Finding wool in the Alpujarra turned out to be a lot harder than I expected. I thought all those nice little old ladies would be whiling away the autumnal nights sitting around knitting by the fire. Hopefully with some homebrewed local liquor. They have quite a few of those local drinks that they produce after [...]
La cueva de la mora luna (which, in my very basic Spanish, translates to something like The cave of the Morish moon) is a whole mouth full, most locals refer to this place as The pianobar, which it also is, or simply Carlos’ place.
Carlos is the energetic owner of La cueva and it’s thanks to [...]
Hopefully, of course, you’ll be in good health for the rest of your life and never need to find yourself a medico in la Alpujarra. On the other hand, if you’re going to live here for a while, you just might.
In a real emergency, call 112, the European emergency number. Don’t expect them to speak [...]
As I am looking to buy a house in the Andalusian Alpujarras I’m curious how the global economical crisis is affecting the real estate prices in this neck of the woods.
Type “Spanish housing market” into any old search engine and you’ll get millions of results. Google gives you over 11.100.000 results, Yahoo! yields a whopping [...]
Ok, this is a fiddly bit. My first go didn’t work out as an undivided success, because you really do need a tapestry needle. Never thought I’d say this, but go out and get yourself a tapestry needle! The mere thought of it makes me feel very medieval somehow. Maybe once I get bored with [...]
Now I am a lady, so swearing on my blog should of course be kept to a minimum. I must say that knitting the gusset on two circular needles has almost been my unravelling (yes, pun intended). Somehow they seem to skip this part. However, a lot of perseverance will prevail and I, too, got [...]
It’s not a cute subject, but it is something to consider when moving to Spain: Spanish plumbing, well, it reeks. As my friend G., who used to be a builder himself, puts it “they haven’t got a clue, they think if they just stick a pipe in stuff will just go away”. I myself know [...]
Yesterday I got so excited about finally getting somewhere with this sock project I knitted til my fingers were sore. Things were great, until I realized that even though the shaft I was knitting was very nice, at some point I’d have to get started on The Heel.
No worries, I thought, I’ll turn to Cat! [...]
I’ve been trying to knit this blasted first sock for years and after all this time I have become wary of stuff like ‘knitting for absolute beginners’ etc. DPNS are simply out of my league, but last week I saw a video on circular knitting by Cat Bordhi and it looked totally doable. I stormed [...]
I speak a little Spanish. Some days are better than others, but all in all I get the stuff I want, albeit usually a week after I wanted it. Still, most of my conversations are a bit surreal:
“Your dog looks like a sheep”
“Yes, it has a very bad temper.”
or just very basic:
“I go village yesterday”.
I [...]
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