Interlude

The weather has been looking like this since we came home from Spain.

Ew.

But hey, at least it's not snowing like this time last year. Remember that? The snow came in late October and didn't leave until March. We should be content with our 12C wet grayness!

Instead, I find myself pining for the sun we left behind. Here's a picture of some ridiculously gorgeous tall man unlocking the door to the pension where we stayed in the old town of Alicante. (Pen-si-OWN, not Pen-SHUN. Although with all the retirees down there, the second pronunciation is applicable in all sorts of other contexts.)

I enjoyed our little pension. There were about six rooms, and the owner greeted everyone by name. They also had a giant basket full of sunscreen in the little lobby for anyone who wanted to use it, which was a lifesaver for me. It wasn't a four-star hotel by any means, but the warm, homey atmosphere made it worthwhile. And it didn't hurt that the moment we stepped from the doors we were in the middle of most of the restaurants and cultural attractions. We were also one tiny block away from a gelato shop. Ah, gelato....

But now we're home, and waxing lyrical about gelato will only earn me skeptical glances from those who were not privileged to join us....


Edited to add: I've read that my errors on my main page can be due to HTML errors in posts. I think I've found the guilty culprit, but the error on the main page still exists. Does this really mean I have to go through the whole archive and find posts with HTML errors? God save me if this is true.