One of the most creative campaigns I ever saw was: Heineken. Refreshes the parts other beers can not reach. One of the advertisements showed a young man, with a big smiling face and hardly any teeth in his mouth. After he took a big sip of a pint of Heineken, his teeth were restored and … Read more
What I am missing Of course there are things I miss. And strangely enough one of those things is a siphon. It turns out most Spanish plumbing is done without siphons. Usually that’s not a problem. But it becomes one when it rains. Argh, that smell… Rain and dirty sewer air are inextricably linked in … Read more
The Philippines is plagued by typhoon Mangkhut. The Carolinas are battered by tropical storm Florence. And we? We were vast asleep. Most of the time during the night. Sometimes we woke up because of the heavy rains. But we’re from the Netherlands. So we don’t care. Over there it always rains. Only when we took … Read more
A lot of the beaches here have cabins which contain lifeguards: Salvamento en playas. All cabins are made of wood. Some are blue, others are red and yellow, like this one. The cabins carry a flag. The flags are like traffic lights. Varying the swimming conditions the flags are red, orange, or green. Green is … Read more
As a side note, I mentioned the groups of people standing in the water before. It’s an amazing sight for us Dutchies because we never saw anything like that in the Netherlands. And I thought it was due to the heat. But even this evening in the dusk we spotted several groups in the water … Read more
Never in our lifetime, we have seen more sea and mountains than since we enjoy our nomadic life. What to do with such an experience? This probably explains my contemplative look. And I need a shave. ^tvo
It was hairdresser time for me again. I asked the girl to be careful with my ears – there shouldn’t come any water in. And she had the most brilliant solution. They looked like fake ears, but in reality were some kind of cups that I held, while she was washing my hair. My ears … Read more
Amazing! One day there are lots of people on the boulevard and in the villages. The next day the streets are totally empty. It looks like everyone fled. The big advantage is of course that the garage at the supermarket was totally empty as well. And there was hardly any delay at the cashier. So … Read more
This is what happens when the skies clear above the sea. At once you can see for miles on end. But these clear skies combined with the clouds on the right, announce a change in the weather. No matter how south you go, the Arctic knows where to find you. A cold streak of high-speed … Read more
As you can imagine we study the Spanish lifestyle meticulously. And we have a lot of chance for that when we go out for lunch. We adopted some habits. Lunch as main meal between 2 and 4 pm Lots of olive oil Fish and vegetables But there are several customs we most definitively won’t. Having … Read more