One thing we definitely have to get used to in Spain is the noise. Spanish children are brought up with noise. Schools have loudspeakers that blare music in the moments before school and in the breaks. That has an advantage though. In the Netherlands, the school bell rings 5 minutes before and once the moment … Read more
Leganés is a suburb of Madrid and is part of Madrid’s metro system. And since the grandchildren love to go by train, we took the metro to go to the shopping mall. Not to shop, but to eat! We were lucky to be early because when we got out of the restaurant, the aisles were … Read more
I love children’s drawings. Especially their explanation of what we see. This is the sun, lying on the ground. The black form is the moon. So sweet. ^hm
What I won’t miss I cough a lot. So does hubby. And recently I started noticing that a lot of friends and family have a respiratory ‘something’ as well. Coughing, running nose, stuffy nose, allergies. So maybe it’s my imagination, but it also might be the pollution. The area in between Antwerp, Rotterdam, and the … Read more
They did warn us [5] In our ongoing search to get a NIE number we went to the Oficina Extranjeros today. Our son went along to translate, maybe that would help. A very friendly security officer told us our form was wrong, and where did we need a NIE number for anyway since we are … Read more
Arrived at my son’s place and we are so happy to see the grandchildren again after almost half a year. Luckily they are happy too to see us. ^hm
No snow! An occasional drop of rain once in a while. As you can see the road is quiet. Our journey is going fine. Getting out of the snow last night was just horrible. The pack in the garden was about 20 cm thick and the car tires couldn’t get a grip. At some point, … Read more
The winter has set in. I am not very keen on this kind of weather, especially when we are going to travel. Fingers crossed. ^hm
Today we had our last saying goodbye appointment. As a present, we got elephants, accompanied by this film, sooo cute. The message is: a coherent group helps each other and can rely on each other. We braved the snow to go to our appointment, so it was very appropriate weather before leaving for a warm … Read more
We were so glad to have help today. All the big stuff is out of the house now. ^hm