Category Archives: Background

Our third visit – part two – nirvana uncovered

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Paul

The third night of our visit found us straying outside Galicia and staying in the fantastic Asturian village of Taramundi at Casa Paulino, a great little hotel which was recently renovated and which has excellent views at 38€ per room per … Continue reading →

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Our third visit – part one – the verge of a great discovery

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Paul

There had been a fair amount of time spend feeling a little bit down after the January O Paramo ‘near miss’. The negative time was spent thinking ‘we’ll never find anywhere suitable that we can afford’, while in moments of positivity the thoughts … 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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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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