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

TV Galicia in Mer – Regional entertainment from rural Galicia

Some weeks back we received a phone call – TV Galicia. After agreeing to speak in Castillan we were asked if we would mind being on TV as they where running a feature on foreigners, their reasons to come to the former end of the world and what they are up to. So about two [...]

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

1st Mercadillo de navidad in Mer – Ribeira Sacra

The first ever “Mercadillo de navidad – Tipica de Alemania” took place last weekend. A lot of preparation and the help of friends (It’s the garden / house helping group, but that is another story) the alpendre (barn) was cleared and converted. . Courtesy of our neighbours we could cover the floor with straw, raid [...]

Friday, December 18th, 2009