Some things over here are still old-fashioned. On a regular basis, we encounter livestock of either sheep or goats. The shepherds wander around the villages and the agricultural terrains. I am not sure though you could call this type of old-fashioned-ness ecological. Given all the plastic and asbestos that is lying around, I doubt there … Read more
I write in a journal twice a day and sometimes that is by answering questions. The question today was: “What are my future happiness moments and/or milestones?” One answer lies not in the future but in today. Today was a perfect day. Blue sky, sun, not too warm (29C), a little bit of wind. I … Read more
Long strips of sand alternate with rocks and so-called calas. A cala is a creek with a small beach. As surprised as we are about the amount of junk left on the land, we are evenly surprised about how clear the seawater is over here. That is not typical for the Spanish coast as we … Read more
What I am missing Of course there are things I miss. And strangely enough one of those things is a siphon. It turns out most Spanish plumbing is done without siphons. Usually that’s not a problem. But it becomes one when it rains. Argh, that smell… Rain and dirty sewer air are inextricably linked in … Read more
As a side note, I mentioned the groups of people standing in the water before. It’s an amazing sight for us Dutchies because we never saw anything like that in the Netherlands. And I thought it was due to the heat. But even this evening in the dusk we spotted several groups in the water … Read more
It was hairdresser time for me again. I asked the girl to be careful with my ears – there shouldn’t come any water in. And she had the most brilliant solution. They looked like fake ears, but in reality were some kind of cups that I held, while she was washing my hair. My ears … Read more
Amazing! One day there are lots of people on the boulevard and in the villages. The next day the streets are totally empty. It looks like everyone fled. The big advantage is of course that the garage at the supermarket was totally empty as well. And there was hardly any delay at the cashier. So … Read more
As you can imagine we study the Spanish lifestyle meticulously. And we have a lot of chance for that when we go out for lunch. We adopted some habits. Lunch as main meal between 2 and 4 pm Lots of olive oil Fish and vegetables But there are several customs we most definitively won’t. Having … Read more
Today is my birthday. Tom’s was 10 days ago, so we gave each other the same present last month: the dance in El Batel. And since that seems like ages ago, we also had some small presents. I gave Tom a sailing lesson (and a silly digital hat – *evil grin*). And Tom gave me … Read more
I know it’s not very feminist behavior, but usually, I let Tom drive. In the Netherlands, the excuse was that he loves to drive and I couldn’t care less about driving. Over here the reason is that I hate the Spanish traffic. But if I have to go somewhere that’s too far to walk, of … Read more