The week before I left the Netherlands my computer loudspeaker failed. There are hardly any apple stores in the Netherlands with their own repair department, so in the short time I had left, it was not possible to get it fixed then. During our stay here in Spain, we weren’t in the neighborhood of an … Read more
Zarzaquemada is a densely populated district in the city of Leganés. It has been built in the Seventies of the last century and consists mainly of uniform apartment blocks. Several parks line the district and between the apartment blocks, you can find childrens’ playgrounds such as in the picture. As soon as the sun comes … Read more
In 2004 Adrián Carra finished a sculptural work in Leganés which he called Plaza de los Gatos. It’s a square, like an open patio. On the square walk, sit, and crawl several, bronze, fairly big-sized cats (gatos). The funny thing though is that mice (ratones) have been carved in the bricks where the cats are … Read more
The sun is doing its best and if you see those snowy mountains north of Madrid and Leganés you can understand why the wind stays cold. We are lucky: the playground is in between big apartment buildings, and out of the wind the weather is gorgeous. So the children can play outside all day today! … Read more
Here in Leganés, there are many fountains. On roundabouts and on squares. When the sun is low, the image of light and shadow is beautiful. There is one thing I don’t get. I haven’t been able to figure it out yet. Why are the fountains not working between 2 pm and 5 pm? Do the … Read more
In Spain, there are supermarkets on every corner of the street. Some of the supermarkets, specifically some of the bigger chains, are well equipped with organic food. In most other countries we visited this is hardly the case. And nowhere but in Germany and the Netherlands, we’ve seen a chain of organic supermarkets. In the … Read more
March had the theme ‘Animals’ for the grandchildren so we decided to go to the Madrid Zoo this weekend. We were very lucky to have chosen Sunday because the weather was sunny. Cold, but sunny. The kids were out of their heads with excitement, running around and hardly giving themselves any time to have a … Read more
Despite the cold, and maybe because of all the rain, there are a lot of blossoming trees in the area where our son lives. Beautiful to look at. We were not sure about the smell though, because the air around us watching those trees was really foul. It turned out that the lawns are fertilized … Read more
Another town means looking for another hairdresser. For me, that is, because Tom is cut almost bold by myself with a hair clipper. Often I am amazed by the prizes here in Spain. I have paid mostly between €15 and €25 for the hairdresser. This time it was €9, so I was looking at her … Read more
Today we went back to the family in Leganés. The temperatures varied from 0°C to 20°C, although both those extremes were very temporary. Most of the time it was right in between, making our hike in the Tablas de Daimiel which we visited again nice. The reason to visit the Tablas again was simple. We … Read more