Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Super luna – humor & locuras & other observations

So you may have realised that we had super luna. The moon is at its closest and at the same time its full moon. This doesn’t happen often – next in 2095 or so. This translates into a 30% bigger moon, which is 15% brighter, dogs howl 20db louder and its a time of maximum [...]

Monday, May 7th, 2012

Open Garden – Jornadas puertas abieras – 2. in April 2011

Well we organised a 2nd opening of our garden or more precisely a small rural fair. We are working on implementing this, it is a well known concept in England. There, the yellow book and fairs in gardens are a great attraction to spend weekends. Here in rural Galicia to say it’s in its infancy would probably [...]

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Good bye xmas tree – Hello easter – Tres reyes / magos

Today is tres reyes or tres magos. This is much more important than xmas, specifically as there are more presents. It’s also the last day of the xmas tree and we are already starting to look forward to easter. Normaly on the night of the tres magos a local banda comes round but this year [...]

Thursday, January 6th, 2011