https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Heath Savage, who moved to rural Galicia from Australia, gets to grips with the local fire water and shares her own recipe for a Christmassy mulled wine. https://www.thelocal.es/20191210/navidad-how-to-make-a-spanish-version-of-mulled-wine Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:59:36 +0100 navidad-how-to-make-a-spanish-version-of-mulled-wine Heath Savage decides it's finally time to fulfill a childhood dream and build a hen house at her rural property in Galicia. https://www.thelocal.es/20201020/life-in-spain-health-savage-chickening-out Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:01:34 +0200 life-in-spain-health-savage-chickening-out Bringing pets to any new country can be tricky, writes Heath Savage, who discusses perils both real and imagined after relocating to rural Galicia from the Sydney suburbs. https://www.thelocal.es/20200908/opinion-slugs-and-snails-and-puppy-dogs-tales Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:13:11 +0200 opinion-slugs-and-snails-and-puppy-dogs-tales The coronavirus pandemic has seen many aspects of normal life put on hold in the rural community where Heath Savage moved to from the Sydney suburbs. https://www.thelocal.es/20200820/life-in-spain-everything-is-on-hold Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:54:54 +0200 life-in-spain-everything-is-on-hold For Heath Savage, who moved to rural Galicia from the Sydney suburbs, Spain's coronavirus lockdown has one obvious silver lining. https://www.thelocal.es/20200422/opinion-well-remember-lockdown-in-rural-spain-a-little-more-fondly-than-most Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:16:50 +0200 opinion-well-remember-lockdown-in-rural-spain-a-little-more-fondly-than-most Heath Savage sends a dispatch on rural life under coronavirus lockdown in Galicia. https://www.thelocal.es/20200327/splendid-isolation-what-life-is-like-in-lockdown-in-rural-galicia Fri, 27 Mar 2020 12:18:02 +0100 splendid-isolation-what-life-is-like-in-lockdown-in-rural-galicia Here Heath Savage describes her journey of discovery through Galicia's culinary delights https://www.thelocal.es/20200309/in-galicia-ive-found-my-foodie-tribe Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:12:40 +0100 in-galicia-ive-found-my-foodie-tribe Leaving friends and family behind to move abroad is tough. But making new ones is one of the great joys of migrant life. Heath Savage discovers there are like-minded souls in Galicia. https://www.thelocal.es/20200218/opinion-the-greatest-challenge-of-moving-to-spain-was-leaving-friends-and-family-behind Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:00:35 +0100 opinion-the-greatest-challenge-of-moving-to-spain-was-leaving-friends-and-family-behind Heath Savage who most recently moved from the Sydney subrubs to rural Galicia reflects on the difference between migrants andd expats and how to feel at home. https://www.thelocal.es/20200204/opinion-you-will-never-feel-at-home-in-spain-if-you-languish-in-an-expat-ghetto Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:22:39 +0100 opinion-you-will-never-feel-at-home-in-spain-if-you-languish-in-an-expat-ghetto Heath Savage describes celebrating the holidays in rural Galicia where she and her partner relocated from Sydney. https://www.thelocal.es/20200101/strange-but-spicy-how-our-christmas-in-galicia-defines-us Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:24:31 +0100 strange-but-spicy-how-our-christmas-in-galicia-defines-us In this week's installment, Heath Savage tackles a problematic corner of the dilapidated farmhouse she bought in Galicia. https://www.thelocal.es/20191203/for-decades-a-galician-family-kept-their-pigs-there-but-we-had-something-else-in-mind Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:31:48 +0100 for-decades-a-galician-family-kept-their-pigs-there-but-we-had-something-else-in-mind From a well-tended rose garden in the Sydney suburbs to a neglected plot in rural Galicia, Heath Savage puts her green fingers to the test. https://www.thelocal.es/20191112/growing-a-garden-in-galicia Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:17:25 +0100 growing-a-garden-in-galicia In her latest column, Heath Savage, an Australian who swapped the Sydney suburbs for a restoration project in rural Galicia, describes the trials and tribulations of driving in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20191105/nothing-prepared-me-for-the-eccentricities-of-spanish-driving-etiquette Tue, 05 Nov 2019 16:30:30 +0100 nothing-prepared-me-for-the-eccentricities-of-spanish-driving-etiquette This week, Heath Savage, who moved from the Sydney suburbs to rural Galicia, discovers the challenges of Spanish bureaucracy. https://www.thelocal.es/20191022/bureaucracy-spains-national-sport Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:40:45 +0200 bureaucracy-spains-national-sport Heath Savage swapped the Sydney suburbs for a life in rural Galicia. This week we find out what to do with a bumper apple harvest. https://www.thelocal.es/20191015/an-aussie-in-galicia-seasonal-change-and-a-bumper-apple-harvest Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:21:49 +0200 an-aussie-in-galicia-seasonal-change-and-a-bumper-apple-harvest This week the renovations on Heath Savage's property in Galicia start in earnest. https://www.thelocal.es/20191001/an-aussie-in-galicia-work-begins-on-the-barn Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:40:35 +0200 an-aussie-in-galicia-work-begins-on-the-barn In her latest column, Heath Savage, an Australian who bought a dilapated property in rural Galicia, describes how visiting volunteers helped get the project off the ground. https://www.thelocal.es/20190924/an-aussie-in-galicia-how-free-labour-helps-transform-a-renovation-project Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:45:52 +0200 an-aussie-in-galicia-how-free-labour-helps-transform-a-renovation-project Heath Savage had never even visited Galicia when she decided to upsticks with her partner and buy a ruined farmhouse in a tiny hamlet in Spain's northwestern region. https://www.thelocal.es/20190917/an-aussie-in-galicia-meet-the-woman-who-swapped-the-sydney-suburbs-for-rural-spain Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:16:53 +0200 an-aussie-in-galicia-meet-the-woman-who-swapped-the-sydney-suburbs-for-rural-spain