2018.11.05 Come rain, come shine
In the rain, every town looks dull and sad. And all the more so a coastal village. An abandoned boulevard. High waves. And a crazy Dutch couple that has their daily walk. 🙂 ^hm
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2018.10.27 Usted esta aqui
You are here, Usted está aquĂ. And indeed that is exactly where this map can be found. At the end of itinerario from iglesia a iglesia. The one church is in Isla Plana, where we live, and the other is in La Azohia. Both churches are about as big as the house we had in … Read more
2018.09.15 Tormentas
The Philippines is plagued by typhoon Mangkhut. The Carolinas are battered by tropical storm Florence. And we? We were vast asleep. Most of the time during the night. Sometimes we woke up because of the heavy rains. But we’re from the Netherlands. So we don’t care. Over there it always rains. Only when we took … Read more
2018.09.09 Pure air from the Arctic
This is what happens when the skies clear above the sea. At once you can see for miles on end. But these clear skies combined with the clouds on the right, announce a change in the weather. No matter how south you go, the Arctic knows where to find you. A cold streak of high-speed … Read more
2018.09.05 A change in the weather?
Although the waves aren’t as high as they were yesterday in Japan during typhoon Jebi, they announce here a change in the weather is coming. In San Carles de Rapita the streets were flooded today. In the Rioja wine area hailstones as big as golf balls destroyed cars and parts of the grape harvest. Tomorrow … Read more
2018.08.16 Welcoming the rain
Woot, woot! Finally some rain. And now we realized again why gutters are a really great invention. In the Netherlands, you will hardly discover any house without them. Over here it’s the other way around. Water was streaming from every roof tile which made a spectacular view (from the inside of the house of course). … Read more
2018.05.10 Walking in the rain
The weather app keeps predicting sun and the reality keeps being rainy. Well, we won’t melt from a bit of rain. Although we didn’t like that the supposedly drying laundry outside got soaking wet again. Today we walked a part of the VĂas Verde. We took up the path about 600 m. from our house … Read more
2018.05.09 Raindrops in the swimming pool
Most of the day was sunny and lovely. When we drove out of Puerto de MazarrĂłn with our shoppings we saw big waves of sea mist. But still, we hadn’t thought it would rain. Even when we see dark clouds we don’t expect rain. Especially when the weather app predicts sunshine all day. So yes, … Read more
2018.05.01 No rain was forthcoming
Today, the weather forecast predicted rain from 13:00 hours. So we decided to go for a walk in the morning along the coast from Isla Plana to La Azohia and back. When we started the sun was shining and there were hardly any clouds in the sky. Since the first of May is a holiday … Read more
2018.04.26 Windmills and dead cactuses
The hills that carry the windmills you see in the picture border the Atlantic Ocean. There literally are over a hundred of them. They are all the same and probably at least 100 meters high. The reason why these mills are there is obvious. There are always strong winds on this coast. And a lot … Read more