Day 3 Ribeira Sacra

The day started with oversleep. We awoke at 10 am - the appointed time for our meeting with Mark, the realtor. He met us at the hotel while we were having breakfast. Then he drove us to his house, which is a traditional Galician stone house that he rebuilt himself from almost a ruin. Then, we sat down in his office and picked houses to see that met our criteria. There weren’t that many of them --- maybe 8 or 9, and most were located near the town of Chantada, in the area called Ribeira Sacra. We decided to see those 5 first so we got into Mark’s car and drove there. On the way we stopped in the village of Monterroso to pick up keys and information from Maribel, Mark’s associate and have comida in a local restaurant. The restaurant was completely full and served a fixed menu with just a few selections. We had beer and wine made by the owner with barbecued ribs and local sausage, salad and home made pastry served with chocolate liqueur. Then we set out to see the houses:
House #1--- about 5 km from Chantada was not a traditional stone house, fairly modern, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, nice big lot, but nothing remarkable.
House #2 --- also about 5-6 km from Chantada, traditional Galician house owned by two English women was in a little hamlet of 5-6 stone houses; it was small but livable and had a gorgeous stone barn that could be converted to a living area + a nice big lot. Has potential.
House #3 --- located in a beautiful countryside, but with nothing close by was a big (5 bedrooms, 2 baths) fairly modern house with a large garden and orchard. Too big and too expensive and too remote.
House #4 --- an amazing piece of property perched high up on a hillside overlooking one of the most spectacular views imaginable, including mountains cut through by a river and a large dam. It also includes acres of producing vineyards that bring in some income with local people doing all the work. The house itself is pretty large, but needs a complete overhaul.
House #5 --- a huge stately stone house in the middle of nowhere with two barns and a big piece of land. It was priced quite high and needed a complete overhaul too.
So far none of them spoke to us.
We will continue our search in a slightly different area of Galicia and hopefully find something that does.