A concerned friend of ours wondered whether we were one of the 3.500 to 4.000 cars that snowed in yesterday on the AP6 near Segovia. They were not freed until this morning by the Spanish army. But here, where we live, no snow has fallen. Yesterday it was a bit overcast in the morning and … Read more
They did warn us [9] Yesterday at 11:13, I received a ‘no-conteste-a-esta-direccion@correo.gob.es’-email. This official email from the Spanish Government confirmed that I had an appointment (‘cita previa‘) at 10:15 hours at the Policia National on January 5th in Motril to apply for a NIE number. When we went there for the first time, they said … Read more
Yesterday we entered the supermarket and ran straight into a huge improvised table full of small plastic containers with uvas blancas (white grapes). At first, I thought it to be a promotion stunt. Then I remembered our daughter-in-law once told us you had to eat one grape at every beat of the clock at midnight … Read more
This morning is rainy and grey. So we feel very much back in the Netherlands. Who would have thought we would feel at home in Spain on such short notice. I (Tom) am suffering from the flu. Already four days in a row I can’t get out of bed. Now and again I cough out … Read more
A Christmas Carol This is the blackest Christmas day I ever experienced. All night I was kept awake and haunted by three nightmares, which I so much hoped to have left behind in the Netherlands and which enabled me to leave the Netherlands without even a blink of my eye. Being haunted again I decided … Read more
They did warn us [6] Today it was again a beautiful sunny day. Although a bit windy as you can see in this picture. The young guy tried to fly up to his colleagues. He didn’t succeed. Neither did we, trying to get a NIE number in Spain for the umptieth time. We went to … Read more