So far we are not very impressed by the service level of the Spanish shops, restaurants, or civil servants. In most cases, they give us the impression we should be grateful they take notice of us at all. But we are very grateful there are some outstanding exceptions. And these past few days were made … Read more
If you are out for lunch and the opposite companions are looking right over your head instead of straight at your face, chances are big they are watching television. Lots of cafes and restaurants have blaring televisions. And if you are in full sight of one it’s hard to resist watching. Especially since they are … Read more
As a feminist, I have a hard time with the Spanish language. A group of boys is addressed as chicos, a group of girls as chicas. But as soon as there is just ONE boy in this latter group it is chicos again. It gets really funny if you eardrop a group of women like … Read more
Here in Leganés, there are many fountains. On roundabouts and on squares. When the sun is low, the image of light and shadow is beautiful. There is one thing I don’t get. I haven’t been able to figure it out yet. Why are the fountains not working between 2 pm and 5 pm? Do the … Read more
Bullfights are not popular anymore in most parts of Spain. But this 2-dimensional figure is found all over Spain. I guess that everyone who has ever been in Spain on a holiday recognizes this bull, don’t you? ^hm
They did warn us [11] We had more fun today watching the birds flying up above the sea than we had trying for the umptieth time to get an NIE. Either we are total knobheads, or the system here sucks big time. As they advised us in Málaga we went to the police station in … Read more
During the day it is often warm enough to sit on the terrace, but in the morning and evening, we need heating. Here it is done with gas stoves. At times the empty gas cylinders need to be switched to full ones. So today we went downhill to the gas station and bought 4 new … Read more
According to our daughter-in-law, there are 2 kinds of cars in Spain: the normal ones and the cheap version. The latter comes without a direction indicator. She is right. 🙂 ^hm
My parents stayed in Spain 18 winters in a row. Whenever I visited them I joined them in their hunt for water in the mountains behind Benidorm. In a village called Polop was a huge square with lots of fountains one after another.That was my first acquaintance with the fuentes of Spain. It’s a nice … Read more
If ever someone tells me Spanish is easy – as a lot of Spaniards do – I think I am going to hit him or her. Spanish is not easy at all. Learning vocabulary is just doing your best, but the fact that Spanish has 3 different ways of the past tense, makes it really, … Read more