Category Archives: Local Life

To whet the appetite

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Paul

Saturday afternoon saw a melancholic return from Galicia after a fruitful and interesting, although far too short, visit to the house. We managed to cram loads into the seventy-two hours we spent in our little piece of paradise, in what was … Continue reading →

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And then there were two

Posted on October 26, 2010 by admin

‘Cutting off ones nose to spite ones face’. Founded in the medieval practice of women disfiguring themselves to protect their virginity, the phrase has passed into common parlance and is associated with a needless self-destructive over-reaction to a problem. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Meeting house criteria, the lure of the green

Posted on October 20, 2010 by admin

After forty-two years on this earth, although I acknowledge that I do look like I’ve been here a bit longer than that, I think that I am qualified to put forward the hypothesis that there are two types of people … Continue reading →

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Always time for a Spanish holiday

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Paul

Colin Davies (Thoughts from Galicia) blog yesterday was all about tuesdays Spanish National day, a national  holiday across the whole of Spain where everything vaguely commercial grinds to a halt, families congregate, and parties are had across the land.  As Colin points out, … Continue reading →

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The fine art of Spanish car hire

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Paul

Anyone who visits Galicia is unlikely to be collected from the airport in the tourist busses commonplace in the south or east, and whisked away to their hotel for a week long stay. To see Galicia properly you will need to … Continue reading →

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