This is a pozo. It’s a pit where they used to produce ice during the winter. This pozo is one out of five we saw today at an altitude of 1400 meters near the highest mountain of the Parque Regional Sierra Espuña: the Morrón de Espuña (1583 meters). In winter, men from the surrounding villages came … Read more
Do you like to draw your signature? Then you should come to Spain. We had to put more signatures on papers in these past months than in the last 10 years in the Netherlands. And we didn’t make any big purchases yet. I wonder what we will have to sign when we buy a house … Read more
Yesterday, during our daily walk, coming from the Playa de las Moreras, along the Playa Canina, and taking the direction of the boulevard of Bolnuevo, we passed Camping Playa de Mazarrón. During most of the year, there are a lot of campers and caravans from people that hibernate in Spain. But now during verano (summer), … Read more
Saturday evening is always a busy evening here on the coast. So I decided to park the car on a spot where it usually is quiet, the large parking area near the Mushrooms of Bolnuevo. Officially they’re called Erosiones de Bolnuevo. Fortunately, Hannie suggested another parking spot not that far away. In which case we … Read more
For a couple of years, once a year we do a medical check-up. Since it has been over a year by now, yesterday we decided to make an appointment in the Puerto at the private clinic our new health insurer recommends. Before we could blink an eye our blood pressure was measured and the doctor … Read more
It took us quite some time to figure out the names of the neighbor dogs. I think we are excused since there are 6 of them. After three months I got it: one is called Sjuttup, the other one Stoppit, his mother is called Heidi, and then there is Nonoo and Ej. And they seem … Read more
In Spain, they have excellent table manners. Meaning that at the start of any meal you always get offered: salt, pepper, vinegar, and olive oil. Usually from very good quality. At least as far as we are concerned. But of course, we’re no real aficionados if it comes to these table annexes. We never add … Read more
I am trying to grow plants. The avocado took about 3 months before I could put that in the soil. By the way, that one is thriving now. It has several leaves and looks very healthy. The succulents were easy, which I expected. They had roots within a week. So now I tried some branches … Read more
There are not many alternative roads we can walk on around the house. One way or the other we pass a dry riverbed. There stands the sign of this picture. It says: coto privado de caza. This means: private hunting grounds. Most of the time when we pass this sign, we see rabbits running away … Read more
Manuel de Falla y Matheu (1876-1946) was one of Spain’s most important composers of the first half of the twentieth century. His best-known composition is El Amor Brujo, which can roughly be translated as The Bewitched Love. At the Auditorio El Batel in Cartagena this evening we experienced El Amor Brujo as a ballet in a … Read more