Ripping things apart...

Windowless...

Tiles! Wet tiles!!

Vacations and remodeling...

Leaving for Sicily for 6 days right in the middle of remodeling was daring, but leaving for California for 3 weeks is just crazy! When we arrived from our first trip, the tiles had been set, the windows (and strange cement, window-covering thing) had been removed and the bathroom pieces had arrived. We are leaving tomorrow and work has stopped momentarily as the new windows won't arrive until Monday....I am anxious to leave a window-less house....and not quite sure what to do about a surprise rain/wind storm in June in Cádiz! Everything is wet, wind is rushing through the entire apartment nonstop and it doesn't seem to be letting up...

old kitchen (before)

Old kitchen (during)

Progress

It´s been more than a month since my last post, things in Spain take their time. Since then, things have picked up speed! The old kitchen has been destroyed, walls have been knocked down and built up again in new places, wall and floor tiles will arrive this Wednesday and more than 400 large bags of debris have been heaved down the 7 floors... Manolo, our dear family carpenter, is working hard with his Brazilian assistant, Luis, who can be caught singing in Portuguese at any time as he hacks and smacks and tugs and pulls and pushes and lifts away...hard workers! We are leaving for Sicily next week and then California after that, and are hoping that bounds will be made this week before we go...(however, mom-in-law will be left in charge during our travels, nothing to worry about, she's tough!).