Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Archive for May, 2008

Old chestnut – Don’t trow away or burn it. Check before you do

We inherited a load of old wood, beams, planks, just the normal jumble that accumulates on a property over time and here in Galicia you usually buy all this as well. I started to become intrigued with chestnut. All the Galicians always told me how tough it is, no problem with woodworm and properly used [...]

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Mayday – Commemorates the fight for the eight hour day.

Here in Spain it’s a holiday and more or less a long weekend. It also means that bread price increases by 0.05€ due to the greedy  Chinese and their use of petrol – How dare they… If you’re interested in the full story behind May day WikiPedia is good source Wiki on May Day Operation [...]

Thursday, May 1st, 2008