Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

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Minor earthquake in Galicia just round the corner

Last night we suddenly heard a growling sound. Seconds later the house shock just once and the growling passed on into the night. We thought either it was a tremor or a rather large lorry has tried to pass through one of our lanes and brought a wall or house down. So I checked one [...]

Monday, July 19th, 2010

The Pope – Alice Cooper – New art (Despoblacion)

Holy year!  The birthday of Jacobus was on a Sunday – Already pilgrims are flooding Galicia. Even the pope will make a pilgrimage to Santiago on the 6th of November. I doubt if he will walk the required minimum of 100Km but than he is already pope and, as it is also Guy Fawkes night in [...]

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Hate Mildew & Erineum Mite – Love Pallets – From the global aldea Mer (Galicia)

There is never a dull moment here in rural Galicia and the Ribeira Sacra. The diggers have left, the guests have left and it’s back to “normal”. This translates into working on the ever growing list of tasks and trying to fight nature to get a reasonable crops of grapes and veggies of course. I [...]

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010