The front door is solid wood with a small glazed window insert and the entire wall has no windows, enhancing the tomb like feeling when the door is closed at night. During the day with the door open, it does not feel so dark.
All the lights hanging from the walls are just that, hanging as if the place is under construction. Why aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t they finished so that the place appears \u00e2\u20ac\u0153in a better light\u00e2\u20ac\u009d if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll excuse the pun? Lu\u00c3\u00acs said the electrician did the work of wiring but no more than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/a>When I came back, my new neighbours had arrived, a German couple here for a week. They seem very nice. The wife has a chronic cough like an ex smoker. It is quite noticeable but Luis told me that they both had the flu and are over it now. My new digs. I am not meaning to complain but you know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-award-of-merit","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1890,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carmelbrennan.com\/carmel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
No, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like this side of the house for those reasons . Hopefully in a week, I can go back to my happy place next door.
Next year if I come back, I will insist on the side with the fireplace and I will come in March and April.
I know that this is an expensive area to be in. I got a good deal for this house for the two months but there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s certain things that one expects and when you start looking around, you realize that there are some things that could easily be improved. Most of the apartments are at least 35 to 50 % higher in cost than I am paying and not as spacious.
This afternoon I went to Vila Nova De Milfontes and wandered around and into a few shops. It is a nice larger town on the coast about 25 minutes north of here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>
None of the cats has appeared since yesterday morning. One ate the food last night because the dish was empty in the morning. I guess there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too much activity for now.
I miss BC. I hope he comes back and doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just wait a week until it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quiet again.
I just got exciting news that two friends from Toronto are coming in through Dublin on March 5 just for a very short time but they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re always so much fun, so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be great.
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to be a gathering! And then my American friends arrive not long after.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"