Monday, November 14, 2011

Social Media : a good invention.

Since a few years I am working with different social media such as facebook, twitter, blogging,...

Sometimes I'm more active than other times, but at the moment, I'm really bitten by the virus.

Because I was working on the website for La Casa Blanca, I was automatically more online.  And what do you do when you need a break ?  Right, you log in to facebook or twitter.

I must honestly say that at the moment it 's a real addiction. Since the arrival of IPad and IPhone, the sky is the limit : constantly online! Fun, but also tiring sometimes!

I must say that due to social media, I have made some really good friends and great business contacts.

For me it's important that there is still a good mix, between real social life and social media.  This way you get the best of both worlds and become a little richer (throug the friendships you built)

Monday, November 7, 2011

A home abroad

A home abroad, and more specific, in Spain is not so simple. It takes a lot of administration.

There must be a certificate of this and then again from that, something must be inspected,  a paper of the municipality is still needed, ... Every day there is something else.

The problem is that we have a short-term sale (on demand of the seller).  Our time to buy is limited, we only have 2 months.

 And that's not obvious, certainly not in a country like Spain, where everything "manana" is. We hit the wall so often. After a while you just want to give up and call it quits.  We get the strength to carry on because it's our dream.

We run around like "chickens without heads" trying to retain the overview. Between all the hassle I'm working on the website, do the marketing,... . So you understand that it's very busy at "La Casa Blanca".


The beauty of this experience is that we get the chance to make our dream come true.  This is a real family project.

La Casa Blanca is a B&B where warmth, friendship and affection are the central theme. We want to ensure that people feel at home.