Finally in Spain

We were looking forward to our move to Spain. When D-day arrived, we were a bit scared.
Are we going to be able to learn the language? Is the house as nice as it was in our memorie,...  Many questions and few answers.

Yet we took the jump. We are very happy we did. The house is even nicer than we remembered. The people here are very open and helpfull. We chose the best place on earth to live!

Of course the move was not that simple. Loading the truck was physically and emotionally heavy, leaving Herentals and Belgium was not evident. Flying with 2 children and 2 cats was less evident, but we've all survived;)

Meanwhile, we allready live here for 2 weeks and it looks completely different than Belgium. The rhythm is a lot calmer. It was a huge adjustment  not being able to go to the store between 14 and 17 because of the Siësta, but we're quiclky adjusting.

We needed a lot of things to decorate the B&B, and so we went on exploration.  On this tour, we saw the most beautiful sceneries.  Spain is a beautiful country !!!

Moving changes people

With the move to another country, there is a lot of "junk" that you must discard. It is often a decision of: "Is this really necessary?", "Will I ever need this?",...

For the real junk, this is not a problem, that is just thrown away. It is harder when you're talking about objects with a history.

Such as the cradle flanges of the crib where my children slept in. This is something that nobody can use anymore (certainly because that cradle itself is gone), but they are of a huge emotional value. So that is a doubtfull case.

This is the same with letters, cards, photos, ... . You can't keep everything, but where do you stop? What do you keep and what do you throw away? Not an easy question.

The answer is : trust your feeling !!! If you're feeling says, that you want to keep certain things, then just do so !

This applies to "rubbish" at a removal, but also for people. There the message is the same : "Trust your gut feeling !"  Some people suck all the energy out of you and give very little back. Other people give you energy and those are the people you want to keep in your life.

Chose wisely !