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Don’t say Spain, say Galicia

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Paul

When you first tell people that you’ve ‘bought a house in Spain’ it certainly gets their interest. No matter how casual the acquaintance you can see the thought process etched on their faces  (I know because before I was a … Continue reading →

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Our second visit – part two – time with Mark

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Paul

Mark Adkinson who runs Galician Country Homes deserves his own blog post as part of our background story for two reasons; He showed us a house which we came very close to buying. While we were with him we saw one of … Continue reading →

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Our second visit – part one

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Paul

A brand new year (2010), lots of hope, the UK in the grip of an arctic blast and we were following our hearts back to Galicia for house hunting trip number two. We opted to fly both ways using Santiago de Compostela airport (taking our … Continue reading →

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Santiago de Compostela

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Paul

I read somewhere (yes I lost the link!) that 86% of visitors to Galicia spend at least some of their vacation in what is considered the most holy city, for catholics, outside of Rome. Therefore it is a good place … Continue reading →

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Our first visit

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Paul

The fourth week in November (2009) probably isn’t the time you’d pick to visit your potential new home. The thinking behind it was that; ‘if we like it in November then we’ll like it any time’. After being delivered safely … Continue reading →

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