I have really tried my utmost not to use plastic during our trip. I didn’t succeed. Sure, once (!) our drinks came in glass bottles, but most of the time the bottles were of plastic. Whenever I get enthusiastic about something I tend to become a missionary. So I almost ended up in a fight … Read more
I intend to live with zero waste as soon as possible. We have written more about the amount of waste over here in Spain. It’s one of my main concerns – the way people treat the single-use of plastic. We are so happy with the local ecological shop owned by Sebastian, who is very willing … Read more
We use a Brita filter for our tap water. Those filters can be bought almost everywhere: at the supermarkets that are big enough to have a non-food department, at the Mediamarkt, at some household stores. But you can’t recycle them in the store where you buy those filters. I gave up on asking in the … Read more
In the south of Spain, there are an awful lot of plastic greenhouses. They are ugly. If I am driving past I just see the roofs and I have always wondered what is inside. And now I know: nothing! 🙂 OK, to be honest, the neighboring greenhouses harbored tomatoes. And I didn’t take this picture … Read more
Last winter I didn’t like the number of plastic bottles we bought and threw away. But we did so anyway because of the chlorine in the water. Yikes. This time we took our Brita filter with us. If we have to use ‘normal’ water we filter it 3 times. And here in the cabin, we … Read more