Monday, August 24, 2009
Book published, yeah!
No pictures today, but tomorrow I´ll resume. I´m just so excited and need to share with my blogit friends, because my first novel has finally seen the light of day. If you like, go to amazon or barnes & noble, type in: sweet revenge by inka piegsa-quischotte and..there it is!!! Tell me how it looks....
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Follow me, I´m the bagpiper..
and here he is. One of the typcal musical instruments in Galicia is the bagpipe and I was quite pleased when I happened upon this fellow in Santigo de Compostela. Legends, mysteries, superstitions and the like abound and here are the giants which are carried around in processions to ward off the...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
More pictures for you
I woke up and actually remembered where I was. Good start. So, first stop as always ´blogit´and posting some more pictures. I´m not going to give them to you in chronological order but I rather try to give you glimpses of the variety of sights, themes, stories, history and landscapes which make up...
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First pictures
I´ve made it home and I would never have thought that my little place in Turkey could feel so good. Five weeks living out of a suitcase and moving from place to place does take it´s toll, but on the other hand it was fun and has provided me with all the information and material I wanted for the...
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Greetings from Amsterdam
I'm finally on my way back to Turkey and have just arrived at the world's biggest and most confusing airport: Schipohl/Amsterdam waiting for my connecting flight to Istanbul. But, as you can see, I found the internet centre and thought I use the remaining time to say hallo. This airport is really...
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Is here anything vogue won't do?
The answer is: very few things. This is the story about the rock concert I went to yesterday and let me tell you what an event that was. It was Spanish bands and I knew only one of the artists, Antonio Carmona, a gitano who knows his guitar. Anyway, the event took place on the beach with the...
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Bye, bye nature, hello bright lights
Back in La Coruña and on my way to Barcelona. The bookshop ower yesterday had left for a few days but the very helpful lady kept my card and promised me he would be in touch. Knowledgebale herself, she was able to point me to one place I wanted to see: the breach in the wall through which Francis...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Getting warm at last
Today I went on another daytrip further into the countryside in the direction of Lugo. I had discovered that close to a place called Vilalba are thermal springs and natural pools and --lo and behold---I found them and had a good hot relaxing bath. The pool is in the open and smells a bit foul...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
A heroine and a boat trip
It was public trnasport again today and I went by bus back to La Coruña. In the first place to buy my ticket to Barcelona and also to fill in the gaps so to speak which were still there from my first stay about a week ago. Happily, the weather is finally good and I happened upon a boat trip around...
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Finally met the publisher
You may remember, that this entire Galicia trip is because a London based publisher has expressed an interest in a travel book about Galicia. Today, I finally met the men in person here in Pontedeume and that came about because his girlfriend who is a well known interior designer has bought a finca¡...
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