La Pena Arias Montana
Alagar
the woofers, nick and saorcia
the alcazar, seville
medieval festival in cortegana
Portuguese border
restuarant at barrancos
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
fiesta time in the sierra
the candelas de san juan, santa ana la real june 26th
the cortegana romeria, final day
the cortegana romeria, final day
long time no blog
Well going off grid really does mean that you dont get access too often. we have had a very exciting couple of months. the new finca is incredible, lots of work and sooooo beautiful. we wake up to the sound of cicadas and goats and go to sleep with geckos on our walls. We only have a very brief time to put things on here so here are photos of the finca and local inhabitants, the santa ana bullfight and a few other odds and ends. enjoy
the santa ana bullfight
our bus stop, 5 km from home
the drive to the finca
sevilla
the deck and estanke from los marines
aracena
the santa ana bullfight
our bus stop, 5 km from home
the drive to the finca
sevilla
the deck and estanke from los marines
aracena
Friday, May 15, 2009
The new finca
Fran has been helping a dutch friend, Helma, strip and repaint some doors for a house she is redoing in Seville and wonderful lady that she is she put us in touch with another dutch gentleman, Peter who has a finca, on a mountainside, about half an hour away. Long story short, he needs able bodies and has an empty little casa on his finca and we need somewhere to live, where we can barter work for rent.
the driveway
Brillliant! He is a retired civil engineer, vegetarian and devoted walker, he has trapesed all over he world, and an all round nice guy. 
The finca is 6 hectares overlooking Santa Ana la Real with a view all the way to Rio Tinto, a mine used exstensively by the Romans and now a GIANT hole in the ground. We moved in last Sunday and have been weedwhacking, digging and clearing like crazy ever since. We will hopefully be adding to this more regularly as we now have things to write about, but being off the grid makes it a little hit and miss. Here are some photos to get you all in the mood.
the walking trail that starts at the dirt road to the finca
the spring for our drinking water
the bathroom/sculley building
the patio between the kitchen/bedroom buildng and the bathroom
the kitchen room, the bedroom is upstairs, with outside stairs
our own cave, for when we start making cheese
the chestnut, castaño, grove
the driveway
Brillliant! He is a retired civil engineer, vegetarian and devoted walker, he has trapesed all over he world, and an all round nice guy. The finca is 6 hectares overlooking Santa Ana la Real with a view all the way to Rio Tinto, a mine used exstensively by the Romans and now a GIANT hole in the ground. We moved in last Sunday and have been weedwhacking, digging and clearing like crazy ever since. We will hopefully be adding to this more regularly as we now have things to write about, but being off the grid makes it a little hit and miss. Here are some photos to get you all in the mood.the walking trail that starts at the dirt road to the finca
the spring for our drinking water
there is lavendar in bloom everywhere in the campo at the moment. smells divine
the bathroom/sculley building
the patio between the kitchen/bedroom buildng and the bathroom
the kitchen room, the bedroom is upstairs, with outside stairs
our own cave, for when we start making cheese
the chestnut, castaño, grove
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