Or at home – because son Broes is cooking a lot nowadays! Everything is dragged from the garden into the kitchen – especially a lot of zucchini, of course, because somehow zucchini plants always do well. But the peas, beans, cucumbers, lettuce, pumpkin, corn, bell pepper, basil, dill and thyme also come in nice quantities. […]
Portuguese food at the neighbors’ Read More »
I don’t think I’m Tour de France material, but it was not bad. Pain in my bum, yes. And pain in my head. From the sun. And clasped hands from squeezing all the time. 10 kilometers in 45 minutes approximately. And then I certainly got off 5 times to take a photo, so those minutes
From the dentist on a bike Read More »
Too old. Suddenly you’re too old. Strange, because it doesn’t feel that way inside. And if you trained yourself (like me) to keep the looking-in-the-mirror to an absolute minimum, ditto for taking selfies- that’s a shock! There are many advantages to being old Many people do not like that I use that word, but I
Tribute to a future ex-expat Read More »
Frank Gardener is here since the beginning of March. Stranded because of the C-risis. He could go home but he bought a property here, to start a new life on a new farm. One point in favour of staying in Portugal, secondly: if you go back to South Africa, you have to go in quarantine
Escape room in Portugal – cinematographist or Gardener Read More »
(when God closes a door, she opens a window) Thirty eight face masks. That’s quite a lot Cut 38 pieces of fabric, lock them over, sew 2 seams, iron the folds, pin the elastic bands, sewing it all, turn over, stitch 2 pieces on the top, done. Next! I’m used to this kind of patience-chores,
Face mask production: the masquerade continues in our B&B&B Read More »
A question that’s on everybody’s lips: how will it be, our holidays in 2020? I suspect that in many cases it’ll preferably not be a staycation. Most people have seen their houses enough now. The big question is of course when we can travel again. Now there are more big questions, but this is one
Celebrating your holidays in 2020 – question mark or masquerade Read More »
It’s April. It’s spring – but you had already noticed that. There is reasonable weather in the north, like here, so if you have a little farmer’s wisdom, you know that it’s time for the vegetable garden. We’re busy with that, with that vegetable garden. What the hell does that have to do with soccer
Using chicken power according to Cruyffian logic Read More »
“Hey, there you are again!” I greet the girls as I turn my office chair in their direction, “thankfully, a change from all that sitting behind the computer!” The interns Forensic Studies are less impressed than I am by the change in everyday life They’re young and therefore not a stranger to sitting behind the
Forensic studies: the mystery of the weaselmeerkat Read More »
In Portugal it’s actually going well with corona – if you can say it like this There are two reasons for this: the government announced measures early, and the population stayed home even before that. From their corner of the european continent, the portuguese saw the virus approaching. When it arrived in Spain, Portugal knew:
The portuguese way of dealing with the Corona-crisis Read More »
Gotspe How can you, as prime minister of a country in need, abandon other countries? How the minister of finance currently is lecturing other hard-hit countries! What a move to block hundreds of billions from the European emergency fund now. Hopefully you will be sitting on a southern terrace again. Then you praise all those
Europe – aid from north to south Read More »
