Month December 2008

Well, our builder packed us off to look at cheap doors yesterday with strict instructions to ask for puerta muy barrata (a very cheap door). We went in and couldn’t see anything remotely cheap, so we had to ask the…

Ian returned from the UK via the super fast train from Malaga to Cordoba. This train goes at the speed of light, cutting the journey from over three hours to under an hour. Well, it might not actually be the…

Today, being the first Saturday in the month should have been the Badajoz flea market. So, bouyed by our success last week at the jumble sale (yes, I know I said I’d write about it, however to sumerise – 2…

Any guesses what this is? It’s the ceiling above where the shelves were in the kitchen. Look at the size of the stones! When they pulled the ceiling down, a load of wheat fell on them – a huge amount.…

Our ex-kitchen soon to be bedroom.This is the cupboard under the stairs. This is where the washing machine will go and will lead into the main bathroom (the door is to the left of the glass ‘window’.This is where we’ve…

Just a quickie to say that the windows arrived today. Ian and I nearly cried when we saw them – because they look so good, not because we were disappointed. It was quite an emotional moment after all this time!…