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🇪🇸 Forever a Fan

Long, empty rural road stretching into the distance with dry yellow grass on both sides, scattered trees, and power lines under a hazy sky.

Nowadays, however, that once state-of-the-art design is looking more than a little dated, although unlike many hotels of its generation, the Hatoya has somehow managed to survive. As have many of the original fittings and furniture. Even an on-site fire truck. All of which make a stay there akin to stepping back in time.

Added to a list of places I’d love to visit, but probably will never get there. Sadly.

#japan #vintage

🍜 The lost in Showa era sights of the Hatoya Hotel - https://www.tokyotimes.org/the-lost-in-showa-era-sights-of-the-hatoya-hotel/

🇪🇸 Missing Things Already

A red Coca-Cola delivery truck parked in a sunny European town square with historic buildings and a clock tower under a clear blue sky.

😔 AM/PM

Split image showing two urban scenes: the left side features a cobblestone courtyard with stone stairs and rustic stone buildings under a clear blue sky, while the right side shows a mattress leaning against a railing in front of modern apartment buildings.

💨 Weather has turned. Cloudy, colder (still expecting 30C), and windy as hell. Not sure if the usual dam beach will be an option today.

We also have a birthday party coming up, for a 16-year-old cousin. Not sure if we’re sticking around for that, or just make our way down to the city. tinyMovieStar will, as usual, have the final word.

😍 From dawn till dusk

Silhouette of a person standing in calm water near two pedal boats at sunset, with a tree-lined horizon and clear sky reflected in the lake.

🥰 Cool ‘84 190D Mercedes Benz (yummy!), and manual windows. She’s living her best life, as the saying goes…

A person’s bare foot is extended out of a car window, with a view of dry grass, trees, and a clear blue sky in the background.

📈 Wondering about the number of unread items on the RSS thing, after a week of vacation. Not even checking how many I’ll have when we get back.

🔔 The church is right next door, and the tiny one sleeps through the hourly strikes! Me? Not that lucky.

🏤 That’s how you do a post office.

Historic stone building with an arched entrance, a small balcony with balustrades above, and the word “Correos” displayed, indicating a post office.

🇪🇸 Spain Day was a success, despite the scorching heat. I love being on the road. Even more so with the tiny one.

A narrow, winding road with white dashed center lines stretches into a dark, tree-covered forest, with patches of sunlight illuminating the edges of the pavement.

🥵 Today will be an interesting day. Spain, we love you, but…

Hourly weather forecast showing sunny conditions with temperatures rising from 27°C at 11 AM to 39°C between 4 PM and 6 PM.

😅 Another day with too many photos. I’ll spend the whole month of September posting the photos from this week.

Silhouettes of three people standing in shallow water of a calm lake at sunset with trees in the background.

Anyway, this is how we saw the eclipse. It was pretty cool.

😔 August in the countryside.

People enjoying boating and swimming at a lake shore with a yellow pedal boat and inflatable kayak, while smoke from a distant forest fire rises into the clear blue sky.

🛝 We’re spending the day at the dam. Lovely beach, and eclipse over the lake later on.

People playing pétanque in a sunlit park, with two men in the foreground, one preparing to throw a ball from a marked circle, surrounded by trees and spectators.

🚬 Needed cigarettes (yeah, I know), but there’s a very limited number of places selling them around here. That, and everything else, in fact. Tried a final place, a restaurant. No vending machine, but I asked about them anyway. The gentleman looked at me, waited around 5 seconds, and asked “Marlboro”? “Sure, that will do”.

Told him two packs, and the quoted price was below what they usually cost. Smugglers, I thought. Awesome. The packs are in English, so it’s confirmed. I bought smuggled cigarettes.

This area has always been smuggler’s country since, at least, the Spanish civil war. Another reason to love it.

😎 I like the new brrr feature, that allows custom icons on the notifications.

😜 Too many photos, and no time to edit them. By the time tinyMovieStar goes to bed, I’m also knackered already. Since she’s my alarm clock as well, what can I do?

🐂 A lot of this today. Part of village life.

A group of people holding wooden barricades face a black bull in a dirt arena, while a large crowd watches from elevated stands.

😴 Not even 7AM, already on a bus. What have I turned into?