Living in Galicia

Living in Galicia

We liked Galicia with its rolling hills, small fields broken by copses of oak & chestnut, the quiet roads & friendly, accommodating people. We extended our stay from the initial two weeks (just in case the house wasn’t suitable or the internet not...
Pink House in Galicia

Pink House in Galicia

Billy didn’t recognise the exact address of our new place, so we input the nearest large town of Lugo & set-off down motorways with very little traffic. A pleasure to drive, but slightly odd too we followed the coastline West, before turning inland near...
Goodbye Asturias and Hello Galicia

Goodbye Asturias and Hello Galicia

The beginning of October, Monday 2nd was a lovely warm sunny day, so afer working most of the day, we headed out for a meal. Successfully finding the original local restaurant reccommended by our host at around 4.30pm, we sat outside in the sun & wondered why...
Essential Tasks and Chores

Essential Tasks and Chores

Rob had a high-spec tower PC to cope with his music programmes, so despite this taking up lots of space with accompanying amp, speakers & effects machine, it came with us. Shall I mention that we brought his guitar & cahonita too? Anyway, we were actually...
Initial Accommodation

Initial Accommodation

As previously mentioned, we had so much paperwork to complete to bring Woody, that I was wary of actually arriving in Spain. Therefore, not wanting to waste money, I’d found the cheapest accommodation that I could just a couple of hours drive from Santander. The...
First Days in Spain

First Days in Spain

I can understand why my brother & sister-in-law always take all-incusive holidays in package holiday resorts. They climb off the plane, straight onto a bus, to be taken to their hotel without a hitch. They dump their luggage & can head straight to the bar for...