Patience and a well-developed sense of balance are required to be able to build these cairns. However, the question here is: What do these cairns do at the beach, and why four? The problem lies with us. We think cairns are only erected to mark directions. But wiki-something says they are also set up for … Read more
We are so happy! The chainsmoking neighbors are back to France, so we could move the table back to the down terrace. Having breakfast on the upper terrace was fine as well, but downstairs there is more to look at because we can see the boulevard. The weather is absolutely gorgeous at the moment. This … Read more
For 4 months we slept under just a sheet. We still can, now at the start of October. Although then our cold feet will wake us around 5 am. So we have taken the duvet out of the closet and put it on our feet. I wonder when it will be cold enough at night … Read more
Housing is an interesting topic in Spain. Today I read in El Pais that the average square meter prices of houses go up in Catalunia, the Balearic Islands, and Madrid. The housing market in Spain is crazy. Salaries are no longer enough to buy a proper house. On the other hand, millions of houses are … Read more
In Andalucia in Spain, in the city of Huéscar for instance, there are some fine examples of cave dwellings. But this picture was taken from the Punta el Pichirichi in the coastal village of San Juan de Los Terreros. The rocks rise from the sea and are used as the foundation, the walls, and the … Read more
In the Netherlands, you hardly hear people singing in the street. Professional street singers excepted of course. Now that we are located in the middle of a village, I often hear singing at the end of the day. Usually, it’s an older man or woman strolling at ease on the boulevard. In my – still … Read more
A standard question in every house we were in: “How is the internet?”The answer was an also-standard: “Oh, it works like a charm!” Well, I know by now that we are very spoiled with the internet we had in the Netherlands. Fast, hardly any interruptions, reliable. The reason for the enthusiasm over here is probably … Read more
The ‘new’ from the heading of this blog doesn’t refer to the fact that this oven is new. We thought it to be broken, but we were wrong. I’ll get to that next. The ‘new’ refers to the fact that every other house we lived in these past months has a different oven. Different meaning, … Read more
I am really proud of us. We both reached our desired weight! Tom is between 73 and 74 kg. My weight is between 65 and 66 kg. It took us – deliberately because a slow weight loss has a better chance to be sustainable – 2,5 years to lose over 20 kg. And it is … Read more
In our hunt for a house, we have a lot of viewings. Sometimes the real estate agent has a key. Sometimes the owner or tenant is in the house and opens the door for us. What is interesting in the latter case is that always, always, the television is on. Sometimes muted, sometimes blaring. And … Read more