Having grown up in Germany where everyone has a good old Black Forest Cuckoo clock, unconsciously I always count the cuckoos to determine time, upon hearing them. Each year the return of the Cuckoo, here in the Ribeira Sacra Galicia, takes me by surprise. Thank good we have a small factory in the distance whose [...]
Hi when our friends visited a year ago Florian commented on my painted shower ceiling -”It’ll never hold”. Right – A year later I declared defeat, yes it started to flake. So he was here over Easter and showed me what materials to use and being the nice guy he is just skimmed the ceiling [...]
The weather is not in favour of Semana Santa, its cold and rainy. Never mind life goes on. Here in Spain the main days of Easter are Thursday and Friday, that’s it. Saturday all shops are open and Sunday is just to wind up for the next week. The Easter processions are taken very serious, [...]
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Ribeira Sacra,
the hidden gem
of rural Galicia in Northwest Spain
