Kate Pullen

We were interested to see this peacock obviously living in harmony with his doggy neighbour.

Well for once I have a few things to talk about! Yesterday was a holiday for Constitution day and we went to the bar where they were all watching a programme about the last 30 years since the constitution was…

We went to get our health cards yesterday. It is one of the last pieces of paperwork that we had to complete. Ian pays into the social system so it makes sense to have cards so we don’t have to…

Well the storks have started arriving back. So far two have arrived at the nests on the church, I haven’t seen if any more are here today. We still don´t know whether they are the same ones from last year…

The weather has started to get cold. There was frost on the ground the other morning. It is still warm during the day, but as soon as the sun goes down it gets cold. We´ve put the under table heaters…

morris Jigsaw Puzzle

Hey – howabout this then. Last night there was a knock at the door and a builder and wife were there with a flyer describing their services – that they had translated into English! How good is that!! We don´t…

We are now understanding the term cats chorus. In the morning they all stand on the fridge calling for their food, with Bob running up and down by the fridge hoping that a tasty morsel will pass his way! All…

We´ve been in the middle of an Indian summer, or perhaps a Spanish autumn – I´m not sure. Lunch times see us outside in t-shirts, shorts looking for shade, the evenings in fleeces. Monday evening it was over 16 degrees…

We spent last night with the lights out, hiding from crowds of ´brujas´ (witches). None actually came round, which left us with a pile of sweets. I think that last year our tactics were all wrong, Ian paniced and emptied…