Thursday 16 February 2012

Another View of The Library...


I love this room...

Of all the spaces at the House of the Little Fox off the Camino de Santiago this one is the place to unwind. There is music, a TV set up for dvds and videos and hundreds of books many of them related to the Camino or other "spiritual" issues. The Freudian couch was an heirloom from the previous owner - and who better than me to continue its home...
Get the kinks out of your back with the massage machine in this room - and the kinks out of your mind. I'll bet you still have one or two...
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Wednesday 15 February 2012

The Hearth of the Matter...

Toast your toeses here...

Common Areas: Downstairs...

Great spot to put your feet up and watch the TV. Or just to put your feet up...

Did you remember your cup of tea?
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The Library/ La biblioteca...

Just a few of the many books you might enjoy. This is the ultimate Chill Out room with a back massager (sounds SO commercial!), music, video, internet, and of course the library. It is surely my favourite room in the house. It may very well be yours too..
I did tell you there are over 300 videos and DVDS???
My favourite? Field of Dreams...
"If you build it, they will come...".

and more...

Not Forgotten...!

YOU, that is! It is You that is not forgotten and what kind of convoluted introduction is that!

As for me, some might say I am in a forgotten part of the world, but it isn't true. The myth of Galicia - its weather anyway - is just that: a myth. Today was glorious and to be honest that has been the way it has been since I moved here just over a month ago.

I've had no internet. Or telephone lines.Now I have two - telephone lines that is, but you don't want to know.

Anyway, A Casa do Raposito (The Little Fox House) is finally ready to receive pilgrim visitors and over the next few weeks I hope to tell you about not just the local history and mystery as I have been doing, but also this area and what magic brought me here.

This refuge is now - officially blessed only this morning by my first pilgrim who knows what she is doing - a pilgrim "sanctuary". I use the word guardedly: it is a retreat, a "half way house", a place for pilgrims who have already gained their Compostela to pass three to five days thinking about what they have achieved in their pilgrimage in peace and comfort and silence and friendship and an extraordinary natural beauty everywhere around. It is also \a place to give back: the church across the road, for instance, desperately needs its garden restored as there is talk of paving it over! The Little Fox House is most specifically non-religious and any, all, or no faiths are present here. But one thing I can guarantee is a sense of "warmth": even the name of the village: Carantona (that is Carantonya but this computer lacks an enye), means "a caress"!

I have only really had internet since last Friday so won't try to recoup everything here. I am going to try to upload a photo or two. Believe me, this is a special place... It called me, and I came and left much behind from a lifestyle many of us now are rejecting. Now it waits for you...

P.S. The House of the Little Fox is my private (and only) home: it is most specifically not an albergue. All is totally donativo and your donations will go towards securing it as a place of peace for pilgrims in years to come, as I shall be applying for a mortgage within three years.
I am a bloody good cook too!
More wine, anyone???
Apples..?
Cheese?
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