I am always surprised by the fertility of the land here. Well, it rains all the time and for a person coming from California and Syria, this abundant water is incredible to me.
Sunday I went to a friend´s house and she showed me their garden. They had planted (and growing) there: lettuce, spinach, leeks, onions, blackberries, raspberries, tomatoes, cherries, apples, nectarines, hazelnuts, walnuts, oranges, olives, rosemary, thyme, lemon thyme, squash, pumpkins, eggplant, artichokes, and I´m sure I´m forgetting something but you get the picture. This further proves that water is life. There is water here and sun as well, along with good soil, and voilá...food!
Yesterday I went to have lunch with one of my Galician Mommies, I have two :). She brought me a plastic bag full of cherries from her tree. After my lunch of tortilla española with fresh bread, tuna and peppers, I had a café con leche and then sat in the sun with my mamita and ate fresh, homegrown cherries! I just wanted to share that with everybody because I keep getting requests for updates and you guys just want to know about my life, so there you have it, a small detalle (detail) of my life here.
Un beso.
10 May 2011
06 May 2011
It´s been a while
Excuse my absence. Theobroma has been inactive due to my incessant traveling and lack of internet.
I´m writing today, a bit sporadically, because I have received a lot of complaints for not writing. I want to comment about having a positive attitude. Today the husband of my roommate told me that if somebody punched me in the face on the street I would forgive them saying it was an accident. He thinks I´m too positive.
I also want to throw this out there as some food for thought, I came to the conclusion today that the way we spend our money and the attitude we have towards money reflects our personality. For example, I spend a lot, arguably all of my money, on traveling, chocolate and other people. I think that´s suitable for my personality. What do you spend your money on? And by my definition, how would that describe you?
Today I am going with some co-workers to lunch in the beautiful stone village of Allariz that is built along a river.
Tomorrow I will be heading to the beach with some friends who have been telling me that Galician beaches are better than Californian beaches. I think that´s quite a statement, I will go, see for myself and report back to all of you, hopefully with pictures.
Be happy.
I´m writing today, a bit sporadically, because I have received a lot of complaints for not writing. I want to comment about having a positive attitude. Today the husband of my roommate told me that if somebody punched me in the face on the street I would forgive them saying it was an accident. He thinks I´m too positive.
I also want to throw this out there as some food for thought, I came to the conclusion today that the way we spend our money and the attitude we have towards money reflects our personality. For example, I spend a lot, arguably all of my money, on traveling, chocolate and other people. I think that´s suitable for my personality. What do you spend your money on? And by my definition, how would that describe you?
Today I am going with some co-workers to lunch in the beautiful stone village of Allariz that is built along a river.
Tomorrow I will be heading to the beach with some friends who have been telling me that Galician beaches are better than Californian beaches. I think that´s quite a statement, I will go, see for myself and report back to all of you, hopefully with pictures.
Be happy.
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