A friend just told me about a Netflix series called Gangs of Galicia, and I started watching. Haven’t got the nuances of the plot yet, but so far there are scenes in Combarro, Arousa and Pontevedra. It’s dubbed in, nice to have even a weak...
Take photos, but make sure you enjoy the subject first be it a spectacular sunset/sunrise, landscape, architecture or the company of another person.
Photos never really capture the moment as well as being present in the moment and enjoying them...
Yes indeed the main word IS Joy (as in enjoy) and it is Ode to Joy that is the European Anthem - and if you take the time to examine the words you will find Beethoven's (Schiller's) reference to "pilgrim joy"
It’s almost like the Spanish population are fed-up with tourism driving their economy; what with water pistols at dusk outside restaurants on the coast & folks actually having the cheek to complain about people (read young hikers, certainly not...
Not sure exactly what they call us, but a tee shirt worn by a local in La Coruna on Sunday may give a clue. It said "Buen Camino" on top of an arrow that was in reality the top of the middle finger of the yellow hand !
This word " fodechinchos" is only used by a few people in a few touristic towns in the coast and refers to "madrileños" who waited at the fishing port to collect some spare fish ( not steal it). The word "fodechincho" is literally " Chincho ( a...
I'm a native of Massachusetts. That's a place that is tough to create a demonym for (Massachusettsian?). The state is often abbreviated as Mass even in speech and that has led to increased general usage of the term folks in neighboring states...
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