Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Fiesta dos Fachos – Castro Caldelas rural Galicia – An experience

Normally Castro Caldelas lies peacefully on a hill guarding the Ribeira Sacra. If you follow the long winding road, always uphill, you finally arrive in Castro. When you parked your car, its just a very short walk to explore the well restored old town, its castle and believe me the view from graveyard is second to [...]

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Halloween – The Galician way – 3F – Friends, Food & Fire

Halloween – Any excuse to have a party / fiesta in Mer Sober Ribeira Sacra. The weather allowed us to have a great magical night with bonfire, quemada and lots of friends.

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Semana Santa – Processions , Weather, Medievial Market & parties

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, [...]

Saturday, April 11th, 2009