There are a lot of things we miss out on. Such as salt. We try to balance our food as much as possible considering our wishes and what’s available in reasonably healthy foodstuff. Salt is not on our food list. As I explained earlier, most foods contain enough natural salts to get you through the … Read more
And again all stuff has to be packed because we’re moving. It’s at least the tenth time this year. Because we stayed at all kinds of different places, we now feel like real nomads. This is not a reference to the motor club but to the small tribes that cross the desert. Or any other … Read more
“Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I shall be too late!” mutters the White Rabbit while constantly looking at his watch in Lewis Caroll’s book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Cleaning up the house for the visiting relatives, a week ago, I found this watch that doesn’t even remotely resemble the White Rabbit’s watch. But still, it was … Read more
Out here in the campo (countryside) live a lot of dogs. Our neighbor has six. They bark all day. So we move at the end of the week to another house. The best way to experience dogs is by walking through the campo. Every self-respecting farmer or house owner has at least one dog. Some … Read more
Outside in the shade, it’s 35 degrees Celsius. Nobody is wearing socks and shoes except for my two nietos (grandchildren). The little one has these lovely red sandalias (sandals) which I refer to as escándalos (scandals). So I tell him to put on his escándalos. It might be for this word joke, but he says … Read more
It’s hard to believe, but smoking is an insult. In general, but more specifically on the terrace of a restaurant. Before you think that it’s an insult for the non-smokers on the terrace, think again. That’s too obvious. Foremost it’s an insult to the cook. No cook ever prepares a meal to be spoiled by … Read more
The family is on holiday. And guess what? Where did they go? To our place. Everybody loves the swimming pool. And the sun of course. Although it has been rather cloudy for the past couple of days. Which has its benefits. Because then we cannot go to the beach. As such the beach is okay, … Read more
This is a pozo. It’s a pit where they used to produce ice during the winter. This pozo is one out of five we saw today at an altitude of 1400 meters near the highest mountain of the Parque Regional Sierra Espuña: the Morrón de Espuña (1583 meters). In winter, men from the surrounding villages came … Read more
Yesterday, during our daily walk, coming from the Playa de las Moreras, along the Playa Canina, and taking the direction of the boulevard of Bolnuevo, we passed Camping Playa de Mazarrón. During most of the year, there are a lot of campers and caravans from people that hibernate in Spain. But now during verano (summer), … Read more
Saturday evening is always a busy evening here on the coast. So I decided to park the car on a spot where it usually is quiet, the large parking area near the Mushrooms of Bolnuevo. Officially they’re called Erosiones de Bolnuevo. Fortunately, Hannie suggested another parking spot not that far away. In which case we … Read more