Day 5 2009-12-30
This day we had an appointment with Annette and we met her at 10 o’clock. She had planed to show us 3 houses but 2 had been sold the day before!!! The one we saw was in the complex where we lived i 2004 – but it was nothing for us – rather worn down!
Since we were only 5 minutes away from the favourite we drowe by the house and they were home: Liz was outside and we were welcome to check everything again! IT IS VERY NICE!!!!!
It´s a “quad” house: A building with 4 houses each in the corner. It is south facing with a terrass on the front and parking place. On the ground floor there’s a living/diningroom, kitchen and a scullery with washing mashine and places store stuff! Also a guest toilet.
On the first floor there’s the bahtroom and 2 bedrooms, one with acces to a balcony.
On the second floor there was a solarium but it has been made to a extra room with windows on 2 sides ( walls to the neigbour and the stairs on the other 2 sides.) It’s an extra livingroom and a guestroom!
Everything is well maintained. It’s sold with furnitures (that standard in Spain) and there’s a pool very close by only for the those who lives in these houses!
We have got a copy of the handlings for the house and on monday our lawyer will check it! Is all fine we’ll probably reserve the house by paying 3000 €
I’ll wait with pictures till we know more!
Day 6 2009-12-31
A day off! So we drowe off to look at some areas where we’ll look at some house on the 2nd of January! But just before we left we got a call from my parents in law: Our dear dog Valde had gone missing and been gone all night! They had reported it to the police since he’s chipped.
That was very sad news, normally he finds his way home but he’s unfamiliar with the area at my parents in law!
We drowe off and saw that the friday market was moved to thurday so we went in to the market! That was nice!
Later we drowe around for a while, came home and drowe off to a Chinese restaurant to eat our new years dinner! We called home to hear news of Valde but there was none!
The dinner was good: Good food, nice people and they asked if Linnea was Chinese! Our little princess was very popular! One of the sevants asked if she still had a Chinese name and was intrested to know if it was in her passport! She seemed happy to hear it was. She wrote Sunxue in Chinese and I showed her my tatoo – it was the same! We are absolutely going back while we’re here!
Linnea went to bed when we came home (21:30 = very late for her!) and I broke down! I couldn’t stop crying and thinking of Valde! He had been gone for 24 hours! (Now in this moment writing we up to more than 36 hours!) The only way I was able to stop crying and thinking was by sleeping so I fell asleep at 22:30! It must be the first New years evening I haven’t been awake on midnight!
A Spanish tradition is to eat 12 grapes at midnight to bring good luck into the new year!
I must say I didn’t expect my 2009 to end like this: Loosing my weding ring a week before christmas and that Valde going missing! I feel so sorry for my parents in law. They are absolutely not to blame!!!!! Valde have been running away since we moved in to our first house. He smells a female dog and goes by the nose! He has been jumping fences, digging tunnels under etc. He follows his instincts ! But he always have returned or we have found him! We are still hoping that someone found him and that he’s alive an well! But bad thoughts are making me cry! He has been our Valde for 11,5 years!!!