After our first night in Casa we pronounced the guest bed fit for purpose. There was a problem, though. For the last three months, my right foot has been plagued by an attack of plantar fasciitis. At some time during…
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First Night
After yesterday’s excitement of leaving Portsmouth harbour at 8:30 AM, the remainder of the day had been a mixture of either staring at the horizon slowly bobbing up and down and/or feeling queazy, in Francine’s case. Fortunately, the night had…
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Welcome to Malta
Despite having to lash out on a Toby Carvery dinner and a night away in a Travelodge – boy, do I know how to treat a lady – we were very pleased that we had not done the alternative 3:00…
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Full or Empty
I learnt many years ago that cars’ boots need to be in one of two states, completely full or completely empty. Any intermediate load state has whatever you are carrying sliding and banging about in a most annoying fashion. Slam…
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Last Minute Fixes
We fly back home today but our flight does not depart until 7:20 PM. So, we have the morning to do yet more in what has already been a hectic and crammed two weeks. I’ll be glad to get home…
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Friday 13th
I started the day by informing our friendly estate agent [nope, still feels odd] that the man had once again not put in an appearance to fix our entrance door. He seemed genuinely depressed for us. However, on a much…
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A Bed is Ordered
Following the advice we’d been given to “just change the lock on your door”, the saga continues. Yesterday an aluminium carpintera was supposedly turning up between 3:00 and 3:30 PM to fit a better security lock and make our entrance…
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First Connection
This morning at 9:00 AM the man from the Ayuntamiento [town hall] was coming to fit our water meter to get the first of our services going. 9:00 AM turned out to be 9:30 AM , when he turned up,…
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Spanish Beds
While we’ve been looking in furniture shops for dining room stuff and sofas, we were also on the look out for beds. Beds, it transpired, are a confusing issue. First of all, sizing. I am used to a standard double…
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A Softer Touch
Houses are strange, deceptive things. When you see even a large house simply marked out on its foundations, it looks quite small. Once a house is built, even a modestly sized one can look quite spacious when it is completely…
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