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Archive for March, 2008

Easter (Semana santa) - Medieval festival - Snow and more

Easter here is serious and takes a week. This week is called “Semana santa” and starts with processions on the Wednesday before Easter Sunday. Easter Monday is a working day but the Tuesday is again reserved for fiestas. To see some of these check out this link to YouTube.
As most Spaniards take this as a […]

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

With a little help from our friends - Margaret’s garden

We had a lot of help from our friends - morally and manually -. Some of you I yet have to mention - Never fear I will (we have the pictures)!
Having started to plaster some of the exposed brick work and looking back a year and two month, a stunning transformation of one particular part […]

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - Where is my shovel?

We all know the “broma” of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - do we?
It is based on an Irish lore……
….. a leprechaun granted one wish to a couple who was very poor and had little. They asked for riches of gold and silver. The leprechaun was angered that the couple […]

Thursday, March 20th, 2008