Galician Routes & Roots

04/02/2015

We have changed the home page in our website: much more beautiful now.

http://www.galicianroutes.com/

Galician Routes and Roots. Guided routes around Galicia with a difference. There are other ways of visiting and learning about places and cultures

22/01/2015

Maybe it is childish, but I love the fact that Jules Verne dedicated a chapter of his 20.000 Leagues under the Sea to Vigo Bay (Part 2, Chapter 8):

http://jv.gilead.org.il/martin/20000_2-08.html

The Atlantic! a vast sheet of water, whose superficial area covers twenty-five millions of square miles, the length of which is nine thousand miles, with a mean breadth of two thousand seven hundred- an ocean whose parallel winding shores embrace an immense circumference, watered by the largest rive…

21/01/2015

Nice Galician landscape (maybe nicer without the eucalyptus at the back?): vía Maltrato da Paisaxe _Sección do Galicia Confidencial Tendencias

Cabazo, eucaliptos, vacas, millo vello, marco grande, estaca de pastor, verde, orballo: ()

19/01/2015

We can think of many more than just ten reasons to visit Galicia, but here is a good summary of what you may find (leaving Mario Casas aside…) if you decide paying us a visit:

http://www.expatsblog.com/contests/278/top-10-reasons-to-visit-spains-best-kept-secret-galicia

Top 10 Reasons to Visit Spain’s Best Kept Secret: Galicia by Ali Berlinski - Expat Contests at Expats Blog

18/01/2015

One of our latest music favourites, Neko Case (and Her Boyfriends), here playing live “The Tigers Have Spoken”: wonderful Americana music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-awKrK1MeQ

"The Tigers Have Spoken" They shot the tiger on his chain In a field behind the cages He walked in circles 'til he was crazy And he lived that way forever An...

17/01/2015

Fourteen photographers show their favourite pictures of El Camino in an exhibition in Germany: vía

Catorce exponen su particular visión del en http://goo.gl/dvVo2D

Turismo de Galicia inaugurará, este viernes 16, en la ciudad alemana de Erfrut la muestra fotográfica ‘Miradas en el Camino de Santiago’, una exposición itinerante que muestra la visión particular de destacados fotógrafos sobre el Camino de Santiago.

14/01/2015

- If you really want to experience something different, follow this advice from lonely planet and stop “flocking to Barcelona or Costa del Sol”:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/travel-tips-and-articles/77390

Read The ultimate guide to Galicia by Lonely Planet

12/01/2015

We want to start this 2015 season with a reference to (surprise!!) Galicia’s archeological heritage: the article includes some inaccuracies (in particular, the information related to the socio-political situation of Galicia/Spain) but we believe you may find the information about the archeological sites pretty interesting, especially when the author points out that “the 5,000 or more stone defended hilltops are a defining feature of the Galician landscape” or summarizes the “Galician Archaeological Heritage Network or GAHN [as] based on four themes: megalithic sites, rock art, hillforts and the Roman World”. Enjoy!!

http://www.world-archaeology.com/features/galicia-leading-the-way-in-spain.htm

David Miles journeys to Galicia to see how the regional government is leading the way in Spain in conserving and presenting their archaeological sites

01/01/2015

This is how some people start a a new year in Vigo: happy 2015!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCsaeqFdvwI&feature=youtu.be

31/12/2014

The Grateful Dead doing “Good Lovin’”. Never listened to this version before and when I did this morning, I thought it was a good way to wish you all a wonderful 2015 and enjoy “good lovin’” every single day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB1erm6yMw4

Good Lovin' by the Grateful Dead. It's from their 1978 album, Shakedown Street. Uploaded by request of FrijolesKilla

20/12/2014

I know, it bears repetition, but I can't help it... we love Nein: vía

Happy owlidays.

20/12/2014

We love Nein... Merry Christmas Everybody! [Ho, Ho, Ho!]... vía

Yes, it's known as the Social Contract. It means you have to have a mobile phone.

17/12/2014

With stormy weather, this is the kind of wonderful light we get in Vigo as the sun goes down by the Cíes Islands.

07/12/2014

Today, it's Tom Waits' birthday and because we love his music there you have his "Earth died screaming (while I lay dreaming of you)":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whPzJbntlnY

Rudy's on the midway And Jacob's in the hole The monkey's on the ladder The devil shovels coal With crows as big as airplanes The lion has three heads And so...

03/12/2014

These pics were taken in Moaña, a little village on the other side of Vigo bay.

28/11/2014

We know you know, but this is one of our favourite landscapes and never get tired of taking pictures of it. When I first saw it for the first time (twenty years ago approx.) I promised to myself I would never get used to enjoying this wonderful view and take it for granted. Twenty years later, I believe I am doing a pretty good job ;)

23/11/2014

Wonderful exhibition: this room, dedicated to "paperwork"...

19/11/2014

In our last trip with our friends from Travel Enriched, we went visiting the Dolmen de Dombate. This is a link with information about one of the best preserved dolmens in Spain. The photograph was taken during the excavation: if you want a more recent picture, visit our webpage.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10166

Burial Chamber (Dolmen) in Galicia, Spain

19/11/2014

Please, check our Gallery in the webpage for more photographs of our latest trips. The group of photographs is "During Trips":

http://www.galicianroutes.com/html/gallery_en.html

Galician Routes and Roots gallery, here are some pictures from Galicia, we will take your there

17/11/2014

I'm not sure if we had already posted this: just in case...

http://spanishnewstoday.com/autonomous-community-of-galicia_144-t.html #.VGpB8vmG8Xt

Autonomous Community Of Galicia @ Spanish News Today, Keep up with the Latest News for Autonomous Community Of Galicia including what's On, Where to Go and Where to Eat In Autonomous Community Of Galicia Calida Spain from Simply Networking.

15/11/2014

Taking "funny" pictures of cats is as old as photography itself but... what about their dignity? :p Enjoy the weekend!! vía History In Pictures

Even in the 1800's they were taking funny cat pics

07/11/2014

This is Salvaterra do Miño, just a couple of weekends ago: still summertime, although weather conditions are now more "reasonable" and seems as if winter came in all of a sudden...

26/10/2014

Sad day for the inhabitants of music planet: Jack Bruce, best known for being vocals and bass player in Cream, has passed away. R.I.P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKyGn_uxkPU

Cream White Room Live "White Room", written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown, is a single by Cream from their 1968 album Wheels of Fire. "White Room" is further ...

23/10/2014

This is an example of “feismo” (“uglyism”?), the “architectural” style I try to explain to our travelers that is so typical (for our sadness and disgrace) of Galicia: vía

Aportando color entre tanto gris de ( )

19/10/2014

Some words in Spanish difficult to pronounce (notice the use of "white" for "US"... interesting, isn't it?). Lots of fun, though: vía

Palabras en español que los estadounidenses no pueden pronunciar [ENG] http://j.mp/1Flpxbs

Rolling your Rs is way harder than it looks.

17/10/2014

I never get tired of taking pictures of Cíes Islands: the tiny lilttle thing on the right is the largest cruise liner in the world, Oasis of the Sea

16/10/2014

We'll be watching you...

16/10/2014

This is sad (and enraging: GRR!): less and less people use Galician in their everyday life: via Praza Pública

A poboación que fala galego acotío cae 13 puntos en 10 anos, pero a Xunta celebra o resultado http://praza.gal/movementos-sociais/8017/o-galego-deixa-de-ser-a-lingua-habitual-da-maioria-da-poboacion/ …

O IGE revela que as persoas que utilizan o idioma do país na súa vida diaria descenderon 13 puntos en dez anos pero a Xunta celebra o incremento da poboación bilingüe. Compostela é a cidade con...

10/10/2014

Just amazing what a single chord may hide: only for die-hard fans of The Beatles... vía Open Culture

Guitarist Randy Bachman Demystifies the Opening Chord of ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’ Mystery solved! http://goo.gl/cPr0H

You could call it the magical mystery chord. The opening clang of the Beatles' 1964 hit, 'A Hard Day's Night,' is one of the most famous and distinctive sounds in rock and roll history, and yet for a long time no one could quite figure out what it was.

09/10/2014

Ooohhh! what a shame... although it is no surprise. Surprise it will be when Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o wins nobel prize... vía

PATRICK MODIANO has won the