Cars & Spanish Admin

Cars & Spanish Admin

As previously mentioned, due to living with pets, we’ve been travelling in our own aging spacious blue Honda estate, a car which we do love. However, with some repairs becoming necessary, we did think importing old ‘Blue’ would not be cost effective...
Western Andalucia

Western Andalucia

We were in Sanlúcar de Barrameda for a month over Easter & my brother & sister-in-law joined us for the first week. Of course we headed into town for the festival parades &, after a Winter out-of-season, enjoyed the buzz of people on holiday enjoying...
Temporary Homes

Temporary Homes

When I’d booked the Algarve house, I’d mentioned being cold in the North to our host. When we arrived, João showed me that he’d plugged electric radiators in every room to warm the house through – so lovely. One of the benefits of an Air...
Algarve Winter

Algarve Winter

We awoke to a glorious December day in the Algarve with clear blue skies & sun. Having had a long journey the previous day & with supplies bought the previous evening, we stayed-put at the house to unpack, settle & enjoy our surroundings. The following...
The Black Kitten

The Black Kitten

We’ve acquired a black kitten! We don’t want a kitten & cannot have a kitten because of the parrot, but the kitten doesn’t care. It came running down the drive towards us when we returned home one evening & stayed. We didn’t feed it for...