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Life in Lebrija, Sevilla

Trials & Tribulations of a newcomer to sunny? Spain

What rain?
Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 5:45 PM

Today we awoke to sunshine, not a lot but at least it is not raining.

Now all we have to do is wait for the walls and floors to dry out and then the builders will hpefully fix the constructional faults and next winter will be cosy and dry.

At least today I can sit outside with a beer whilst watching the damp slowly disappear.

Jacqci kindly informed me that she is the proud owner of a "ceiling mop" which she uses to remove moisture.

I thought our house was bad but at least the rising damp has not reached that high yet!

We are also praying that the house next door remains empty. The Spanish tenants who occupied it for six months kept us awake all night. I had just acquired a gun but they moved out. Why are the Spanish apparently oblivious to their neighbours. The inside of their houses are immaculate because they throw all their rubbish  in the street and as for their dog droppings.

Here we have developed the Lebrijan side step. It should be taught to all ex-pats who are contemplating a place in the sun.

Tomorrow I will try to publish more positive thoughts and not mention moto's. noise, damp, the meditteranean diet (or lack of), rotten vegetables and any of the other things that are sent to annoy me.

In the meantime I will continue my search for the good life.

 

 



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Jacqui said:
Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:57 AM

I threw open the door this morning to let the dogs out, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and the almond trees are full of blossoms. I've sent my other half of to play golf and I'm about to go down to town for breakfast with friends.

I'm happy with my simple life in Spain.

And, for the record, ours is condensation which starts at the ceiling and works down not rising damp that travel 6 feet up the wall but if it made your problem seem less,I'm glad to have helped!


Casalinda said:
Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:29 PM

As you live in Seville, can you tell me anything about the rugby team out there? A Geordie pal (JC) coaches them now and when we move to Las Alpujarras in May (permanente) we plan to visit the club. No idea where it is or how good or what it costs to watch a match...
By the way, it has stopped raining in UK now, but still below zero at night.


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