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In August, I felt you really shouldn’t be cleaning. Too early, too hot, too much of a waste to sweep the summer sand out the door already. Now, a few weeks later, the evenings are darker, the heat more bearable, and the moment seems right. But even now, I believe the art of cleaning in Spain lies mainly in what you don’t do. Cleaning stress is an export product I […]
September in southern Spain is a month of small contrasts. By day it still feels as if summer will never end, but in the evenings you suddenly notice how much earlier it gets dark. The terrace where you didn’t need a candle until after ten in July is already in shadow by half past eight. I’ve always been a fan of old, characterful fincas, with thick walls, wooden shutters and […]
Some summers stay with you because of beautiful memories. This one will stay with me because my bedroom could have officially qualified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site — warmest place in which a human has ever attempted to sleep. Even the olive tree in my garden looked defeated. At night, the temperature refused to drop below 30 degrees, and by day, the sun seemed determined to personally test my […]
In England (just like in the Netherlands, actually), August is often the time when you quietly start saying goodbye to summer. The days grow shorter, the evenings cooler, and before you know it, you’re back in the garden wearing a coat. Here, things are different. In Spain, late summer on your terrace can last for weeks — sometimes well into October. All you need to do is give it a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
In the article Outdoor cooking made easy: bring your kitchen outside, Lucas from Casa Y Vida already explained how to set up your outdoor kitchen smartly for Spanish living. But that leaves the big question: what do you actually cook in it?In this piece, we pick up the baton from a culinary point of view. No basic burgers or pre-marinated supermarket skewers, but real Mediterranean inspiration—from creative tapas to paella […]
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