience in the Axarquia. So … Read more
I don’t think we ever had both breakfast and lunch outside on a terrace in the sun on the 9th of November. The warmth of the autumn sun is so lovely! I like it more than the summer sun, that is too hot for me. A pity the evenings and nights are so cold. That’s … Read more
Aloe Vera is a cactea. It’s green and has very strong and thick leaves. Its juices are used as medicine, healing almost all simple skin adornments. It’s used in beauty creams, although I haven’t experienced many improvements yet. It is said the medical features work after the plant has bloomed, not before. They also make … Read more