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Zomers Schoonmaken In Spanje

Casa Y Vida

Summer cleaning in Spain comes too soon: why your home can live with sand, sweat and sunscreen a little longer

In August, it feels like a national ritual: the mass summer clean-up. As if summer were a temporary guest who’s had enough to drink and urgently needs to be shown the door. But summer cleaning in Spain? That’s like walking off the pitch halfway through the match because you’re worried your shoes might get dirty. The best months are still ahead. I look around my living room. There’s sand on […]

today08/13/2025

Tomatina in Buñol

Viva Cultura

Tomatina in Buñol: Spain’s reddest festival

Some festivals are stylish and refined. La Tomatina in Buñol is not. And that’s exactly the point. On the last Wednesday of August — the 27th this year — this quiet town near Valencia turns into a battlefield of juicy tomatoes. From prank to world-famous spectacle It started in 1945 as a prank that got out of hand — a few youngsters throwing tomatoes at each other during a village […]

today08/12/2025

buiten koken Costa Blanca

Gusto

The taste of summer evenings: cooking with fire on the Costa Blanca

I’ll admit it straight away: I’ve been quiet for a while. Summer did something to me. It all got a bit too hot — literally, but also figuratively. No new restaurants, no discoveries, no recipes. Just long evenings on the terrace, watching the sun slowly dip behind the mountains. And somehow, it’s always the fire that gets me going again. Because on the Costa Blanca, summer doesn’t just mean beaches […]

today08/11/2025

Olijfboom Levensles

Casa Y Vida

Life lessons from an olive tree (why I keep finding inspiration in such a grumpy-looking tree)

I’m not exactly sure when it started, but I suspect I’ve developed a soft spot for olive trees. And not the kind of soft spot you have for puppies or freshly baked focaccia. No — this is a different kind of admiration. One that comes with a touch of irritation and a whole lot of respect. Because let’s be honest: an olive tree doesn’t do a thing to win you […]

today07/23/2025

siësta-proof wonen

Casa Y Vida

The art of siesta-proof living (and why air conditioning isn’t the hero)

There was a time I believed air conditioning was the holy grail. One press of a button and your house becomes a cool cocoon. Until I realised that cocoon doesn’t just drain your electricity bill — it dulls your senses too. Everything goes quiet, dry, and vaguely unnatural. Worse still: you lose the rhythm. Regular readers of this column will know I gave up on air conditioning a while ago. […]

today07/16/2025

leven reorganiseren zomer

Vida Sana

Reorganising your life in summer: fresh calm for a warm season

In autumn, people do a big clean. In spring, they detox. But I believe July is actually the best time to recalibrate your life. Not with scrubbing cloths or endless to-do lists, but with sunlight and softness. Summer lets us reorganise life without rigid lines. No Marie Kondo, just mental space. What summer does to you Since moving to Spain, I notice it every year: summer gently loosens you from […]

today07/15/2025

kunst van nietsdoen in de tuin

Casa Y Vida

The art of doing nothing (and why your garden should learn it too)

Sometimes I think my garden has more ambition than I do. While I sit in a plastic chair with a book, trying to pretend I’m doing nothing, the weeds are multiplying, the grapevines are making a run for the neighbours, and the lemon tree clearly has no grasp of the word “pruning.” And yet — or perhaps because of it — this chaos is my favourite place. If there’s one […]

today07/10/2025

Taalstrijd Xàbia Jávea

Viva Cultura

Two names, one town – why the Xàbia/Jávea language conflict is flaring up again

In the narrow streets of Xàbia’s old town, where white façades reflect the sunlight and orange trees hang heavy with fruit, something suddenly caught my eye: the town sign had been defaced. ‘Jávea’ was still faintly visible underneath, but someone had struck through it with thick black paint. A few houses down, a banner hung from a balcony: “Esta casa diu sí al valencià.” This house says yes to Valencian. […]

today07/09/2025

leven met zomerhitte spanje

Casa Y Vida

Back from the abyss – life with the Spanish summer heat

After three weeks away, you return with a head full of impressions, a suitcase full of laundry, and… a house that clearly hasn’t been waiting up for you. My finca just outside Marbella seemed mostly relieved I was back — as if walls, doors and pot plants are also entitled to emotional closure. And truth be told: life with the Spanish summer heat isn’t just about air-con and siestas. It’s […]

today07/02/2025

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