One and a half weeks ago Ribadavia celebrated the "Festas Portal". It has been the last summer event and this means autumn is coming. BUT although people said that Galicia and the north of Spain, is a cold and humid place, I am still enjoying a hot long and wonderful summer! Not even at night the temperature drops under the 10°C mark and the midday sun still has the strength to heat up the air to 30°C.
Do you see the smoke on the horizon? Yes. That's fire. In summer it is normal here to have bush fires from time to time. They are not as devastating as in the south of Spain, but still, they exist.
Let's get back to the "Festas Portal". Every village, town and city here has their own celebration which is closely connected to the saints. In Ribadavia we had a little fair with games for children, fireworks (the Spanish seem to really love them), some street theatre, music, a carpet of flowers and the traditional procession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
At the same weekend also my birthday took place. I had a little something for dinner the night before with some friends and the weekend after Sabrina and I cooked some delicious homemade food for some other friends who couldn't come the weekend before.
It is a little strange to celebrate my birthday here and invite people. By now I indeed know a lot of people in Ribadavia but nearly nobody good enough to invite to a "birthday party". So Sabrina and I thought we might just keep it a little less "official" and invite them nevertheless. We spend two amusing nights :)
I also received much more letters and pakets from Germany as I expected and I got very excited about it! (So I'll abuse this blog now to send some thank you kisses home!!!)
Here is an interesting thing about the local post in a small town. Most of the pakets have been sent to my address in the "tower". However, I am not at home in the morning and for some reason the postmen know that and also know that I work here in the Youth House and so they brought all my mail to the office! How great is that?
It is a little strange to celebrate my birthday here and invite people. By now I indeed know a lot of people in Ribadavia but nearly nobody good enough to invite to a "birthday party". So Sabrina and I thought we might just keep it a little less "official" and invite them nevertheless. We spend two amusing nights :)
I also received much more letters and pakets from Germany as I expected and I got very excited about it! (So I'll abuse this blog now to send some thank you kisses home!!!)
Here is an interesting thing about the local post in a small town. Most of the pakets have been sent to my address in the "tower". However, I am not at home in the morning and for some reason the postmen know that and also know that I work here in the Youth House and so they brought all my mail to the office! How great is that?
And to give you some summer feeling: a few pictures of a day in August we spent in Prexigueiro, a village not too far from here with a wonderful river and awesome hot therms we surely will visit a lot in winter.
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I always wanted to do that! Swinging with a rope into a lake I mean. And the rope did NOT snap! It's great fun!
On saturday I will meet up with my dad in Oviedo and we'll spend a week hiking in the Picos de Europa. After that I'm going to visit some friends I met during my preparation seminar in their little village. Vacation! Yeah!
And when I come back in October Sabrina and I are going to restart the workshops and classes here in OMIX. See you then!
And when I come back in October Sabrina and I are going to restart the workshops and classes here in OMIX. See you then!
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