Category Archives: Local Life

Vice-versa for once

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Paul

If you wade through the previous one hundred and eighty one blog entries on visitgalicia.co.uk I don’t think you will find one about the United Kingdom, and you’ll probably find one hundred and eighty one about Spain. I normally blog … Continue reading →

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Fishy fiesta

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Paul

There is considerable excitement in our household. We’ve booked a week at the house in late April, primarily to be there when the kitchen is fitted, but also to do some work on the area immediately around the house, to … Continue reading →

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My personal credit crunch

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Paul

The only real reason for my brief visit to Galicia last week was order and pay for the kitchen that we’d chosen, and for which we’d had our measurements confirmed, from IKEA in A Coruña. Landing just after 14:00 at … Continue reading →

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A night of two feasts

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Paul

We’re back in the UK for a while, but not without one final Spanish adventure. On Friday we’d popped to our new neighbours, the ones from Madrid, to drop off a key and ask if they would be so kind … Continue reading →

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Noah had the right idea

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Paul

It hasn’t stopped raining for forty-eight hours. Not one minute of respite, just relentless stair-rods, causing landslides, impromptu waterfalls, and heavily swelled streams and rivers. The way to describe such rain is with the phrase ‘of biblical proportions’. I am not sure that … Continue reading →

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