Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

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The water lily flowers – must be summer in Galicia

The water lily flowers so it must be summer. The time of long balmy evenings in rural Galicia. Once the holiday season starts there will be food everywhere, off season its sometimes a bit hit and miss. Great time to take photos in the evening sun.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

La Fiesta en Mer – Just some neighbours – Solo vecinos?

Hola, We are lucky to have a small privately owned chapel in the village. During the year this chapel is just standing unobtrusively beside the road. For this weekend the neighbours organsied a fiesta  including the “airing” of the local saint as well as a mass in the chapel. We where told it’s just for [...]

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Galicia on ice – always good for a surprise

Last weekend we did a trip from Incio to Samos, using rods in the Ocurel. Thanks to the excellent signage and having no detailed map in the car we got lost – a couple of times. But this is part of the fun – as long as one is not hungry and the petrol indicator [...]

Friday, January 16th, 2009