Since we arrived in Spain on April 9, we have stayed in 16 different hotels (aka pensions, apartamentos, etc.) I’m pretty sure every room we have been in has had a television. (A few were tiny tiny televisions.) We have yet to turn one on. We’ve tried watching TV on past trips in Spain, but haven’t enjoyed it much. They do have some good US or British shows but they are all dubbed into Spanish and it’s painful to watch for some reason. I’m sure I could find plenty of Spanish TV shows I’d enjoy watching and it would be good Spanish-listening practice. But, mainly, we don’t really have the time or energy.
Even though we are walking short days, it seems we stay so busy after we check into our hotel and have lunch. There’s (1) resting, (2) blogging and catching up with correspondence, (3) figuring out where to stay the next day, (4) figuring out where to have breakfast the next day, (5) exploring the town we are staying in if we do have some energy left, (6) maybe eat dinner, (7) misc. Doesn’t sound like much but it keeps us busy. So, we’re never even tempted to turn the TV on. But …
Today we found a good use for the TV in our room:
Our raincoats weren’t wet but we thought it would be good to be sure they are good and dry before storing them away in their sacks.
It never rained hard today but enough that we needed them off and on. It’s the first we’ve needed them in several days — since the day I lost and found mine (see posts about that a few days ago). So as not to lose one again, Ella, in the comments, suggested we use a carabiner to attach the raincoat to our backpack. I didn’t think there was any loop to attach a carabiner to but, I was wrong. There are tiny straps around the collar that I hadn’t noticed. They are perfect for attaching a clip. So, I used a clip on each side and confidently carried my raincoat hanging off my backpack today during the times it wasn’t needed to keep me dry. Thanks for the great suggestion, Ella!
What I am so impressed with is that you happened to have those extra carabiners with you!
Few people realize the extent of Wynette’s organization and preparedness. I am lucky to be the beneficiary of that without much of the work it requires.
I did bring two small lightweight ones just in case. Sure, glad I did. And it so happened that there were two light ones attached to Charlie’s backpack for some reason that I didn’t realize were there. So now we each have two which is the perfect number.