Posts Tagged ‘storm’

Things can change quickly

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Today I talked with the guy who will rent an apartment to me in Sofia, Bulgaria, because I wanted to know where and how to get the keys when arriving two weeks from now. He then told me that he had changed his mind about renting out the apartment. This puts me in an interesting situation as I already have bought the tickets to Bulgaria and canceled my current apartment here in Spain. I was in an (angry) shock.

Lucky for me the weather here has also changed from rainy storm to a warm blue sky. As I needed a break I went down to the beach for a swim right after sending out some requests to people about a new apartment. The beach had already been somewhat renovated and had just the right amount of people (mostly locals) suntanning. The water was clear and warm, not full of trash as I thought it would be after the floodings. When I came back to the apartment one hour later I already had two mails about apartments in Sofia, so everything looks bright again. I also found places to stay in Granada and Madrid which I will see on the way to Sofia.

This should be a lesson to me to have backup plans more often, but also a good knowledge that whatever happens everything usually works out anyway.

Stormy Torrevieja

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Last night I was in a poker tournament at a English hard rock pub, Monroe’s. This place is very relaxed with a good atmosphere and great owners, and filled from floor to ceiling with things connected to Marilyn Monroe. When the poker game was over and we were about to leave, there was a flood outside the door and on every street as far as we could see.

The last week here in Torrevieja have been quite stormy, and one local who is born here told me that she has never seen anything like this before. Because there is no drainage in the streets there are floods every time it rains this much. The city is leaning down to the beach which have been ruined because of the heavy streams of water. Also a lot of cellars and garages are flooded, along with apartments and offices on street level.

Flooded street crossing in the night

Flooded street crossing in the night

Playa del cura flooded in the night

Playa del cura flooded in the night

The day after: Playa del cura destroyed

The day after: Playa del cura destroyed

The day after: Playa los locos also destroyed, with cracked pavement

The day after: Playa los locos also destroyed, with cracked pavement. Confused life guard still on watch, though the beach is gone.

The day after: Destroyed bridge at Cala de los Trabajos

The day after: Destroyed bridge at Cala de los Trabajos

The day after: Flooded street near Cala Cornuda

The day after: Flooded street near Cala Cornuda

The day after: Flooded garage, still pumping out water

The day after: Flooded garage, still pumping out water