Playa de las Catedrales, Ribadeo, Mondeñedo #miVIDAenGalicia

English Dinner Club - May 2014

This was the first dinner club, that was a day trip! 

This past Friday, the weather was so bad, I thought that we may have a little bit of problems on Saturday, but nope, the weather was perfect.

There were only 6 of us... but this was great - it allowed the group to be more flexible and go to many different places!

First group #selfie!

We met at 0930 and had some breakfast and off we went to Playas de las Catedrales.  We actually didn't leave A Coruña until around 1030 because some minor issues... haha...

One of the surprising things is that it was the first time there for one of our group members - and it wasn't me!

We arrived around noon.  While it didn't give us that much time to explore because the tide was rising quickly... we were still able to check it out form the ground and take lots of pictures...

Did I mention it was a sunny day?

After walking around, to a couple more sights along Playas de las catedrales... we ended up at Restaurante Yenka - which was completely surprising because we only ordered 1 round of drinks and we had about 4 rounds of tapas!

Restaurante Yenka

Then after chatting, talking - back to the car and off to Ribadeo...  On the way back... you'll see below that the path we were walking on has now been submerged in ocean water... high tide - make sure you check the tides before heading out - especially if you want to walk along the beach!

Semi-high tide

Ribadeo - the town itself is a pretty cool place to go to.  This is my 2nd time here and everything seemed familiar, we ended up eating pizzas for lunch and had coffee at the same exact place I did last year... 

Deja vu - last year I took a nap at this exact spot!

However, unlike last year, our adventure wasn't over... we stopped by a couple more places...

Next stop: Faro de Isla Pancha - which was so amazingly beautiful... The entrance to the island was closed, but it was still beautiful from afar...

Our final stop was Mondeñedo... Right in the middle of the town was this amazing cathedral.

Traditional cake from Mondeñedo YUM!

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 Mahalo for reading. Until next time.

Ferrol English Dinner Club - February 21, 2014 - SAVE THE DATE!

The next Ferrol English Dinner Club will be held on February 21, 2014.

Location will be determined later next week based on number of RSVPs!

Wow, it has been quite some time since our last meeting.

We will continue our dinner meetings monthly!

I can't wait to see all of you.

To receive information, please visit... 

http://ferroldinner.info

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http://www.youtube.com/user/hawaiiinsomniac/videos 

 Mahalo for reading. Until next time.

Ferrol English Dinner Club - September Edition

Aloha everyone,

Ha ha!  I am back.  I'm super happy to be back and seeing all of you yesterday is just the icing on the cake (which you guys know I love cake - but that's another story).

As many of you probably already know, I am getting settled in A Coruña, and heading back to Ferrol yesterday brought back a lot of memories.  Surprisingly, though I've been here in Galicia since last Sunday, last night was my first time eating out (well, I've been cooking at home and I'm still unpacking), so eating out last night was a special treat and yes, good food, great company - what else could I ask for?! Nice weather!? That was included too!

The next Ferrol English Dinner Club will take place in November (maybe October, I'm not quite sure yet), if you know of anyone who is interested in signing up - http://ferroldinner.info/

Here are just a few pictures (scroll down for the main link to download, share, tag, etc).

All photos taken with HTC One (no longer carrying my camera!)

I am also going to start incorporating sounds into my blog, I had planned to record a video, but by time I thought of it, I was already quite drunk.  o_O

Sounds - O Lar de Toxos
I was outside of O Lar de Toxos about an hour before the dinner, just to make sure everything was ok and to meet someone for drinking beforehand and I heard this awesome sound.

Sounds - DM Nightclub
I just wanted to record this clip while we were out and about dancing!

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Feel free to share this blog with your friends! =)

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Ferrol English Dinner Club Poster

Some of you have been asking for a picture of the actual poster!

So... here it is!  

It's a lower quality JPEG (the real picture is a 50MB file).

Enjoy!

Mahalo for reading. 

Until next time.

Ferrol English Dinner Club - May Meeting!

 This photo is a good indication of the last Ferrol English Dinner Club for this academic year!

Special thanks to everyone who has attended any of the Ferrol English Dinner Club meetings.

Shoutout to Pulperia O Toldo (Rúa Sol, 62) for having us.

Balloons - who would have thought?!

Click here to view all the photos from this event!

Mahalo for reading. 

Until next time.

Ferrol English Dinner Club - May meeting

You have voted - the last Ferrol English Dinner Club will be held on Thursday, May 23rd.

Invitations will be sent out next week.

Mahalo for reading. 

Until next time.

Ferrol Dinner English Club - April 2013 - Entre Tapas Y Copas

Aloha everyone!

Thank you for coming - what a great turnout!

We also had our first birthday at the dinner!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

I forgot to take pictures of the food.

Details regarding the last Ferrol Dinner English Club will be published soon!

Click here to VIEW and/or DOWNLOAD all of the pictures from this event.

For those of you who have Facebook - Click here - to "like" them!

Mahalo for reading. 

Until next time.

Ferrol Dinner English Club - March 2013 - Potluck!

If there is one thing that I have to pick that Galicians and people from Hawaii have in common... it is our love for food.  Hosting my first Galician potluck, the sheer amount of food reminded me of being back home... that and all of the smiling faces... 

Note: if you have the opportunity to attend a Galicia/Hawaii potluck/dinner/party function... you should go... you're guaranteed a full stomach, a bunch of of laughs and great memories.

PS. If you're reading this and you're hungry - feel free to stop by... =]

CLICK HERE to access all of the pictures... 

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Until next time.

Ferrol Dinner English Club - February 2013 - Pulperia O Toldo

Wowsers!

I can't believe that this is the 4th Ferrol Dinner English Club meeting...

LOCATION: PULPERÍA O TOLDO - RUA SOL, 62

Here are some pictures from the meeting... 

All pictures can be accessed by CLICKING HERE

Feel free to tag, download, share, etc!

Do you know others who are interested in our dinner club:

Have them sign up here: http://ferroldinner.com

Just remember - this is primarily to practice fluency - so Intermediate 2 and higher!  =]

Sorry so short, I have class in an hour!  Si clase de espanol!  (^___^)

Mahalo for reading. 

Until next time.