All change
Four years in and the house isn’t looking a whole lot different to 2021, though it smells a lot better. I’ve painted, plastered (leaving that to the experts in future),…
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November 18, 2025
Sober in Spain
At first glance, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Galicians drink all day. The cafes are full from 8am til 10pm, much later for the bars, and tables are littered…
November 12, 2025
Al interior
Time spent in Galicia centred on the coast for the first years: the tiny tower in Estribela, trips to Vigo and Pontevedra, a boyfriend in Bueu. Horizons widened when I…
September 29, 2025
Flying solo
I’m trying my damnedest to rekindle the language I studied 30+ years ago. There’s a vague memory of stumbling through a Spanish oral exam and a less vague one of…
September 13, 2025
Meet you in the car park
The small balcony faces south east and gets the morning sun. My actual son managed to break the plastic, yellow chair that sat comfortably for four years in a space…
April 8, 2025
San Juan
The summer solstice coincides with the festival of San Juan, which I stumbled on last year. Parts of the large car park were sectioned off during several days of preparation…
March 30, 2025
Opening a bank account with an audience
Once the offer of 22,000 euros had been accepted in December, I travelled to the nearby city of Pontevedra to sign the contract and collect the keys. It turned out…
March 27, 2025
Buying a House on WhatsApp
If it wasn’t for the lockdowns, home-working, home-schooling and little else to do for light relief other than have one-too-many in the garden or doom-scroll on socials, I wouldn’t have…
March 23, 2025
Estribela
I spoke to my neighbour, Juan, half an hour ago. This isn’t unusual as I see him and his wife every half an hour as they potter from their house…
March 18, 2025