Gaston's holiday misery continue as two apartment neighbors turn out to be fellow Antwerp natives, retired and talkative regulars. Anegle is delighted with a female chatter companion, less amused Gaston keeps calling her gullible husband Leo in stead of Theo, but at least he knows enough Spanish to translate with janitor Pedro.

While Theo accompanies their wives and carries their shopping loot, Gaston is dead-set on taking a bath, although the apartment's erratic new plumbing proves a tough nut to crack. Gaston even resorts to 'finding' a tube to transfer water from the tap.

Gaston finally manages to transfer water from the tap to take a bath, albeit in dirty water. He allows a Dutch girl from the neighboring apartment to clean up in his bathroom, which her Hulk-size partner Kees misreads and 'rewards' knocking out one of Gaston's teeth with his mighty fist. Meanwhile lazy Angele fell asleep and suffers major sunburn. Gaston must explain to Pedro, get her to hospital and phone her wickedly mistrusting mother at home.