When you renovate or refurbish a house or apartment here in Galicia sooner or later you will come across “mas o menos” / more or less. This can prove to be challenging when you try to fit mas o menos 90 cm into a gap of 90 cm. We had bought these ubiquitous standard cooking [...]
Every now and than I get asked about Internet and connectivity here in the Ribeira Sacra – rural Galicia. This article is January 2010 and specific to this area. There are now some more opportunities to avoid staring at a blank screen and having a useless plug. Still, if you have a telephone line or [...]
Here is a typical start of the new year Galician style, if this event happens to fall on a convenient long weekend. To regain a clear head nothing beats braving the weather and go out for a walk. Greeting the new year sheep is something we just invented, no, its not yet a custom. The massive [...]
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