The mountains will move!

A few years ago the work on the road across the bridge to the main road was started then a couple of years later, it was finished. It straightened out the bends and made the road wider. Since then, there have been many surveys on the road on the village side of the bridge with different colours of bright aerosol paint.

At last, it is happening. diggers and trucks have been hard at work for the last couple of weeks chopping down the hills and filling the valleys. And in a few weeks, months, years, we are going to get a much easier road to drive into the village on. At the moment, it looks quite horrendous - but with only 40 or so cars, not to mention tractors, in the village, it isn't too serious.

¡La terraza!

The south facing garden of our house at Vinaròs needed a terrace. So, it was built by Jesús.

The remainder of the garden was covered with textile...

...then covered with white pebbles.

The concrete surface of the terrace was prepared with battens...

...and then clad in a decking material...

...built by Eduardo and Pedro.

Finally, the BBQ was put into position by Francisco.

And for all those who want to see a shot of the inside of the house...

More to follow!

A holiday home by the sea!

It has been a very busy summer for us this year, mainly due to the fact that we have bought a second house. It is 107km away, 1½ hours drive, on the coast of the Mediterranean at Vinaròs which is at the north end of the Costa del Azahar which means "Orange Blossom Coast".

The house is less than 100 metres from the sea which is just across the quiet local coast road.

All along this part of the coast are beautiful little coves and even during the height of the summer there are only a few people on the beaches.

Vinaròs itself, just 4km to the centre, is a very large town which has a lot of history.

The view across the sea is constantly changing depending on the light and the weather.

Out the back of the group of houses is farmland and yes, they do grow oranges here!

We are looking forward to spending some quiet, relaxing time once we get everything sorted!