“I don’t mind them coming to my table to sell something”, a friend said. Until he too experienced how aggressive some of the vendors are and how many pass by. Today none was aggressive, but there were even more than usual. At times no less than 3 vendors were roaming the terrace at the same … Read more
For some reason, the theme of today turned out to be smoking. Which is kind of odd since we are both avid non-smokers. It started with a business appointment in a small room where the owner obviously had just put out the last cigarette. Making me cough and not too keen to discuss health insurance … Read more
Nowadays we walk after 8 pm because of the heat during the day. Much to our surprise, we saw a traffic-jam northbound when we entered Puerto de Mazarrón. It was a real exodus, but we weren’t worried because our walk would last an hour and after that, we had to do some shopping. Ha, what … Read more
Time flies when you’re having fun. It was the last day of the family visit. Phew, a week is gone by quickly. Well, we celebrated the end of a lovely holiday in style: we all had ice cream in a chiringuito at Nares Beach. We’ll miss them dearly when they drive off tomorrow morning. On … Read more
Unfortunately, we have to come to the conclusion that our grandsons are Spanish builders, not Dutch ones. Instead of building dikes and canals, they like to stampede on the castillos that daddy and oma build. It’s not that we mind that much as long as they are having fun. And since the sun returned after … Read more
Once a year I do a 6-week program called “The Elements of Success”. One of the assignments is to create 7 goals. And one of those goals is that I want to ground. Having no house and no place with our own stuff around us might grow a sense of non-earthiness. Which I don’t want. … Read more
This is not a Hyacinth, but a Yucca in full bloom. Like the yellow flowers growing in the garden a couple of weeks ago, the Yucca is a weed over here. It grows everywhere and most of the plants we pass on our daily walk have beautiful flowers. I had to take the picture skyward … Read more
Today was an excellent day. The family – son plus grandchildren – arrived very early giving us ample time to play. The highlight of the day was of course the swimming pool. They both have some kind of life jacket to make sure they don’t drown. And we made sure to don’t drag them into … Read more
Whenever we are very early for our walk we notice that the beach is all neat and tidy. Given the big tracks in the sand, they use heavy equipment to get the job done!I suspect they do it every night or real early in the morning before the beach guests arrive. I enjoy walking on … Read more
The Dutch may be very direct, as we often hear over here, they are also hospitable. No business would dream of having a conversation, even when it’s just a meeting to get acquainted and nothing more, without offering coffee, tea, or water. As we realized when we had a getting-to-know conversation with a Dutch real … Read more