the new apartment!!

the street market






paying the rent

we both fall in love with the apartment as soon as we step inside. its spacious and homely, its got a terrace and a pool and is fully furnished in fresh ikea style, not like all the granny floral and cane, 70's, bad-taste places advertised online.

since its a short-term lease, we have to pay the whole lot in cash upfront, and parting with that much money is a bit scary! but we're so happy in our beautiful new home!!!
we explore the area... there's a supermarket directly next door, a street full of restaurants around the corner, an outdoor mall down the road and a huge street market on saturdays!

i'm feeling like its my lucky day when, on the way back from the market, 'small world' rings me to tell me i've got the job! 'so, you've got your social security number and everything..?'. they add in at the end.
' ah....no. can't you pay me cash in hand?'....
'no, we can be fined tens of thousands of euros for that'.
and everything comes crashing down again.

i guess spain isn't like it used to be. jerry sweetly assures me he'll look after me while we're here, but i don't want that! i came here to work!