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Autumn in Costa Blanca is cool at night at amazingly hot during the day, there is always time to find a nice quiet cool place to read the latest edition of Out and About magazine which is all about what's going on locally with restaurants, bars, and entertainment. During autumn you can enjoy so much without having to worry too much about the heat and that's why we see more visitors from the UK and Norway than any other time of year.
Autumn in Costa Blanca is cool at night at amazingly hot during the day, there is always time to find a nice quiet cool place to read the latest edition of Out and About magazine which is all about what's going on locally with restaurants, bars, and entertainment. During autumn you can enjoy so much without having to worry too much about the heat and that's why we see more visitors from the UK and Norway than any other time of year.
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26 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA DEE’S TRAVELS<br />
DEE’S TRAVELS<br />
MOVING AROUND<br />
PART ONE<br />
Have you ever had one of those<br />
flashes when you realise<br />
something you should have<br />
known all along? I think it has<br />
to do with bits inside your<br />
brain called synapsis. I<br />
understand (well to be<br />
honest I don’t) but I<br />
read somewhere that<br />
two of these brain<br />
bits connect with<br />
an electrical signal<br />
and you ‘get it’, a<br />
new understanding.<br />
It’s often shown in<br />
cartoons with a flashing<br />
light bulb over the head.<br />
I had one of those<br />
momentous realisations which<br />
is so obvious I can’t understand<br />
why I’d not thought of it before. In England,<br />
America and Australia and maybe other<br />
first world countries shopping is a hobby<br />
especially in UK. What else can you do on<br />
a cold, wet, windy miserable Saturday than<br />
throw on the coats and go to the local mall?<br />
The bright lights, the entertainment centre,<br />
the warm friendly buzz and the shops. Ah,<br />
the shops with their tempting displays (all<br />
scientifically arranged based on trends and<br />
temptations) lie in wait to relieve you of<br />
your money.<br />
“Oh, I love that.”<br />
“That would be helpful in the kitchen.”<br />
“His eyes will pop out when he sees me<br />
wearing this.”<br />
I’m sure you get the picture.<br />
Even men I understand are<br />
not immune although they<br />
are most likely to be found<br />
in the DIY stores or the<br />
electronics department.<br />
Everyone is happy,<br />
moving from shop<br />
to shop, spending,<br />
acquiring and drooling<br />
over the purchases back<br />
home.<br />
Even the Covid<br />
restrictions did not stem the<br />
flow, we simply exchanged<br />
shop windows for internet screens,<br />
scrolled down studying the goods on<br />
offer and pressed the buy button. Even<br />
imprisoned in our homes, the spending did<br />
not stop.<br />
Box after package after parcel piled up<br />
on doorsteps all around the world and we<br />
tricked ourselves into believing we were<br />
providing employment for the delivery<br />
companies and workers in the mega<br />
warehouses.<br />
But what is the result? Besides the piles of<br />
discarded cardboard filling up the rubbish<br />
bins, we have crammed our homes with<br />
stuff we don’t really want and often, stuff we<br />
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