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Site seeing Sevilla
Yesterday, we had decided that today we would visit Jerez de la Frontera and Cádiz. Today, as we woke up, we decided to go to Sevilla instead. The Levante (a wind blowing in from the east) has been blowing since we arrived here and we’re really tired of it. Meteorologists predict it to continue today,…
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Our “tiny home” in Andalusia
Yesterday at 18:30h, after a 9,5 hour drive, we arrived at our new home. It’s at Finca Rienda Suelta in Andalusia. The landscape we passed through as we drove down here was somewhat of a surprise. Virtually all land is cultivated. We saw incredible surfaces of orange, peach, almond, olive, and grape. Endless neat rows of…
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A guided tour of the Ebro delta and surroundings
After a good and long nights sleep, we did our meditation in bed (Deep Healing with Davidji) and then got up to do our yoga session in the living room. Grace and Gerald were already up, as were the cats Pita and Pata (aka Pitter and Patter) who were quite amazed at our attics 😉…
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From Gava to Freginals to visit Grace and Gerald
After a bit of a restless night, Christophe wasn’t feeling too good. So I decided that I was going to descend all our stuff from the apartment to the car, and that he was only allowed to help with the things I really couldn’t handle alone. We’ve accumulated quite some stuff over the last few…
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A 9-day holiday on Tenerife
We spent nine days on Tenerife with Nathalie, Christophe’s mum. It was really a holiday, though we did work a little bit every now and again. Most of the time, however, we just enjoyed ourselves and spend time with Nathalie, without particular agenda. So we went to the beach twice, even though it wasn’t very…
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Meeting Peter Sage on Tenerife
Yesterday, through TrustedHouseSitters.com, we received a message from Maria, the executive assistant of a Mr Sage from England. She explained that he is in the process of moving from England to Tenerife. He’s looking for someone to look after his two dogs in Tenerife when he’s away from home. And he travels a lot for…
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Summary of our stay in the Provence
Our three months stay in the Provence is over. It was fabulous and we enjoyed every moment. We divided our time between work, play and whatever life threw at us. Work The first weeks of the year we spent working on the inside of Ananda. We had contacted Atreya Smith, the writer of the Ayurvedic…
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Update of last month (December 2018)
We’ve been very busy this last month, but not with things that are interesting enough to write about them here frequently. We participated in the March for the Climate on December 8 in Toulon and we visited Greifenberg for 4 days around Christmas. All the rest of the time, we were either at home or…
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Back to normal, after one month and over 3000 km
We leave Tostat in the rain on the 7th of November. On our way to Paris, to visit Christophe’s aunt, we make a detour for Saint Jean de Sauves. Because on our last visit there, we had accidentally left behind Christophe’s electrical tooth brush. After a very brief visit with Alfreda we leave Saint-Jean-de-Sauves (with…
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Summary of our house sit in Tostat
Last spring, when we were looking for pet- and house sits, we said that 3 weeks in one place was the maximum. After all, you don’t know where you will end up. In theory, it is possible to arrive somewhere and say to yourself OMG, this is awful! In which case you’ll be happy it’s…
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Visiting Lourdes
The day dawns rather grey and the forecast is non too warm nor sunny. But dry and not too cold either, so we proceed as planned. We load ourselves, my dad (who’s here since Saturday late afternoon) and Molly into the car and head south, to Lourdes. No dogs allowed in the Sanctuary of Our…
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Pont d’Espagne & Cirque de Gavarnie
Meteorologists predict temperatures of up to 28℃ today for this region. And after today, rain and cold. So we will enjoy what is most likely to be the last hot day of the year. On our TTS-list (things to see) are (amongst many other things) the Pont d’Espagne and the Cirque de Gavarnie. We’ve decided…
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Freezing figs and making fig jam and pie
Last Friday, we gathered another 5 kg of fresh, ripe figs from the tree in Odette’s garden. They don’t keep long at all, so this morning we had to do something with them. And since there’s only so much fig pie two people can eat, and we already have 5 pots of fig chutney, we…
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Cheese Fair in Laruns
Today and tomorrow is the “Foire aux fromages” in Laruns. We want to visit it, and based on the weather forecast, we go today. It’s only 80 km but according to Google, it will take us 1,5 hours. Because Laruns is located at the foot of the Pyrenees with only small roads leading up there.…
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St. Jean de Luz, San Sebastian & Espelette
We wake up early after a short night and hit the road in search of a place that serves a decent breakfast. We end up at a place that has a decent breakfast, but at a price that is far above reasonable. But because of the way they advertise their options, we don’t find out…