The weather app predicted rain in the late afternoon, so we didn’t take our raincoat or rain hat with us when we went down for a tea at the boulevard. It turned out that the weather app over here is just as accurate as it is in the Netherlands:while finishing our first cup it started … Read more
On the look of Hannie’s face, you can tell she just climbed a steep hill for half an hour during our daily walk. Fortunately, we carried water of our own because this ‘Fontanilla’ didn’t produce any. But like yesterday, the secret of the picture is what you can not see. Hannie sits on top of … Read more
Much of the former rather rough and green Spanish coast has by now turned into tourist accommodations. Of the old inner-cities, some have been preserved. This is a picture taken in Almuñecar. A city on the Costa Tropical. As in most pictures, the secret is what is not to be seen here. We had to … Read more
Sometimes it’s better to not know the language than to know just a little bit. I saw this sign again today in the ladies’ room and remembered how I interpreted the text last year. Papel is paper. So when I saw this sign in a bathroom, I thought I was ordered to throw the toilet … Read more
A sunny meal on a sunny terrace. What more is there to be wished? Well, for instance, the recipe. Timing is the essence. Start with frying rather large pieces of carrot in a very little bit of Spanish olive oil. Subsequently add celery, red paprika, pre-cooked turkey, ginger, curry, basil, garlic (at least three rather … Read more
If there’s no sun at the seaside where we now live, we can at least enjoy a vast variety of shades of greys. Never imagined there to be so much beauty in a gloomy world. ^tvo
I had a Spanish trial lesson today. The school in La Herradura only offers individual classes or group conversation lessons. My other courses all were group lessons and I wasn’t sure whether I would like a one on one lesson, hence the trial. As a present from the school, I not only had my trial … Read more
A concerned friend of ours wondered whether we were one of the 3.500 to 4.000 cars that snowed in yesterday on the AP6 near Segovia. They were not freed until this morning by the Spanish army. But here, where we live, no snow has fallen. Yesterday it was a bit overcast in the morning and … Read more
The 6th of January is an official Spanish holiday. The shops are closed and the children are at home playing with the presents they got today. The festive day starts with a parade the night before and by accident, we were in Nerja and in time to see it. It resembles a lot the Dutch … Read more
They did warn us [9] Yesterday at 11:13, I received a ‘no-conteste-a-esta-direccion@correo.gob.es’-email. This official email from the Spanish Government confirmed that I had an appointment (‘cita previa‘) at 10:15 hours at the Policia National on January 5th in Motril to apply for a NIE number. When we went there for the first time, they said … Read more