Tag Archives: Galicia

Making plans for the small house

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Paul

You’ll hopefully remember both ‘the small house’ (the edifice that we used to call the barn) and the top secret architect  (the woman with no name)? These two have come together in exquisite harmony to produce a plan for stage one … Continue reading →

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Food, glorious food

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Paul

I have a problem with taking photographs of food. It’s nothing moral, nothing even technical, it is more a case of despite my best intentions to catalogue our foray into Galician cooking I am usually half way through the dish before I … Continue reading →

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Don’t just take my word for it….

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Paul

….here is what international film star Martin Sheen (Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez) has to say about Galicia! Martin Sheen on Galicia Publicising his new film ‘The Way’  which is about his characters pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. You have to take … Continue reading →

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Grand designs, and no Kevin in sight

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Paul

With our next trip planned, and schedule coming nicely together, it is time that we brought you right up to date with where we currently are with the house (at the beginning of November 2010). Consider this article a kind of mental house-keeping, a way … Continue reading →

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An accidental encounter with intrigue

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Paul

On our first trip to Galicia we discovered something most unexpected while driving the coast road from Ortigueira to Ferrol to meet an estate agent. It seems fitting to mention it now, just as remembrance poppies go on sale around the … Continue reading →

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