Travel in Galicia, Spain: Water, Words, and Weather

[@jblondon1327]

This is not just a youtube video, this is a poem, a homage to my land Galicia.

[@JaneinSpain]

Comments like this mean the world to us. These videos are our little love letters to this magical place and its people. Thank you, JB. xo

[@onanonainoyole]

Pero ¿Qué maravilla es ésta? ¡Qué increíble descubrimiento, qué suerte poder disfrutar de esta maravilla de vídeo y de canal! Gracias, gracias, gracias...

[@JaneinSpain]

¡Gracias por el comentario tan amable! Besos y un abrazo fuerte. xoxo

[@samcarter1898]

This is so wonderful. Your videos really capture Spain in the most beautiful way. I have watched a lot of films and documentaries of Spain 🇪🇸 and I have travelled 🧳 there many times. But with your wonderful narration and poetry and the traditional Spanish folk music. 🎶 So good 😊 please make more. 👍🙏🥳

[@JaneinSpain]

This comment reached me during a stay in the hospital and it had a tremendous impact on me. You just never know when an act of kindness will have reverberations. I was extremely ill and it was so heartening to receive it. Thank you so much for your gift of appreciation. I'm doing much better now, and we hope to be back soon with lots of new content. Un abrazo fuerte! xoxo

[@marrelovacalvo9812]

Jane, es una delicia ver tus contenidos. "Si chove deixa que chova, si orballa deixa orballare, que eu ven sei dun abriguiño onde eime de ir a abrigare." Es una cantiga gallega que nos cantaba mi madre, miña naiciña, cuando éramos pequeñas y llovía. Y cuando nos quejábamos porque nos mojaba la lluvia nos decía: solo es agua. Es vida. Gracias, Jane.

[@TraianMotfolea]

Wonderful video-poetry. I am amazed how many words for rain people use. As here, in Canada, in the north, the Inuit people (I was told) have similar number of words for snow, which, as rain, comes with multiple personalities. I love your work.

[@JaneinSpain]

Thanks for the encouraging words! There are a lot of interesting Galician quirks we are working to find creative ways to show you.

[@quiqueulloa]

We who are from here or have lived here for so long, many times take for granted all these things. It is so refreshing to see through new eyes discovering what it is living in Galicia! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences!

[@jblondon1327]

I agree. Growing up in Galicia never appreciated its beauty. Now I'm away I love it so much

[@raullojoromero9078]

I live abroad due to my job and I felt like I was in Galicia for a moment. Thank you for making these beautiful videos about my motherland. Keep it up!

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you, Raúl! I hope you get back to Galicia regularly -- it's good for your heart. Our new video is about the San Juan fiesta, hopefully coming soon. We were delayed due to Jones catching COVID, but he's on the mend now.

[@Danisandiego]

Que hermosura!

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias!

[@EladioPerezPicouto]

Thank you.

[@kendale1707]

Just discovered your beautiful and literate videos of Galicia and it brought memories of my 5 year sojourn in Spain (1973-78). The son of a native born Galego father and a mother born in USA --her father was born in Pontevedra, and her mother born in New Orleans of a Catalan mother and Asturian father most of whom immigrated to the States in early to mid 1800's mostly to the South (Louisana, Mississippi and Florida). My grandmother and my grandfather married in Louisiana , moved to Florida where my mother was born and mother married the Galego who came to work in the Cigar Factories of west central Florida. I am 77 years old and my first Spain adventure was in 1970 with a month spent in an aldea west of Santiago de Compostela where my dad was born. After college and grad school I obtained a Lecturers' position at the Univ of Madrid Complutense campus ansd spent much free time driving to Galicia and travelling most everywhere in Galicia and Asturias. I have been back several times visiting cousins and extended family but it is always a hurried experience spent mostly in Santiago or Coruna. Your videos bring back fond memories of the rural north Spain during those horrible Franco years.

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you for the interesting comment and history, Ken. I hope you can return again and have a less hurried experience. Life seems to slow down here. We have felt the stress we accumulated over many years fading into the background the longer we are here and present in this beauty.

[@martinsalazar1142]

Beautiful video, I'm American and I've learned to speak Galician, such a cool language.

[@JaneinSpain]

Wow, that's great! How did you learn? I understand a lot of Galician but I can't speak it much yet. Thanks for the kind comment.

[@chemachema551]

I am a normal Galician, after traveling through Spain and traveling a little around the world, I have learned to love my land, Galicia. It is incredible for me to see how you love this land and enjoy the rain, that rain that no one wants and that the rest of Spain fears since it usually means sadness. For me, the rain is the memory of days making bread in the family oven, a large wood-burning oven, enjoying fresh, hot bread on cold, rainy days with my grandfather. Every time I watch your videos it makes me think why you have fallen in love with this inhospitable land. You are amazing.

[@JaneinSpain]

Such a kind and lovely comment. Thank you. We hope to be back very soon with new videos. 💗 Every day we are enriched by being here.

[@chemachema551]

@@JaneinSpain I am not ashamed to say that sometimes watching your magnificent videos, I shed a tear. It is a real pleasure to see how you fall in love with this land, with all its virtues and its defects.

[@rebeccaketner816]

Lovely, thank you.

[@rafaelpichardo215]

What a beautiful documentary ❤❤❤

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias, your kind comment made my morning. xo

[@beewebb3568]

What an exquisitely crafted film! I have just discovered your channel Jane, and had the pleasure of watching this and ‘Bread and Wine’ with my Galician daughter in law who was visiting us in here in the UK last week. Her father is a wine producer on land that has been in the family over 5 generations and she grown up with a profound love for the language, music and literature of her country. So, judging by her response to your films, I know Galicians will adore you for this. Oh, and Jones’s photography is sublime! (I checked out his instagram account). Can’t wait to visit Galicia again at the end of this month!

[@JaneinSpain]

What a wonderful, uplifting message. ❤ Muchas gracias! Reach out when you are in the area, we would be delighted to meet up for a café or vino.

[@llambotron2663]

Os hemos de dar GRACIAS por redescubrirnos una tierra tan maravillosa como es Galicia. Thanks !!

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias por tu amable comentario! xo

[@BenjaminPerezsouto]

Gracias Jane! Each time that I watch one of your videos It gives me new ways to look to my country!

[@javiers.1433]

Nunca choveu que non escampara means that as bad as it may seem whatever it is that life throws at you, there’s always light at the end of the tunnel. Literally yes, it never rained that it didn’t stop. Figuratively or used with Galician “retranca” it means as bad as it may seem, it’ll all pass and eventually it’ll all be well.

[@spain8220]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful video! It really moved me and brought a few tears to my eyes. I’m a son of Galician immigrants in the US, this video brought me back memories of my father and my grandparents who were from a small aldea in Porto do Son.

[@JaneinSpain]

We love Porto do Son and go there often. We love the Praia Castro Baroña and many of the wild beaches nearby. Magical. Thank you so much for your kind note, it means the world to us. xoxo

[@jesusmartinaguilar9378]

Big Jane!! Galicia is a magical land, if you knew how many Spaniards want to live there and we can't. Thank you for choosing to live Galicia and Spain, we love you. Grande Jane!! Galicia es tierra mágica, si supieseis cuantos españoles deseamos vivir allí y no podemos. Gracias por elegir para vivir Galicia y España, os queremos.

[@jackiesiemens9112]

Beautiful! Thanks for showing us the beauty in the rain!

[@JaneinSpain]

We're glad you enjoyed it, Jackie. xoxo

[@RGRGJKK]

Pura vida Jane excelente video de la madre patria.pura vida

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchisimas gracias. Un abrazo!

[@RGRGJKK]

@@JaneinSpain pura vida Jane saludos

[@placidobaamonde6374]

Jane in Galicia.

[@JaneinSpain]

¡Pero no rima! 😉🤷‍♀️

[@placidobaamonde6374]

​@@JaneinSpain, Galicia es España, pero no es España.

[@maras.a.9019]

Tu narrativa es pura poesía y la imagen es espectacular.

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias, Mara. xoxo

[@melix5014]

What a gem of a video! I so appreciate your refreshing and creative interpretation of this mystical land, language and people. Through your combined talents, the two of you are able to capture a depth of essence of the human experience that far exceeds anything I have seen in travel videos. Judging by the comments, you have profoundly moved many viewers, locals and foreigners alike-a true charism! 
 Myself enchanted by walking the Camino de Santiago in 2004, I set my dream on returning permanently “sometime in the future”. As time passed, I narrowed it down to Galicia. In 2019, my husband and I began looking at rural properties with the intention of returning in 2020. Now with the pandemic situation somewhat normalizing, the search resumes and the plan is to return in the summer of 2023. Thanks you so much for giving us a glimpse of your new surroundings through these inspiring videos!

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you for the lovely comments! I hope you succeed in relocating here, and that you reach out when you set foot in Galicia again. xoxo

[@danielpiedecasas1346]

Thank you Jane, we need to focus on that Galician saying these days!! Greetings from Buenos Aires, a quinta provincia galega

[@JaneinSpain]

Yes, Daniel, do need it. Un gran abrazo desde Galicia. 💓

[@placidobaamonde6374]

Gracias, Jane, por el amor con el que muestras Galicia. Tu sensibilidad para la belleza de la naturaleza es ejemplo para algunos (¿muchos?) gallegos desleigados. Repito, gracias eternas, Jane.

[@placidobaamonde6374]

Desleigado en castellano es: desarraigado.

[@cuentinta]

Another wonderful video. And the chosen music is beautiful. Thank you so much for giving this to all of us.

[@JaneinSpain]

Many thanks for the kind comments, Rafa. Un gran abrazo. ❤

[@JulenOtero-Arosa]

Amazing👌🏽, in the rias baixas area the climate is dryer and warmer/sunnier then in the north of galicia

[@JaneinSpain]

It's so gorgeous down there. We'll eventually do a video there, too. Thanks for the kind comment. 😘

[@yanihernandezcastillo604]

Beautiful 💙

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you, Yani! 😊

[@o_durminte]

Galicia the country of 1000 rivers.

[@jesusmsanemeterio3087]

Maravillosa sensibilidad, descripción profunda del alma gallega, simbioses con su tierra. Gracias

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias por este amable comentario. Significa mucho porque esto es exactamente lo que estamos tratando de comunicar. Nuestro nuevo video saldrá en el próximo día más o menos.

[@wkmpellucid]

Wow!!! Wonderful.

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@carmenkernan4477]

Hi Jane, I saw the videos you made last year in Galicia and loved them! Are you doing any others? I’d love to follow you and see some more.

[@JaneinSpain]

Yes, we are still posting videos, our last one came out in June, about the San Juan fiesta. We have a new video coming out soon, sometime in the next two weeks. And this fall we have a brand new project coming and our posting frequency should go up a lot! Thanks for the kind comments. ❤

[@carmenkernan4477]

@@JaneinSpain Looking forward to watching them all!

[@zoraidaiglesias934]

I love Galicia. Thank you for this video

[@monpeyssenemmanuelle6572]

Jane, vous êtes une contemplative.......la pluie se prête à la meditation, la reflexion, la reverie, l'extase devant ce beau pays que vous contez si bien......Vos vidéos sont enrichissantes, j'en apprends beaucoup sur la Galicie et vous remercie. Quelle beauté à la minute; 9.44 et 11.14 !!! epoustouflant !! Je note que vous croisez souvent des vaches , mes preferées en annimaux, quelle chance vous avez là, ça me manque depuis dix ans dans mon lieux d'habitation.....Mes amitiées de France. Puissais-je un jour vous les adressez directement de Galicie.....

[@JaneinSpain]

Merci pour vos très aimables observations et commentaires. J'espère que nous vous reverrons ici un jour bientôt.

[@hosi2323]

Beautiful work Jane. Another possible way to explain galicia is through de mist, the cold mornings in the winter, the sea and the rough but magical weather on the coast...

[@JaneinSpain]

Agreed! xo

[@naturewalks]

This is so peaceful. I loved it!

[@artbylt]

I just love this video!

[@JaneinSpain]

Gracias, Lynne!

[@NancyRuthMusic]

I'm enjoying your poetic take on Galicia

[@JaneinSpain]

Thanks, Nancy. Where are you?

[@NancyRuthMusic]

@@JaneinSpain I've been in the Malaga area on and off for 20 years, between tours.

[@vf7892]

Great video thanks!

[@zorionpink]

16:00 my grandmother had the exact same stove, if you don't light it up correctly you'll end up smoking the entire house, just like my father did one day! She died a few years before that but if she had been alive, she would've hit him with a slipper.

[@JaneinSpain]

😆That's fantastic. Thank you for sharing!

[@jblondon1327]

Wow, I've just discovered you and I'm really impressed. Beautifully shot and narrated video. Mesmerising and on another level. I'm a gallego living in the UK. Subscribing, sub 982

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you, JB! Your comment means a lot to us. New video coming about Galician fiestas in a day or so.

[@susanastephens7156]

Thank you Jane & company, I really enjoy your videos. I look forward to the next one ..💚

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you, Susana! We'll have one soon on the San Juan bonfires. xo

[@anxomillaraveiga9404]

Amanzing your wonderful story

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias, Anxo. Un abrazo.

[@anxomillaraveiga9404]

Beautiful Galicia

[@apsaps3651]

Muy hermoso , se nota tu talento y sensibilidad ,me alegro enormenente que formes parte de nuestra sociedad, solo espero que sepamos agradecertelo de la mejor forma y es estando a la altura dw tus expectativas

[@JaneinSpain]

Gracias por sus amables comentarios. Estamos muy felices de estar aquí en este hermoso lugar con su hermosa gente.

[@Atreas1845]

I love your videos!!

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias! 💗

[@juanluisalvarez9249alaricano]

Wonderful vídeo.

[@JaneinSpain]

Gracias, mi amigo. 🙂

[@emlyngriffith5846]

It’s true….I’ve visited Galicia often and it’s rained every time…..constantly!

[@JaneinSpain]

It's very dry right now. We're actually looking forward to the rainy season!

[@placidobaamonde6374]

@emlyngriffith5846, claro que llueve mucho en invierno; afortunadamente para llenar ríos y embalses (ya quisieran en muchas otras partes del mundo la lluvia de Galicia). En primavera y verano toda esa lluvia transforma Galicia en un paraíso. Compruébalo!

[@emlyngriffith5846]

@@placidobaamonde6374 De acuerdo….yo soy de Gales y el clima es muy similar! 👍🍷

[@josesanchez-os7zr]

In Galicia, we have a saying when we talk about the weather. Within the same day we can have all four seasons.

[@juannitonunez4753]

Que bonitas imágenes y comentarios. Muchas gracias. Saludos

[@williamattkinson5487]

What a fascinating program. Briliant

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you so much for the encouraging words. New video is just about ready. xo

[@JuanGarcia-qi4ze]

Precioso y muy bien realizado, hecho con gusto. Gracias.

[@MsAmanzi]

such a lovely video thxs

[@subhashisdas81]

lovely background sogs, description, and photography.

[@JaneinSpain]

Many thanks!

[@manueladominguezarufe-abog3541]

Precioso vídeo. Felicidades por vuestro trabajo.

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias, Manuela!! Un abrazo. 😘❤

[@peteivil7315]

Jane & Jones thank you for producing such a fantastic video . We currently live in Andalucia moved into a cave three weeks before lockdown! Spain is fantastic but we want to potentially move to Galicia where it’s cooler and greener. September we are exploring the area in our truck camper any advice on areas that are woodland remote but less than an hour from airport or city. Sorry for open ended question.. looking forward to next video. Pete

[@JaneinSpain]

Thanks for the note, Pete! Please reach out to us via email if you'd like to have a dialog about places to explore. We have plenty of recommendations. [e-mail]

[@soniahofmann4969]

How much rain do they get a year....your talent is obvious...l love your prose👍💜🙏

[@JaneinSpain]

There is a lot of rain in the winter, but we don't mind, that's what makes Galicia so green and lush. Where we used to live in NY, we got a huge amount of snow and ice, so for us, the rain is a big improvement and we actually like the moody aspect of it.

[@comegaliciaproductosgalleg346]

Great content!!

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you, comegalicia!! Means a lot coming from galegos.

[@icuestap]

Realmente bonito!! Felicidades por el vídeo. Habéis capturado la esencia de Galicia!!!

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias, Isabel! xoxo

[@r3b3k41978]

I really love your videos. Thank you so much for them. Grazas dende o máis profundo do meu ser por darlle voz á miña terra Galicia.

[@JaneinSpain]

Moitas grazas polas amables palabras. Significa o mundo para nós. ♥

[@joseluisviajerodeapie5231]

Preciso video, Todos tus videos son maravillosos. Muestras el alma de un un pueblo extraordinario. Enhorabuena

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias!! Un abrazo. xoxo

[@jeroenassinkbastos6462]

Love this (and the music really touches me, since i'm a fan of celtic music, and i hear similarities with portugese, as i myself am half portugese)! Anyway, i plan to do the camino frances in september. Have you already made videos having to do with the Way of St. James?

[@JaneinSpain]

Hi. Thanks for the kind comment. Galician music is very important to us, and we love featuring regional artists on the channel. We have actually filmed a video about Santiago and the Way of St James, but we haven't edited it yet. We are very involved in another project, creating a cultural exchange program that brings North American musicians/artists/writers together with Galician artists and Galician culture. We hope to get back to our videos soon.

[@alex15031998]

Wow, beautiful video.

[@JaneinSpain]

Thank you, Pieter. ❤ New video coming this week.

[@zeltiag.5741]

Un encantador canal como encantadores anfitriones, tan enamorados y empapados de este terruño 'máxico'! Lugar que hoy he descubierto, por una de esas casualidades de la vida y un perrito perdido muy cerca de casa (Espero que el perrito haya encontrado a sus dueños!). Desde ya que os acompañaré en vuestra andadura por estos parajes gallegos que no dejan indiferentes a quienes los descubren. Un saludo y mi enhorabuena... desde muy cerquita!

[@JaneinSpain]

Gracias por la amable nota. Y sí, ¡Lola, la perrita, llegó a casa! Por suerte tenía un chip. Con suerte, esa niña traviesa se mantendrá fuera del tráfico ahora. Esperamos traeros pronto nuevos vídeos de nuestra querida Galicia.

[@zeltiag.5741]

@@JaneinSpain qué buena noticia! Esta carretera es muy peligrosa y sobre todo en la curva. Muchos animalitos acaban mal. Asi que Lola tuvo mucha suerte de volver a casa y unos ángeles guardianes que se implicaron: muchas gracias! Pues muy bien, por mi parte seguiré atenta vuestros próximas historias. Un saludo.

[@alberpajares4792]

Hope you enjoy.., Galicia is very wet but lovely.,.

[@alberpajares4792]

¡ suggest you as tourist Santiago, rivadeo.., if you like spas or balnearies guitiriz is very recomendable,..

[@JaneinSpain]

Gracias, Alber. We are not tourists, we live here. We have been to all these places, we love the trails along the water in Guitariz! There are also some wonderful restaurants there. We have not been to the spas there yet, we have only done the termales in Ourense so far.

[@JaneinSpain]

Isn't it so lovely? We don't mind the rain. As long as it doesn't snow, we are happy.

[@utamitjahjasari1562]

Gosh.. Jane..your video brought my mind there..Galicia..I'm into you 🤩

[@JaneinSpain]

😘

[@josenieto209]

“Si chove que chova”

[@antoniolopezlopez4236]

i am really glad and happy that in this video they didnt put Flamenco or caribean music in the background XD, but real traditional music from the region. Many foreigners identify the culture of the south of spain with all the regions of spain.

[@JaneinSpain]

We love Galician musicians, especially the young ones who incorporate traditional roots into contemporary compositions. Thanks for your kind comments! I try to bring new Galician musicians into each of our videos.

[@placidobaamonde6374]

Galicia, sitio distinto.

[@robertocapelan436]

Loved it. Olinas venen y van.

[@JaneinSpain]

Thanks for writing that. I looked it up and learned something new. A big hug from Galicia. ❤

[@robertocapelan436]

@@JaneinSpain It's a lyric from an old Gallego song my grandparent's used to always sing together. It's called A Rianxeira.

[@PG-yi9iz]

This looks like a land I would never want to go away from.

[@davidpaul3821]

What an inspiring video, we are considering a trip to Galicia in May, is there still a considerable amount of rain at that time of year ?

[@JaneinSpain]

Hi David. May is generally gorgeous here. May be some rain, but it's rare for an entire day to be rainy at that time of year. Everything will be blooming, the ferns unfurling...When you walk along the river hiking trails it will look like Middle Earth.

[@placidobaamonde6374]

@davidpaul3821, en mayo Galicia te encantará.

[@TravelHungryForLife]

Fabulous video share here well done keep it up See you again stay safe and healthy CHEERS 👍👍👍

[@JaneinSpain]

Muchas gracias, amigo! xoxo

[@bezsie8518]

Gallegos after five hot sunny days: " Oh my God!, Its so hot! When the rain comes again?"

[@JaneinSpain]

😆

[@rayvogensen2983]

Very poetic. Perhaps too poetic and artistic for the average KZbin viewer but nevertheless, an excellent picture of winter in the west of Galicia. The final scene was precious. I was wondering if you were going to try to learn Galego or just stick with Castillian. I studied Spanish for six years and lived in Mexico but Galego is too confusing for me. I can understand the written and spoken forms but to actually produce it would be really challenging. Perhaps for someone who is in their teens or early twenties it might be possible but as you get older learning a new foreign language can be quite an endeavour. Galego is supposedly close to Portuguese but the intonation is completely different, much closer to Castillian Spanish. For example, the variety of words for types of rain would be incomprehensible for a Portuguese speaker.

[@JaneinSpain]

Thanks, Ray. We are focused on learning Castillian now. We don't plan to leave, so hopefully eventually we can learn galego. I already recognize a lot of it when we hear it. Like Alfonso, for example, in the video. I understand what he's saying, so I guess some of it seeping into my brain. As for being too artistic/poetic, I just have to be who I am. It will resonate with some people and not with others. That's OK. I find the culture here very poetic. I try to communicate it as meaningfully as I can.

[@placidobaamonde6374]

Ray, Galicia es un país geográfica y culturalmente distinto a Castilla. Aunque estamos en el Estado español, Galicia es un país con autogobierno, cultura e idioma propio. En el vídeo se ve claramente que Galicia está fuera de los tópicos españoles de flamenco, toros de lidia, Fallas, Feria de Sevilla, San Fermines de Pamplona y siesta. Somos celtas, romanos y suevos (germánicos). Gracias y un saludo desde Santiago de Compostela, capital de Galicia y ciudad universal patrimonio de la humanidad.

[@karlhungus7700]

Every frame of this documentary is a piece of art. Thank you so much, Jane and Jones. ❤

[@rocobalboa1826]

Fermoso

[@sussusamongus6592]

hi Jane, do u have fb?

[@JaneinSpain]

Hi Sussus. It's not very active, but yes. facebook.com/TheJaneinSpain

[@JaneinSpain]

instagram.com/the_jane_in_spain/

[@Garcwyn]

Therapeutical

[@placidobaamonde6374]

Galicia es España, pero no es España.

[@manuelrodriguez2637]

España existe, pero tmb no existe 🤔