Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Archive for August, 2008

Saturday night fever – In Sober it’s on Friday – Bailar la luna

Whilst working renovating yet another bodega Carmen, our neighbor, stopped by and said are you going to the bailar la luna tonight? …. Well, OK, so it expires once a year there is a dance competition in Sober where the “Banda de Sober” plays and couple get numbers and dance. There is a jury and [...]

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

DIY – How to stretch 25 Amps – Avoiding blowing fuses – saving energy

Like a lot of old properties we inherited the dangling 10Amp circuit breaker in a small dark cabinet. Luckily we where introduced to Pablo in Monforte and set him the task of rewiring the property basics and put in a decent distribution board. New feed to each area 16A 2.5 wire for sockets and 10A [...]

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

What to do on a Sunday – No problemo – There is always something on

On Saturday our mail woman dropped the long awaited Amazon US order in our doorway. A nice bag full of books. Thus reading late we woke up suitably late. Nevertheless we had a ”Scarce Swallowtail” having breakfast at the same time so felt not too bad. After this we headed for the market in Monforte. I [...]

Sunday, August 24th, 2008