Several times a week we walk to the village. To shop, drink coffee with friends, or – in my case – go to Spanish class. The first part of the road leads us downhill and near the end, we have an overview of a campground. It’s a quiet place. Lots of tanned, elderly people. It … Read more
Some loose ends from the Netherlands are bothering us at the moment. But we found the perfect solution today: our walk was longer than usual. And look what we encountered on our way. Nature as well as walking up and down the hill turned out to be great to unwind. And of course, the sun … Read more
Again the weather app was wrong with its prediction, but this time we didn’t mind at all. It should have been 14°, but 20° has been the highest we noticed on the car thermometer. We have discovered a minor disadvantage of staying over here. The Spaniards lunch late and lunch is the main meal of … Read more
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
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
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
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
I keep pinching myself. And remind myself it is winter. It is so great to work on the terrace in the sun all morning. Tom says I even have a tan by now 🙂 ^hm
They did warn us [7] Some people remark that the Americans are so insincere with their “Hello, I am your waitress for tonight”. But I prefer that level of customer service way beyond the treatment you get over here. Last time we went to the police station in Motril we were sent home with a … Read more
Wow. They’re working really hard now to get the road finished. It’s about a kilometer, I think, but if their lunch break is not too extended, they will finish it today! At the moment we use this road to walk to the village and we have to use a different road to drive there. Meaning, … Read more