Monthly Archives: December 2014

O Christmas Tree!

There is a romantic yuletide notion about country living, one borne out by countless films, TV advertisements, festive cards and music videos. It is that you can just wander up into the forests, fell your own Christmas tree, and carry it home … Continue reading

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Banging Heads with Bureaucracy – Part I

We’ve been living in Galicia for just under a month and already we’ve been outed to our neighbours (in a country which lives to gossip) as ‘electricity thieves’, and it’s not our fault. This is our first real ‘run  in’ with Spains’ legendary bureaucracy, … Continue reading

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