Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Feria de Navidad – X-mas market – Weihnachtsmarkt – MER – SOBER – Ribeira Sacra

Hola todas , Hello everyone, Hallo, 10  December from 12:00 till 20:00 x-mas market in Mer Sober. German style Mercadillo tipo Aleman with real artists, hecho a mano y hecho a casa   Small and large presents Pequeno y grande regalos, adornos y ideas. The taste of German sausages, refined with a glass of Glühwein [...]

Saturday, December 3rd, 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

Familie Freunde & Sauerbraten – Family, friends & braised beef

OK, I will try to catch up over the next weeks – promise. It is great having friends visiting, one can show off all the beauty of Galicia and the Ribeira Sacra, but it tends to also entail some very heavy cooking and eating sessions. Jutta and Udo visited for the first time and what [...]

Friday, November 5th, 2010