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2018.12.10 An endless story
A friend asked the other day if we could get used to the new house. Making me realize we didn’t have to get used here at all. From the first moment, the house was perfect for us. Isn’t that great?! We left the Netherlands on December 11 last year. Making today exactly 365 days since. … Read more
2018.12.09 All quiet on the fairground
We once took our grandchildren to the fair. It was a walk of about 20 minutes so we bribed them by promising a sorpresa (a surprise). Unfortunately, the fair wasn’t due until five o’clock and we arrived at four. It took some persuasion and two bouncing balls to make the disappointment go off the boys’ … Read more
2018.12.08 Inversión
This is Lorca. Almost 100.000 people live here. We’ve been there once before during the feria at the end of September. The old city is nice to walk through with small streets and high Renaissance buildings. But that’s not what this picture is about. It’s about the haze that is to be seen just under … Read more
2018.12.07 Keep yourself to yourself, if you can
Privacy does not exist in Spain. It doesn’t cease to amaze me how indifferent organizations and official persons are concerning sensitive information. A handful of examples from these past months: Coincidentally the doctor was at the receptionists’ desk when somebody phoned about a test result. Those were not discussed in the solitud of the consulting … Read more
2018.12.06 Veroño in the Sierra de Espuña
Let it be a coincidence, but from the day we moved into our new house, the weather has been absolutely marvelous. It turns out this type of weather has a name in Spain: Veroño. It’s a mix of verano and otoño – summer and autumn. They call it like this when the temperatures are way higher than they … Read more
2018.12.05 Día de la Constitución
At almost the end of October, when I wrote about Santa Eulalia de Mérida, no one knew we would come to live in Totana. What a way to celebrate our arrival in this very Spanish city. For the next month, there will be festivities about every weekend, except for Christmas. Most festivities are of a … Read more
2018.12.04 Spanish village life
At the coast, you see mainly couples, by themselves or pairing up with befriended couples. Go 20 km inland and we are usually the only couple. All the other visitors are men. Where are the women? Do they gather somewhere else? Are they at home cooking? We have no idea. Do you? ^hm