What I miss in Tenerife
Really I don’t miss much of my life in Scotland. The thing I miss most is all my friends. Although I have made quite a few friends here, English speakers ofcourse, but I also find I have made quite a few Spanish friends. The language is the problem. I have been attempting to learn Spanish since I came here. I honestly feel the more you know and understand, the more you realize you know next to nothing of the language.
Now back to what I miss.
Well something I do miss is an oven. I have a portable oven but it is quite a bother to set it up. Space is at a premium in this little house. Some foods too we both missed mince and dough balls. But that was sorted the other week when a friend of mine took me to Iceland, the shop not the country. I will add to this as things come to mind.
Here in Tenerife they would say I am in, la tercera edad, the third age I know what they mean, first you are jovan, young, then you are edad media, middle aged and ultimately you are in la tercera edad, in old age.
This third age thing is a good time of life, a time for me selfish though that sounds. I have worked 40 odd years of my 68 years doing quite a number of varied and different jobs. Retirement is MY time.
Really I don’t miss much of my life in Scotland. The thing I miss most is all my friends. Although I have made quite a few friends here, English speakers ofcourse, but I also find I have made quite a few Spanish friends. The language is the problem. I have been attempting to learn Spanish since I came here. I honestly feel the more you know and understand, the more you realize you know next to nothing of the language.
Now back to what I miss.
Well something I do miss is an oven. I have a portable oven but it is quite a bother to set it up. Space is at a premium in this little house. Some foods too we both missed mince and dough balls. But that was sorted the other week when a friend of mine took me to Iceland, the shop not the country. I will add to this as things come to mind.
Here in Tenerife they would say I am in, la tercera edad, the third age I know what they mean, first you are jovan, young, then you are edad media, middle aged and ultimately you are in la tercera edad, in old age.
This third age thing is a good time of life, a time for me selfish though that sounds. I have worked 40 odd years of my 68 years doing quite a number of varied and different jobs. Retirement is MY time.
1 comment:
Wow I have read your story from top to bottom - bravo I think you did a brave thing moving as you did, I have always wanted to live in Spain myself but being that I am from the other side of the world - I just never made it.
I did got to Paraguay in Sth America for 6 months back in '93 & stayed 8 years. Of course tht meant learning to speak Spanish. I feel for you with the language thing, I did not study it so had to learn 'a la calle'-'on the street' & because of that managed to retain my Kiwi accent, it was rather funny but that's another story ;)
What kind of beading do you do?
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