Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Kitchen upgrade for verano en rural Galicia

The chef was wanting a decent oven. “I can’t properly regulate the temperature and anyway the oven is too small…..” As I like to eat, who am I to argue? We went to local and not so local “tiendas de concina” but even in the catalogues nothing was inspiring. It is slightly complicated by the [...]

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Stone, brick & lime – A facelift – Worth every minute I spend on it

Just using lime can give a tiered looking house a great facelift. Using just existing stone, bricks and pre mixed lime Casa de Flores received a great new look.

Friday, June 5th, 2009

take time out – just build a private beach

Hola, renovating can be fun. If, like me, you have plenty of material amongst which is a ton of sand why not have some fun with it. So instead of taking my daily bath in the wild, once we managed to clear the yard even further, it was time for a change. Ortego, our friendly [...]

Saturday, August 25th, 2007