Meanwhile, everyone is back to everyday life, with a vague memory of the holiday. Life gobbles you up, and drags you on. This also happens here, but there is space here literally and figuratively to look back, to be equally nostalgic. It’s still dripping guests Two French brothers with a very small dog; a big […]
Porthola! There’s our Portuguese teacher from 20 years ago Read More »
You can’t imagine what I learn from my guests … I should pay them instead of they me! (hey, that’s a joke!!) “Do you have a plunger for me?” a guest asks me. I was just a little bit relaxed and enjoying a nice dinner but because of this question I am stranding up straight.
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I wake up very early each morning with the quacking of ducks in the fields. Correction: I woke up every morning with the quacking of ducks, because last Sunday it woke up with this: BOOM BOOM BANG BANG BOOM BANG bang bang bang BENG BOOM POP poppoppoppoppoppop POPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOPPOP beng pop pop pop bang bang BOOM
Lovely weather for ducks** Read More »
“What? You’re going tomorrow?” I am confused for a moment, surprised, because: “I thought the day after … ” and then happily: “Maybe you were going to move back to appartment Two, I thought … that is still 3 days free … ” Opi laughs. “Yes, that would be nice. Then we would have ended
Moving from one appartment to the other holidayhouse Read More »
Never knew that there were spoonbills here. Learned something again! It flutters and whistles all around, so I don’t really notice it. In my world there are large and small creatures with wings. And of course the floating, diving & swimming ones. Yes, I know, I am a barbarian, certainly compared to the ornithologist that
Bird spotting early in the morning Read More »
His wife is standing in front of me in the hall in front of the bathhouse, telling us about their adventures on the beach the last day, and the shenanigans of the water. He is leisurely leaning against the door, with a face that shows little expression, but you can feel that he enjoys the
I understand why children learn to count young. You quickly need that. It is knowledge to survive. To make friends. To be able to participate. To count down. To count as a person. Children’s games almost all start with a count down During the day you come across groups of children who count on
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There are people who love cycling. Just for fun. You see a lot of groups of cyclists on Sunday morning. All tight in coloured lycra, a lot of nice bright colors passing by, and like the portuguese do: chat a lot in the mean time. There are cycling clubs throughout the country. There are not
Bicycle Race of a Queen of the roads Read More »
I can’t help it. No really. Seriously. It just goes like that It starts with an innocent mosaic somewhere on a wall. And I didn’t even make it myself, it was a wonderful initiative from the “Family Preto”. Well done. Useful too. Everyone can see how it’s called here. In the winter it gets
Completely out of hand Read More »
“There were a lot of winding roads, with beautiful views!” says the mother of Ylva radiantly, and Ylva herself translates: “We were lost. The GPS said we were already there, but we were not. And I didn’t recognize it anymore, close to here … how do you say that again … Pudrògauwng? ” “Very well,
