Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Archive for December, 2008

Merry Christmas – Froehliche Weihnachten – Happy new year – Frohes neues Jahr –

To all our friends, (ex and new) neigbours and especially all readers of this blog
 A very happy christmas and have a great new year.
When x-mas dawned we thought “… oh there is time…”. Well now I sit in the new salon at the estufa (oven) and x-mas has already gone. Here in Spain the 26th [...]

Friday, December 26th, 2008

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Time of Matanza – Salon preview

Building work and general maintenance has kept me from writing. The latest excuse is the time of Matanza. All around us pigs are being killed and slaughtered. Whatever ones stance is on this, we have moved here and who are we to interfere with age old customs. It’s not for the squeamish but to see [...]

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

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