Life in Galicia
Galicia life and experiences as seen from Mer near Sober

Progress

Year 2019 – New site – Finally

The new site & layout of life in galicia dot com
LifeInGalicia.com the new site

Finally, I have managed to get a new layout and put it live.

It is not yet complete as translating and rearranging is still ongoing.

But on the other hand which live site is ever complete?

It all works in the UK (English) version and Deutsch und Espanol are at about 50%, whereas I have to admit Francais is (one of) my weaker points.

It is quite fun to switch between the languages and at the same time to realise (no I spell this not with a z)  what works in one does make absolutely no sense in another language. « What makes the dog in the frying pan crazy » is perfect German but makes no sense to any English speaker, whereas Schadenfreude makes sense and works in both. The Spanish sobremesa – the endless talking just after finishing a meal is untranslatable as the notion of it simply does not exist in northern countries. 

Enough of this (that?) – If you stumble across the site and find any errors or malfunction – please spare a moment for the poor bloke who may not realise (I still prefer an s….) what he is doing and send me (him) a friendly note…..

 

How to start a new year – Gengalic style……

well one way is to have good friends around and even better have friends who can cook.

Glorious Food
Glorious Food

 

 

 

The custom of the 3 reyes singers is still upheld in our parish –

 

 

Tres reyes
Tres reyes

 

 

 

 

 

After all this exitement and having to go to Germany for a funeral we decided to take the train from Porto to Lisbon, because we could!

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Squash the tourist

 

 

 

 

In Lisbon the main challenge is to not get squashed by one of the very frequent trams.
A quick tip for Lisbon – Go to any Metro station and face off one of the ticket vending machines – Buy a card (verde) 0.50€ and load it with meager 6€ – For this you get 24h unlimited travel on all metro, bus and the famous tram. A single ticket on the tram is 2,85€ (really).

 

Another tip: Eating – Swiss – Portuguese cooking !!  Bistro Gato Pardo Just perfect

 

Now that we are back – unflattened – the project Bauwagen will go ahead.

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Inside
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Door & Window

 

 

 

 

This outer shell should withstand whatever the Galician weather can throw at it – it will be painted of course – if we ever finish the discussions about the exact color that is to be applied……

 

Insulation, wood paneling and then the sumptuous furniture …….. maybe some electrics and lights ….  oooooch and this little wood burner from Oteiro …. it would look so cute ……

OK, OK, but it is a BAUWAGEN and people are going to live in it …..

This is our start into 2015

PS. GENGALIC   German English Galician ………

Feria de navidad Mer – Project Bauwagen update

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Event poster

You may start to come across these posters that invite you to our anual xmas fair.

 

This year we will have 10 more « Weihnachtsmänner » joining us so there will be a great collection of arts, craft, sweets, decorations, and so on and so on

 

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Some examples from Santas grotto…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The project « Bauwagen » is progressing nicely…..

I will be a Bauwagen (one day)
I will be a Bauwagen (one day)

On our last visit to its birthplace Barbara could already enter through the future door and stand on the floor which has been fitted.

There will be a nice roof extending slightly – wait and see.

We checked with « Grua » (transport) and they will co locate this for us from its birthplace to Mer.

So looking forward to see you on the 14th of Decembre
Hasta Luego M

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