Now that we're settled
I finally had some time to browse through my folders again. I already sorted them into folders two weeks ago so that I could find back these pictures easily depending on what type of blog I was going to write. Today I'm still a bit drained because I spent almost 2,5 days in bed. I had a bit of a fever as well so I took it slow and decided to rest mostly. Today I finally went out again for a quick walk to the supermarket and while passing some new (to us) restaurants where every table was filled with locals, I remembered I also had some tapas left to share. I'm pretty bad behind on the steps of our trip honestly, as I still have content from our first stay as well, but this one I'm sharing today comes from our second (and last!) AirBNB host.
We stayed 25 meters from the beach
From our kitchen window, we were looking right at the beach. It was super nice to have a view like that, but the weather did not allow us to visit the beach any of these 7 days stay. On one hand, we were busy getting work done and after that, we stepped into the van most days to hunt for household supplies as we needed so many things. When we were fed up or completely exhausted from shopping (sometimes without finding what we need), we had a long walk on the boulevard almost every night. This is where I started to see we were making great progress with our activity level and we actually enjoyed it every day. Usually, we'd end up sitting somewhere at a restaurant to either have a drink and tapa or have dinner.
This day tapas were enough
We were quite early still and decided to sit at this nice restaurant on the boulevard. The owner was a super friendly, warm lady who clearly had put her heart into her business. Unfortunately for her, the days we passed this restaurant, it seemed quite empty compared to some other places, which made me a bit sad especially now that I had a few chats with the lady. We ordered a few simple things, a portion of meat with sauce and a hamburger. Our daughter refused to eat that evening, she only had fries. But honestly, that evening I did not care because I was just enjoying the view and sea breeze for a few hours while sitting there. What a life to be able to see that every single day.
The Spanish lifestyle
Is something we totally embraced from the moment we arrived. Where we used to eat quite early (let's say 6/7 PM), we now often eat a late snack (or sometimes if we're out, a tapa during the afternoon), and then we wait until 21.00/21.30 before having our actual dinner. And yes, the little one seems to thrive much better with these shifts in hours as well. Surprisingly she does well going to bed quite late, we decided to integrate with this as well, after all, it's the summer holiday and it's also normal here for children to be out this late. She takes after her father who is a night owl by nature. I personally lived during the nights for many years myself, but now I can't be bothered again to stay up that late every night, I enjoy the mornings more, to be honest. But that does not mean I wouldn't like to go out dancing for a change somewhere this summer, it's been ages!
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Beach and hamburgers, what more could you ask for?
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LOL, I honestly rarely eat an hamburger but this one was nice :)
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Beautiful pictures. Had I not just eaten lunch before I saw this post I'd be really hungry right now. As it is, I could still eat again after seeing it.
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Sounds like you are adapting to the Spanish lifestyle very well...and that would mean dancing....and not like the Dutch.... !CTP
Yeah we are :) Like immediately after we arrived haha!
I can't wait to move them hips on some good Spanish music!
Spanish tapas, Spanish beach and Spanish sea! I love it! One more week of work and then I can spend two weeks in my favorite country!
Oh I wish you a happy holiday in a few days! Be prepared for the heat though, it's on now!
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I'm prepared for that heat, @fiatgirl (my wife) told me about it! But coming week we have also 30-32 degrees C over here in Belgium, so it would be not so a big shock to go to Spain! 😄
Looks like you're adapting to the Spanish lifestyle 😂 Summer started and here during the weekends there are a lot of places with live music. I'm lucky ... We have a bar very close and their live music is our style! And they start very late. Yesterday evening the live music started here at 11.30. First I was surprised, but now I realize they cannot start earlier as many people are still in the restaurants at 10'ish. The best way is to adept and go with the flow!
Haha, yes! Although taking it a bit slow the past days, I thought I was better but my voice is now totally gone, and when I try coughing I'm in pain aargh. I'm not sure if I'm going to leave the house today, I think I will skip going outside for a day to hopefully feel better tomorrow.
Sounds great the live music, we mostly have youth hanging in front of our windows because of the stairs that's there and they tend to sit there (sometimes until late in the night because it's the holidays of course) and then we have their smoke entering the room pff.. Something I hope will not be lasting all summer, I don't want to be that new person complaining about stuff like that.
But like you said here, trying to go with the flow and let them be, as it's just the Spanish lifestyle, being up late..
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Ouch ... Sorry to hear that you're still not 100%. Have you tried hot tea with fresh ginger and lemon? That is really a good treatment. I learned that trick in the Philippines and it works great!
I'm in the same situation here. We have a lot of tourists coming from the Golf resort and they make so much noise. The rest of the year it's very nice here, but the summers. But I understand, most people work hard during the year and then they have finally their well deserved holiday and they make noise. It's also part of living here I guess. 😉😎
Take care and listen to your body. Hope you will be fine in a couple of days!
Oh so you know exactly what I mean there. I would rather skip that loud part myself, but thankfully, I think it will be mostly a thing during the summer months.
I'm finally ok now, although I feel it's not fully over when I touch my cheek, I keep rinsing with salt water and I feel fine, so I think it's all on its return now. Good thing too because the heat is here lol
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Good that're getting better! Next heat wave is coming ... Try to stay cool!
Yeah I noticed the weather forecast, oof.. hot!
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That looks so yummy and the location seems nice as well :)
Hope you are having a good time
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Yes we sure are, we are now settled in an apartment for the long term but that also means a bit further from the beach lol..
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That is a nice place and the food too!
Yes it was :)
lol, I think my kids will also get this attitude from me also cause right now it's 12:50 am and I sometimes stay up to 3 am especially when playing splinterlands. In fact, if I am the only one at home for a week I work at night and sleep during the day.
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haha well if nobody is around, why not give in to the rhythm that feels best :)
Looks delicious 😋😋😋
Wow ... the food looks good and the view even better...
I know, I miss the view, but I don't miss living from suitcases :)
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Looks awesome, but it looks strangely like an American cheeseburger and fries, lol
LOL well they don't sell it as "American" just "hamburguesa" in all sorts honestly, and depending on where you order it you get something that looks similar, I think a tapa is quite basic, if you order a normal dish from the menu, it will be a bit more advanced :)
Ohhh beach, food, the only thing missing from there is a few cold beers 😌
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Aha! My boyfriend would agree hehe.
good to hear you are settling in well.
Thank you :) we are!
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