Seaview Apartment ❤️

Those that have been reading my posts for the past 6/7 years will know that I need to see and be in the sunshine. And so after spending last winter in a very cold and humid apartment, I decided to splash a little more cash each month and moved - to an apartment full of sunshine and with this view!

Last Winter

I'd moved from the Finca, where I'd spent the tail end of last summer, into a friend of a friends apartment close to my mum's on the east side of the island. The rent was 700 euros, and although there was no lift for the 63 stairs, the place seemed alright and I horridly signed for the place for 6 months.

Cue winter, which isn't really anything like the UK or Finland's winter, and I was freezing. The apartment didn't get much of the low sunlight and quickly got damp - and stayed that way until I moved out. I was sliding on the 'wood' foor, constantly cleaning mould off the walls of every room bar the kitchen, and really struggling to sleep even with layers of covers and clothes.

And the home 'office' was not really as I imagined, as I spent much of those six months layered up between 2 electric heaters, wearing fingerless gloves. It was February when 'fuck this' was muttered and I opened Idealista (Property finder) to look for a new place. I went for the 'draw a map' option and drew around the southwest coast of the Island.

_{And I want a Seaview and an Expresso Martini every day please}

April Fools

It was the first of April when moved - two car loads, excluding some gym gear and that fateful mattress. I wonder if I'll need trips next time I move, if I move.

You know, I didn't even take a photo worth showing you from my previous place, here's the first one from the new gaff....

_{April - nice!}

Whilst I'm not on the front line, the green roof below is likely going to remain a roof for the foreseeable future and so the view should remain as is. What's been cool about this roof is that the owner of the restaurant underneath uses the space to grow vegetables. From what I've seen, he's had a really good summer and has likely been selling these homegrown veggies.

_{Veggies in July}

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The longest Summer

Last year was a good year for the weather in Mallorca.

Summer 2023, which ends on Saturday (23rd September), has been the third hottest on record in Mallorca and the Balearics after the summers of 2003 and 2022. source

I'd moved to the right place to catch this bumper year of Sunshine, and enjoy a few of these :)

_{First course / Lunch / Brunch? 😲}

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And more Sun

The balcony faces East and during the winter months the sun rises over the sea.

The sun also stays quite low during the winter, shining sunlight into my place. And in the summer, when you don't want the sunshine on you at all, it's high up in the sky and away from my balcony and windows.

_{December Sun}

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I didn't expect to see this a month or so ago...

_{Just taking my horse for a spin on the beach....}

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Good mood today

And every day really since I moved here. I've already asked to stay for another year, and I think I'd like to buy the place. That's not going to happen just yet though and I think that I will require good fortune in another crypto bull-run to get the deposit I want to put down in place.

I've been waking up early to catch a bit of this recently....

_{07:45am - 18-JAN-2024}

And that really kicks the morning off nicely 🙂

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Last one, saying goodbye from the balcony.

_{See you tomorrow}

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Still working on that Tinder re-write by the way.... 'Balanced', can make cocktails, has abs sometimes, fires blanks, seaview apartment.....

Ash