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Here and There and Everywhere.CrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comBlogger707125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-53384572854542000542020-05-29T23:45:00.002+02:002020-06-01T19:06:14.104+02:00Corona-Lockdown Spanish Edition - D78 - Good times!<div style="text-align: justify;">Definitely a much more cheerful weekend than last week! YAY for "Fase 1" and restaurants / bars / cafés having opened up their terraces and being able to get together with friends (up to 10) for a drink / snack / meal! 🥳</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8SXibib_L7A7RgJZc0-X2BZNWkV5_XpngYyAr5LrCpIueJhwVxwXNPsT3MfbqkhR5B6xzvx2SpuCyBIV-0Y41zPTsdFwEHTktuImD_AzGAi8XecQVI4VV8PXqdNNrZBjlncNbKs5YeS3/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8SXibib_L7A7RgJZc0-X2BZNWkV5_XpngYyAr5LrCpIueJhwVxwXNPsT3MfbqkhR5B6xzvx2SpuCyBIV-0Y41zPTsdFwEHTktuImD_AzGAi8XecQVI4VV8PXqdNNrZBjlncNbKs5YeS3/s320/IMG_4403.JPEG" width="320"></a></div><span></span><a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/05/corona-lockdown-spanish-edition-d78.html#more">keep reading!</a>CrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.com0Cap de l'Horta, Alacant, Alicante, Spain38.3606029 -0.419587610.050369063821158 -35.5758376 66.670836736178842 34.7366624tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-15134805907724528182020-05-27T22:56:00.002+02:002020-06-01T17:57:47.939+02:00Corona-Lockdown Spanish Edition - D76 - Flags at half mast<div style="text-align: justify;">The government announced a 10-day period of mourning for the lives lost to Covid-19. It started with a minute of silence at noon and flags in all official buildings and monuments lowered to half mast.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I only heard about it on the news at lunch... but already a couple of weeks ago when I went into town there was a giant black ribbon at City Hall. And a minute of silence while at the supermarket on Saturday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-OsDhXLXpXzeXX0Y_vc1Gof3vsiKTfzQJkxMKxjA8M04T1vepEGi2buFfzs91zN1v7d8yTHgOwODL0TFG3J_9BULZf1Sgqx1ZKJy8UtHZob32zgMSD4Fxp43INFm8MwSbK6SBnmCvTDk/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-OsDhXLXpXzeXX0Y_vc1Gof3vsiKTfzQJkxMKxjA8M04T1vepEGi2buFfzs91zN1v7d8yTHgOwODL0TFG3J_9BULZf1Sgqx1ZKJy8UtHZob32zgMSD4Fxp43INFm8MwSbK6SBnmCvTDk/s320/IMG_4115.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As we see the light at the end of the Covid-tunnel (this stretch of it at least), as we start breathing a sigh of relief as business reopen, we get to see our friends and families again, it feels right to take a moment to think of those who have succumbed to this virus. So often alone. To their families who couldn't say proper farewells. </div>CrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.com0Alicante, Spain38.3459963 -0.490685510.035762463821158 -35.6469355 66.656230136178849 34.6655645tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-40268783542584781772020-05-26T23:34:00.011+02:002020-06-01T17:50:35.667+02:00Corona-Lockdown Spanish Edition - D75 - Dipping my toes<div style="text-align: justify;">AT LAST! Finally dipped my toes in the Mediterranean... summer is inching closer and the sea has been looking more and more enticing each time I go out for my evening walk. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBjHODqS9Ny1ENNmwO34aIIZisChlvzNG58OzJmUsoajluqwzATQov64o5lDjIJGbbZqPLtyJ9Kji-Pyh30swFpGnXTy9srHLWHeuTlev0zD0oUlG3p7t1zUjW9tM5MFinEVzy-qq68Zy/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBjHODqS9Ny1ENNmwO34aIIZisChlvzNG58OzJmUsoajluqwzATQov64o5lDjIJGbbZqPLtyJ9Kji-Pyh30swFpGnXTy9srHLWHeuTlev0zD0oUlG3p7t1zUjW9tM5MFinEVzy-qq68Zy/s320/IMG_4388.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0H-jpfqMOygrtrQCg44IjP3uSgMweTu792RFk8R5c0P3DMjZYbwdFxC3Yg-cDUleYQwfi-JntUMxKYjdEw1E5Bj1aj5wtTA6636puvq63zRVbph8kVEK-Ln_bvLX8JREc7Jmar58p-JG/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0H-jpfqMOygrtrQCg44IjP3uSgMweTu792RFk8R5c0P3DMjZYbwdFxC3Yg-cDUleYQwfi-JntUMxKYjdEw1E5Bj1aj5wtTA6636puvq63zRVbph8kVEK-Ln_bvLX8JREc7Jmar58p-JG/s320/IMG_4386.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I just hope by the time the days heat up and we're begging to get in the water, that we'll be <i>allowed</i> to get in the water. Supposedly Phase 2 is when full beach access will be allowed around here (and not just for walking or water sports athletes), and if all goes well in Alicante that would start next Monday. They just have to figure out the social distancing recommendations, and how to monitor their implementation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'll have to admit though... Once the crowds start, I'm going to miss walking along almost empty beaches.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-yYT2weGwUgBLVNsf5bospxRI7teN7Pkwj98jfxgNt8W-WuclaXCzWdmnhtfMUt3JUVdNN0C7ne2UBgkpOtEa7LebiXvfKdAwPeVHnEIy89p5ULjOdEw7QOqQAxr02rqn_0Kxafs-Bzn/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-yYT2weGwUgBLVNsf5bospxRI7teN7Pkwj98jfxgNt8W-WuclaXCzWdmnhtfMUt3JUVdNN0C7ne2UBgkpOtEa7LebiXvfKdAwPeVHnEIy89p5ULjOdEw7QOqQAxr02rqn_0Kxafs-Bzn/w400-h300/IMG_4383.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font size="1">Playa de San Juan</font></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>CrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.com0San Juan Playa, Alicante, Spain38.3747907 -0.409278311.271700441987488 -35.5655283 65.4778809580125 34.7469717tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-4658262641866879902020-05-23T23:41:00.011+02:002020-06-01T18:42:32.805+02:00Corona-Lockdown Spanish Edition - D73 - Heartbreak & Nostalgia<div style="text-align: justify;">The past few days have been really hard. Not because of the lockdown (although that hasn't helped), but because Friday would have been my Dad's birthday (were it not for that bloody <i><a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-year-ago-today.html" target="_blank">Glioblastoma multiforme</a></i>). A date that wouldn't have passed unremarked, even if Facebook hadn't provided me with photo memories of the past 10 years worth of crazy birthday celebrations...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YOqrW-gdI6oj9MVKeUUhV7hsmUZg80BK6dWMWe4Ki3PV2I2CycK8vczPL5AmnmwruhDxv8ObD0GSe9OqVf3DByvXV8l-hd3nnVQ1w-w9ztWMrf5nmbegzqVPGIGgdclVcaZZnhtsrjQL/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YOqrW-gdI6oj9MVKeUUhV7hsmUZg80BK6dWMWe4Ki3PV2I2CycK8vczPL5AmnmwruhDxv8ObD0GSe9OqVf3DByvXV8l-hd3nnVQ1w-w9ztWMrf5nmbegzqVPGIGgdclVcaZZnhtsrjQL/s320/IMG_4333.JPEG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmFWJm8qE1as4LmA25kuDyWq3b-Oy9ricd6rYNg2IrHp4lk8x0KkqOO3xWd9aZIDhCdABuPAJqwHzdMdVT1gUw18BrK_R_LhKYnKtVOGGBlhz7d1P7PZTvKK89KjafHVvmBWledzTorxe/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzmFWJm8qE1as4LmA25kuDyWq3b-Oy9ricd6rYNg2IrHp4lk8x0KkqOO3xWd9aZIDhCdABuPAJqwHzdMdVT1gUw18BrK_R_LhKYnKtVOGGBlhz7d1P7PZTvKK89KjafHVvmBWledzTorxe/w150-h200/IMG_4343.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>The whole week leading up to this has been hard, I don't think I went to bed a single night with dry eyes (which continued some mornings as well). Overflowed to the weekend... and we'll see how the next few days go considering the 28th would be my parents' 48th wedding anniversary.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know it would have helped my mom if we could have gone to the cemetery to take flowers... but he's buried in her hometown 45' north of us, and because of the lockdown it's only open a couple of hours in the mornings, when I have to work. And they've limited the number of people who can be in there at a time, meaning we could drive up all the way up there on a weekend day and not be allowed in. So we have to wait for the next phase of the "desconfinamiento" and hope they increase the access...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One thing that did soothe my soul this evening at least, I decided to take some flowers to my dad's beach on the Cape (2 blocks from their apartment), and spent a long while sitting on the rocks, looking out at sea, listening to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWa5v6bbSxpns7mUfC3e5g" target="_blank">Yo Yo Ma give a live concert of Bach's cello concerto's on YouTube</a>...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqADEz2GVhrLWG88ZUbd2IHgc0_aZbV9HlE9l4SY5jnXmUQ3TUfW2b0Zk6PFjC7GlLggcVYBia0lKnB7q1QR_phP0Sv7Kn9krM-eUDqMb7NH3e36dNNUMsJ8CrAJBRrkcTqR1aefO-ijYC/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqADEz2GVhrLWG88ZUbd2IHgc0_aZbV9HlE9l4SY5jnXmUQ3TUfW2b0Zk6PFjC7GlLggcVYBia0lKnB7q1QR_phP0Sv7Kn9krM-eUDqMb7NH3e36dNNUMsJ8CrAJBRrkcTqR1aefO-ijYC/s320/IMG_4365.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcStCnvvtjTPu4z73VZCL9XyA5tO2uEQToY2a1u-pIefdo0Hg1V4zwQyvOKNAYZpqEIfpA28rjzfrPB3w6Z3dGmjS_EN7LJrBUqzjTmb8aaz3bCY_gYfKTJyiazgfWL7cryn5rNHtnbHU/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcStCnvvtjTPu4z73VZCL9XyA5tO2uEQToY2a1u-pIefdo0Hg1V4zwQyvOKNAYZpqEIfpA28rjzfrPB3w6Z3dGmjS_EN7LJrBUqzjTmb8aaz3bCY_gYfKTJyiazgfWL7cryn5rNHtnbHU/s320/YoYoMa+Med.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>CrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.com0Alicante, Spain38.3459963 -0.490685510.035762463821158 -35.6469355 66.656230136178849 34.6655645tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-22373858347657259162020-05-20T23:50:00.000+02:002020-05-21T20:56:24.374+02:00Corona-Lockdown Spanish Edition - D69 - Thankful for Nature<div style="text-align: justify;">
Went for a lovely walk along the Cape this evening... was hoping there would be fewer people out than usual what with the <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/05/corona-lockdown-spanish-edition-d66.html" target="_blank">possibility to meet up with friends at cafés or homes</a> (there weren't).</div>
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Calm waters. Lovely sunset. Has been wonderful being able to come out for a walk in the evenings since the desconfinamiento started and they've been slowly letting up on the lockdown restrictions.</div>
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The absolutely most wonderful thing about progressing to Fase 1 of the de-escalation? Getting to finally meet up with FRIENDS!!! Also family 😉 Basically someone you don't live with! Maximum groups of 10 people (ideally maintaining social distance recommendations). Either in someone's house, or in a restaurant/café terrace (allowed to open now at 50% capacity, indoors waits until next phase).</div>
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I didn't head out anywhere yesterday, decided to let the people who were a bit more desperate go out and get it out of their system (we've seen a pattern here, first day in the rule change people tend to go nuts and just ignore the rules!). But tonight was a lovely little dinner party with friends overlooking the Med! 🥳 So nice to be able to just hang out for a few hours... </div>
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Day 1 of Fase 1 in Alicante. So far no change! But because I decided not to go out and try it... I figure being the first day there would be too many people out and about (has been the pattern so far), and people are still confused about the dos and don'ts. Alicante City Hall has circulated helpful infographics on social media channels (ditto various sports clubs, cultural websites etc.) , and yet the comments in them show people with still lots of very basic questions. And it's not really that complicated!!! *sigh* The main things that have changed (that people care about) is (1) you can go to a small business without having to have made an appointment previously, (2) restaurants/bars/cafés can open up their terraces for sit-down service (take away is also an option), (3) churches can open to 30% occupancy level, (4) gatherings in private homes of up to 10 people are allowed. All that with social distancing recommendations. Oh, and a few more people get to go back to work...</div>
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One of my colleagues sent a message to our office WhatsApp group this afternoon. She lives downtown and goes out for a walk with her daughters every day. She said it had a pre-quarantine feel to it. Terraces full of people, with tables too close to each other. A lot more people milling on the streets, man of them taking advantage of the fact that the police can't check up on everyone so they could be out for a walk with friends and just say "oh I was going to the café"... Hopefully lessons will be learnt, people will follow the guidelines, and we don't get an increase in infections because of rule-breakers.</div>
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We did it! <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/05/coronavirus-lockdown-spanish-edition_8.html" target="_blank">Whatever it is we were supposed to do</a>... but the entirety of the province of Alicante will be in "Fase 1" of the lockdown <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-lockdown-spanish-edition_28.html" target="_blank">de-escalation</a> tomorrow. 🥳 </div>
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So privileged to live near such a beautiful spot! 🥰CrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.com0Avinguda de la Costa Blanca, 37A, 03540 Alacant, Alicante, España38.35602624708708 -0.4267973778320355338.331123747087076 -0.46713787783203553 38.380928747087083 -0.38645687783203553tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-7402633975326081922020-05-14T18:50:00.000+02:002020-05-21T20:57:43.509+02:00Corona-Lockdown Spanish Edition - D62 - By the sea<div style="text-align: justify;">
Depending on wether you support the government or are in the opposition, the take on this <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-lockdown-spanish-edition_28.html" target="_blank">whole 4-step "desconfinamiento" </a>(de-escalation of the lockdown) process has been something between <i>"they're making it up as they go"</i> to <i>"they set out their instructions, then listen to the criticism, and amend it where they think the criticism made sense"</i>.</div>
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Some of that shifting among the restrictions has been lifted by the national government, but others by regional or local governments. And the changes that have caught the most attention in Alicante are those related to use of the coastline. Namely the beaches. Which makes sense considering we're a beach city and all!</div>
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Well that's it... no <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/search/label/Hogueras" target="_blank">Hogueras</a> this year! 😢</div>
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After <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-lockdown-spanish-edition_2.html" target="_blank">postponing the June holiday to September,</a> today the mayor announced that the 2020 edition was canceled. So no giant sculptures will be burnt to a crisp with firecrackers until June 2021. *sob*</div>
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I've been expecting this announcement ever since the city of Munich announced the cancelation of Oktoberfest a few weeks ago. I figured if an event that big (with the economic impact it entails), and that was set for a month after the Hogueras new dates, was canceled, then our holiday was heading for the chopping block.</div>
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My first visit downtown in 2 months... wow! So weird to see empty streets, solitary bus stops, that would otherwise be bustling with Saturday morning shoppers... Well, not completely empty. When I went into town it coincided with the "over-70" exercise time, so there were a few elderly couples out for a stroll. You could tell they weren't used to dealing with traffic anymore, plenty sauntering along in the middle of the street! 😝</div>
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There's a lot of that going around. People are confused about what they can and can't do as they move from one phase of the de-escalation to another, regional and local governments are confused as to the criteria the national government is using to decide which areas get to pass from one phase to another... some of us are just permanently confused! 😉</div>
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For a while there yesterday and today I thought I'd be heading into the office to work Friday next week, and Thur/Fri the following week, as we assured a "minimum presence" (1 person) during Phase 1. There was a bit of confusion as those of us designated for the office babysitting job switched days with each other. Then there was confusion because it wasn't clear if we actually <i>needed</i> to be there, and a couple of hours ago it was finally confirmed that we <i>don't</i>. And then a few hours after that the announcement came in of which provinces moved from Phase o into Phase 1 (allowing bars and restaurants to open up terraces at 50% occupation, social gatherings of max. 10 people - including in private homes, etc), and the Valencia Community was highly confused when half of us didn't make the cut! Including Alicante city and neighboring areas dependent on our two public hospitals...</div>
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Confusion all around! Oh well... hopefully clarity will come with more info from the government on Monday. Or not.</div>
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I just want to take a few minutes to share some laughs in the form of more Covid-19 memes, in honor of Star Wars Day. 😉 <span style="font-size: x-small;">(once again I know not the source, these have circulated on social media)</span><br>
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I think I've said it before, and I'll say it again... I don't know how we'd be getting through this lockdown without video conferences!!! Especially when there's something to celebrate.</div>
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Today is Mothers' Day here in Spain, and my mom is all alone at her place! Due to the quarantine rules she can't come here and I can't go there (other than to take her groceries, but since today is Sunday and shops are closed - if I get stopped by the police on my way over to her house it's a 600€ fine!). And my sisters are in Sweden and the UK!</div>
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50 days locked in. 50 days at home, only going out to take the trash to the bin up the street, or to do the grocery shopping (usually both the same day).</div>
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Today we were finally allowed <b>OUT!</b> 🥳</div>
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You know that expression, the straw that broke the camel's back? It seems quite accurate at times... especially emotionally. When you're already functioning at a high level of stress, anxiety, emotional distress, just holding it in daily, from time to time you allow yourself to forget that things aren't great with you (or you manage to fool yourself along with everyone else). But then the proverbial straw appears and triggers an overwhelming emotional response, completely disproportionate to the straw itself.</div>
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There was more activity outside today than the last 6 quarantine Sundays combined! Why's that? Today was the first big loosening of the lockdown, and as promised children up to 14 (with a parent) <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-lockdown-spanish-edition_18.html" target="_blank">were allowed outside to play</a> <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-lockdown-spanish-edition_21.html" target="_blank">in the streets or the parks</a> for the first time in 6 weeks! My friends and colleagues with kids have been celebrating all day. 🥳</div>
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Six months ago yesterday was my mom's 70th birthday. It's a good thing my sisters and I took her out to a concert at the Philarmonic as an early birthday present, because on the day itself we didn't celebrate. <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-year-ago-today.html" target="_blank">We were surrounded by family and friends, but at my dad's funeral...</a> 💔😢 Definitely not good times... but we were still trying to look forward to something, and we decided that 70 deserved to be celebrated, so we'd just celebrate 70 1/2 and postpone the party to 6 months later! (today instead of yesterday because Saturday).</div>
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They'll take us on a trip to Mars, to Middle Earth or to Medieval days... among thousands of other places!</div>
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So far we're at almost 6 weeks of quarantine, and I'm at 8 books to date (well 7,5 considering I was halfway through one of them when we got locked down). I've switched showers for baths on many an evening, and it gives me a leisurely hour to escape to a watery library and lose myself in a book until the water begins to feel chilly. 😉 7 of the books are by <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2014/05/300-years-of-plantagenet-england-with.html" target="_blank">Sharon Kay Penman</a> because whenever I pick up one of her books it inevitably leads me down the path to others of hers, so my TBR pile is feeling a bit neglected... The reading has even interfered with my <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-lockdown-spanish-edition_15.html" target="_blank">quarantine movie project</a> as I find myself divided in the evening between stretching out on the sofa with a movie or a going for a nice long soak in the tub with a good book!</div>
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Happy 50th <a href="https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/" target="_blank">Earth Day</a>! 🥳</div>
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I imagine everyone has seen the photos and memes about "Nature is healing" during the quarantine?Dolphins in the canals in Venice, animals roaming city streets... Well this is the Alicante edition! (well, my neighborhood edition, as this is what I've seen at my place and my mom's when I've taken her groceries)</div>
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<i>Whoops!</i> The government really put their foot in it this time! 😒</div>
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Since it was <a href="http://crazycrishereandthere.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-lockdown-spanish-edition_18.html" target="_blank">first discussed on Saturday</a>, families have been looking forward to hearing the government's proposal on allowing children outside to walk, run, get fresh air! And today was the big day, time to celebrate! Children up to the age of 14 would be allowed to go out with a parent.. when they went to the bank, the pharmacy or the supermarket, but <i>not</i> out on the street for just a walk. The thing is, in many regions of the country that was already allowed (if there was no one else in the house to leave the child with). </div>
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Today was a good day. Made some progress around the apartment, worked on my new project, laughed at my 1 year-old nephew's blueberry-covered face in Sweden while my 4 year-old niece tried teach their dog tricks (or rather the dog was teaching her), listened to some good music. Not bad for a Monday! Thankfully it's a holiday Monday! 😎</div>
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Another thing that popped up today which brought a huge smile on my face and got my feet moving, was a quarantine edition of an old song I love, by Spanish Celtic Rock band <a href="https://www.celtascortos.com/" target="_blank">Celtas Cortos</a>. The song is supposed to be a letter written on April 20th 1990, so today would be its 30th anniversary. The band have recorded a new video from their homes, joined in by staff in essential services (including first responders, health professionals, cleaning services, supermarkets, transporters, teachers, researchers and farmers), other musicians and actors in Spain, as part of a fundraising effort for Médecins Sans Frontières. It's a blast!</div>
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Today's good news is that in the President's speech he said the government is studying the measures (and conditions) to let children under 12 outside to run around and play for the first time in 6 weeks starting Monday April 27th (in some regions they are allowed to accompany a parent to take our the trash or go grocery shopping or walk the dog if they are too young to be home alone, but that's not running or playing). This topic has become so prominent in the past few days that I've been wondering if we weren't seeing a small rebellion brewing. Tensions do seem on the rise with no clear end in sight. We seem to have passed the peak ten days ago, numbers dropped, but seem to be staying constant at a level that is not low...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">#stayhome #quedateencasa #yomequedoencasa #restecheztoi</span></div>
CrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.com0Alicante (Alacant), Alicante, España38.3459963 -0.490685538.246386300000005 -0.652047 38.4456063 -0.329324tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-40865085821909291482020-04-17T23:26:00.001+02:002020-04-19T22:38:07.987+02:00Coronavirus Lockdown Spanish Edition - Day 35 - Distant goodbyes<div style="text-align: justify;">
After the overwhelming first couple of quarantine weeks I've been trying to keep coronavirus "news" down to a minimum. It's too absorbing and not healthy. And it makes me sad. </div>
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I know a lot of people of all ages are very scared of this virus, of catching it, falling sick, having to be hospitalized. In all truth that's not something that has worried me too much. Statistics are in my favor. When I catch it (because let's face it, most of us will at some point in the next year), based on my age and general good health and immune system I <i>should</i> be among the "mild" cases, or if a stronger one have a good chance of coming through it ok. Of course I know there's no guarantee of that, but it is likely. I have had a serious flu once before (2nd year of college) and have no desire to go through that again if it can be helped (have never been so ill in my life!). The only thing that really scares me is catching it and because of that long incubation period (and chance of being unsymptomatic) unknowingly passing it to my mom who <i>is</i> among the high-risk population (70 years old, damaged lungs and other significant health issues). About 70% of Covid-19 <a href="https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20200415/perfil-enfermos-coronavirus-espana/2010608.shtml" target="_blank">cases in Spain</a> have been in people over 50, and over 60% of the ICU cases have been in people over 60. Retirement homes have been hit particularly badly (there are even investigations into some of them to see if sufficient mitigation measures had been implemented).</div>
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Whenever you turn on the news, or go online to read about the situation, it is impossible to avoid stories about people mourning their loved ones. Loved ones who died alone, or just accompanied by medical staff. Families not able to say a proper goodbye, even when the death <i>wasn't</i> from Covid-19 because funerals are no longer an option under the social distancing quarantine rules. A few weeks ago a friend had to wait a full day before she could drive 2h to the city where her parents live to be with her mom after her father died. She couldn't go until she had received a copy of the death certificate (needed in case the police stopped her along the route). No funeral, just the two of them at home waiting for the ashes to be delivered. The first week of the quarantine we had the first Covid-19 death connected with my work place. A staff member of the university (known to quite a few people in my office) died, and her partner and family couldn't get together to say their farewells. And a couple of hours ago my sister (who lives in Sweden) told us that her father-in-law (in Texas) was in hospital and her mother-in-law couldn't go see him or be with him. An hour later she told us he had passed. Under the current situation my brother-in-law (or my sister) obviously can't go to the States now to be with his mother. These days everyone has to mourn from a distance, often physically separated from the people who need their comfort. Video calls help, but they're no substitute for a good hug. And that's heartbreaking. 💔😢<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">#stayhome #quedateencasa #yomequedoencasa #restecheztoi</span></div>
CrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.com0Alicante (Alacant), Alicante, España38.3459963 -0.490685538.246386300000005 -0.652047 38.4456063 -0.329324