HBG

We avoid the sun as much as possible and keep the shutters almost right down during the day. I drink at least two litres of water a day, only a few sips at a time, and alcohol is fatal in this heat. We use the pool early morning and late evening, with a cold shower afterwards, drying ourselves by dabbing rather than rubbing with towels.

This summer has been a hot one and it's not over yet.

lynnxa

we seem to have had a particularly bad night here - I take a 1.5 litre bottle of water up into the bedroom every night - last night I seem to have drunk almost all of it

we are having up to 100% humidity most nights, and a few nights ago the temp didn't drop below 26º - giving a realfeel of nearly 35º!!!

jimenato

It's in The Mail so it must be true

Actually, there's some sensible looking advice there.

agoreira

But I thought you all moved there for the weather, for all that lovely sun! All sounds like my idea of hell. Never mind, couple of weeks, the cold stories will start up, electric blankets, huddling around bombonas etc.

Domino

have you tried putting a humidifier on in the room ??

problem is people are different in these extremes, their built-in "thermostats" are running riot.
I always feel cooler than the BH, but that could be because the pores of the skin are more open allowing it to breathe, many women tend not to have such open pores and do not sweat the same way as men.

if you keep guzzling cold drinks the body will rush round trying to get it up to temp whilst having gallons of tea mean the body will be trying to cool it.
well thats my understanding of it anyway.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/dic...uestion651.htm

Lorna at Vicenza

It's bloody boiling here in Italy as well. Although I love the summer, a week or more of this heat does get very debilitating. Unless you can regularly throw yourself into the sea, pool, lake or river there is very little else you can do. I am sweating just sitting and typing at the compter and not moving.

Dick Dasterdly

I'm back in the UK at the minute so don't have that problem, but still enjoying lots of top quality fresh fruit and veg.
Yesterday I bought a couple of large juicy honeydew water melons at 80p each which seemed quite a snip to me.
They had been around a quid each for a few weeks before that.
Just curious if they can be picked up in Spain for that sort of price, because over the last couple of years I've often been finding locally produced Spanish fruit cheaper in the UK than where it's actually produced.

jimenato

I love it - I can't get enough of it. I'm dreading it getting cooler.

I tend not to do much in the heat of the day but that's fine.

We don't have aircon in the house - and wouldn't use it if we did (aircon in the car is, of course, a must).

We use fans to keep cool when necessary.

Dick Dasterdly

Strange how people's body thermostats appear to vary so much.

I come across a few like yourself who seem fairly comfortable in the excessive heat but I find that the majority like myself simply cant handle it and that applies to lots of Spanish people as well.

Anyone any theories why the difference ?

lynnxa

I could shut the windows & put the aircon on - but I hate aircon

I love the heat - at one point yesterday the temp went way up, but the humidity was way down - it was far more comfortable

Domino

my local fruteria had a special offer on last week, 2 melons for €1.00, they each weighed at least 2kg, its really so hard having to eat them before they go off, even when kept in the fridge


how are you doing for red peppers?, we are getting some really lovely sweet ones here for about €1.00/kg
large onions 80c/kg
black grapes €1.20/kg

but these are almost year round prices, not the offloading of excess product into Tesco's and Sainsburys, but every cent helps Spain's balance of payments.

Domino

its a difficult one to call in your situation
the BH says the Spanish she works with are complaining about sore throats due to the dryness of the air in their air conditioned homes.

oh for the luxuries, our landlord just let us a bare house, no heat no aircon
so we have to get by with all the old wives remedies of open windows and fans - but even the punkah wallah is getting a bit tired in the heat.

Pocaloca

Honeydews are €1 in our market, so about the same. Beefsteak tomatoes €0.50 per kilo, bet you can't beat that in the UK!

jackytoo

Here we go...Dick you are a little stirrer

Not much Spanish produce in the shops around here and it shows in lower prices. They seem to have found better value and quality suppliers

Pocaloca

There was me thinking BE.com was for expats living in Spain! Doh!!! I wish people would put their locations in, to give us a clue where "round here" is.