Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Archive for November, 2010

Holidays are coming – Xmas fair in Mer Sober 18th December

I love this old Cola advert. Whenever  I’m reminded of oncoming xmas I have to hum this. Here in rural Galicia the onslaught of xmas comes at a reasonable time when there is enough shelf space due to the reduced amount of fresh products in late autumn / winter. It’s mainly our chinese shops who [...]

Friday, November 26th, 2010

Preparations for the galician winter – Preparaciones para el invierno gallego

Winter preparations started in earnest with having a new roof on our alpendre. A lot of materials arrived, amongst them huge beams as the roof was to be extended to give us more space to hoard things. Isn’t it amazing that whatever space you have you run out.. Next, sturdy foundations are set and than its all [...]

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Stringing multilingual software together & visit to Vigo

Over the last weeks I have been busy stringing together multilingual software. The slowly emerging result is a multilingual blog, mltilingual platform to advertise ones holiday home and have a multilingual e-commerce all imbedded in a nice highly flexible theme (or design). Oh yes, after initial install this can be managed by an HIVI with [...]

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010