There is a time to come, and there is a time to go. The time to go has now come. And as usual, the time to go is the time to clean. Today we have been restoring order in the house we occupied for four months. That’s always a satisfying business. So, when we finished … Read more
One of the toilets keeps running some water all the time. The pot has been out of its place when the whole system was blocked, so I thought both events were connected. The fontanero explained to me one had absolutely nothing to do with the other. The plumber was here to fix it today. He … Read more
Who said living in Spain was easy? The tools in the picture are the ones you need when you have a house in the ‘campo’. Out in the hills and mountains here. For instance, you need pickaxes to carve holes in the rocky soil to be able to plant a tree or some shrubbery. Or … Read more
They did warn us [10] We are very persistent. To be able to buy a subscription for a mobile phone, or a car, or a house, or to be able to open a bank account, as a foreigner you need a NIE number. NIE means: Numéro de Identidad Extranjero. After numerous attempts (see They did … Read more
This is the house where we stay. Beautifully reconstructed in Andalucian style and tastefully decorated. But again the secret of the picture is in what you can not see. Last night we spent our first night here. And, oh what a night it was. People who live here have never before experienced such a heavy … Read more
This definitely is not what we are waiting for just days before we leave: a broken glass. The buyers of our house send their contractor every now and then to measure things, and at his last visit, he saw that our glass marquise is broke. Grrrr! We didn’t know, we haven’t seen it before and … Read more