Back in Spain about a week now. Feels very warm and sticky after Scandinavia. Sweden was 13 degrees when I left and Alicante was 27 degrees on arrival!
Gradually getting back into the swing. Went to theTorrevieja Writers´Circle where I read out a review I´d written of one of Håkan Nesser´s books and tomorrow I´ll be at the U3A book group, where we´ll be discussing Stieg Larsson´s first Millenium book,"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo".
I´m into Swedish at the moment and have decided to keep it going as much as possible by reading. Fortunately, there´s a good Swedish library in Torrevieja at The Mas Amigos Association, of which I am a member. So far, the people in the book group, who had never read any Swedish authors before, have been very pleased with the ones they´ve tried. Just wish I could see the second and third films they´ve made of the Stieg Larsson trilogy (I saw the first in Sweden in the summer) but they aren´t coming out till late September and November.
Anyway, Spanish courses start again in October so I´ll have my work cut out with that, let alone Swedish!
No peace for the wicked!!!!
11 September 2009
7 September 2009
Back In The Land Of The Eternal Sun.
Our last day in Sweden was grey, windy, raining and 13 degrees.
Very strange, as only a few days before it had been 25 degrees and the country was at its absolute best. It´s a bit like the nursery rhyme - the one about the little girl who "when she was nice, she was very, very nice but when she was bad, she was horrid."
Well, two months in the frozen north has made me realise that I really like a lot about Sweden. I just wish I had enough cash to own a little place there as well as in Spain so I could pop back more frequently. Things work there. The buses are frequent and come when they´re supposed to. The shops have become really interesting and it is much more multicultural than when I lived there. They also have wonderful cream cakes and open sandwiches. And of course, I am at home with the language in a way I, unfortunately, never will be in Spanish.
So, it´s back to everyday life here in Spain and to the grindstone of losing the extra kilos that two months of meatballs have deposited on my midriff and rear end.
Heigh Ho!
Very strange, as only a few days before it had been 25 degrees and the country was at its absolute best. It´s a bit like the nursery rhyme - the one about the little girl who "when she was nice, she was very, very nice but when she was bad, she was horrid."
Well, two months in the frozen north has made me realise that I really like a lot about Sweden. I just wish I had enough cash to own a little place there as well as in Spain so I could pop back more frequently. Things work there. The buses are frequent and come when they´re supposed to. The shops have become really interesting and it is much more multicultural than when I lived there. They also have wonderful cream cakes and open sandwiches. And of course, I am at home with the language in a way I, unfortunately, never will be in Spanish.
So, it´s back to everyday life here in Spain and to the grindstone of losing the extra kilos that two months of meatballs have deposited on my midriff and rear end.
Heigh Ho!
1 September 2009
Weird Weather.
Yesterday was really chilly. It poured with rain and the sky was iron-grey.
Today it was over 20 degrees by 9am and during the day the temperature was at least 25 degrees. The sky was blue, the sun was brilliant, everything was so green and lovely. Horses and cows in the fields, people back in their shorts, the sea sparkling and everybody outside and enjoying it while it lasts.
We started packing last night and had a major setback when we discovered that the large suitcase, bought especially for this trip, couldn´t be locked or even closed properly as a vital bit had dropped off! (!##***!!)
So tomorrow it´s back into town to buy another one. Then more packing. I hate this stage of a holiday. Why can´t there just be a button to press so you can be at home - just like that!!
We fly back on Saturday. Will the car start after its two months standing in the long term parking in Alicante?
Watch this space!
Today it was over 20 degrees by 9am and during the day the temperature was at least 25 degrees. The sky was blue, the sun was brilliant, everything was so green and lovely. Horses and cows in the fields, people back in their shorts, the sea sparkling and everybody outside and enjoying it while it lasts.
We started packing last night and had a major setback when we discovered that the large suitcase, bought especially for this trip, couldn´t be locked or even closed properly as a vital bit had dropped off! (!##***!!)
So tomorrow it´s back into town to buy another one. Then more packing. I hate this stage of a holiday. Why can´t there just be a button to press so you can be at home - just like that!!
We fly back on Saturday. Will the car start after its two months standing in the long term parking in Alicante?
Watch this space!
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