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No flowers - At the end of the world

It seems that in Galicia if you can’t eat it, can’t produce anything with it and if it’s not suitable as an early warning system it’s not planted.
The absence of fully stocked garden centers and specialised nurseries came as a bit of a shock to us. “Garden centers” do exist but as of yet they […]

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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Finally - Releasing the apartment for rental - Mer Sober Galicia Spain

Finally we have come round to release the apartment (the first two houses) for rental.
It is typical Galician / Spanish. The accommodations are upstairs and downstairs are cellars and access to the garden.
We have put together pictures / slide show here.
A dedicated page(s) will follow shortly. Here is the brief:
Two small houses converted into an […]

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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

Size matters - Being tall can be expensive

This is not meant in any way derogatively or insulting but at least here in Galicia the average person is not very tall. One realises this when trying to buy mattresses (”colchones”) and laminate frames.
ItĀ also explains why, when Peter and myself, both 1.95+ meters tall, are seen together in public we inevitably draw attention. On […]

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Sunday, April 15th, 2007