Category Archives: Local Life

Never buy a Ford

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Paul

I’ve broken one of my own rules…in the interests of thrift…but it might have just been worth it. Travelling to Spain last week we opted for the new Manchester to Bilbao route with EasyJet. We were going for our final (honest) … Continue reading →

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Mixed reaction to Rick’s Spain

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Paul

The BBC finally got around to screening the eagerly anticipated Spanish Cookery oddysey compiled by Rick Stein over a large part of 2010. Some of the Galicia footage, was filmed while we were house hunting and the local paper ‘Voz de Galicia’ … Continue reading →

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Pontenova and its puente nuevo

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Paul

It shows the depths to which we’ve sunk when we treat a new bridge as a tourist attraction. If it was the Golden Gate Bridge, the Ponte Vecchio or the Humber Bridge then we could be excused, but not when it is the … Continue reading →

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Twelve things we’ve learnt in the last twelve months

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Paul

The summer solstice, the longest day, June the 21st, will forever be associated in our mind with the day that we completed the purchase of our house in Galicia. Today sees the first anniversary of us sitting in the offices of … Continue reading →

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Percebes: Food of the gods

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Paul

In Greek mythology ambrosia is the food of the gods, up there alongside nectar as the most heavenly of consumables. In Galicia the ambrosia equivalents are percebes, or as the English would call them, goose neck barnacles. Despite their unappealing, frankly ugly, appearance … Continue reading →

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