Tag: Surviving

Surviving Quarantine – Part 3

April 3, 2020.Reading time 11 minutes.

Day 20 of lockdown in southern España. Happy to report – we are well and somewhat sane. Remarkably. Like the rest of the world – we’re finding our new “normal” through the lockdown. The daily challenge is preventing every day from becoming Groundhog Day.  The boys have adapted well – the online school has been a […]

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Surviving Quarantine – Part 2

March 24, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.
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Day 11 – Lockdown in Spain Lockdown with family means we can leave the house to get food & pharmacy items – one person only. We can access ATMs & essential service workers can continue working. This seems to extend to tradespeople as well.  All bars, restaurants, theatres, churches, clubs, etc. are closed until April […]

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Surviving Quarantine

March 19, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

A few weeks ago we were skiing in Switzerland – yodeling distance from Northern Italy. Switzerland had 7 reported cases of Covid-19. Our adopted home country of Spain had a few hundred. Today, Spain is reporting: ¨17,147¨, and Switzerland ¨3,438¨. Based on population density Switzerland actually has a higher incident rate than Spain. This happened […]

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