Just a regular, inexplicably beautiful, fresh, bright, all-things-good afternoon stroll...
30 November 2015
24 November 2015
It's not that a girl can dream...
...it's that a girl SHOULD dream! And about that, my friends, I tell you, for the good and for the bad, I am an expert.
I've shared Christmas spirit a few times throughout this blog and I've been lucky enough to live some beautiful experiences myself, like the most beautiful Winter ever (in the snowy Milano) and a kind of Christmas dream when in Wien at the Christmas Market (here) drinking mulled wine et al, as well as last year's travel to Germany for more Winter Wonderland beauty (here & here).
I've shared Christmas spirit a few times throughout this blog and I've been lucky enough to live some beautiful experiences myself, like the most beautiful Winter ever (in the snowy Milano) and a kind of Christmas dream when in Wien at the Christmas Market (here) drinking mulled wine et al, as well as last year's travel to Germany for more Winter Wonderland beauty (here & here).
So, now, this post, in nothing but a kind of an (massive) ode to my favorite time of the year we're slowly again entering to (photo credits unknown, unfortunately).
"Dashing through the snow..."
"Dashing through the snow..."
16 November 2015
Aveiro em dia de S. Martinho
Gosto muito de Aveiro, desta cidade onde 'nasci', e não raras vezes vou até lá só para passear nas ruas. Há um qualquer conforto em sair à rua e ainda assim sentirmo-nos em casa, a nostalgia de acompanhar as mudanças e saber o que me espera nas diferentes direcções, o que, naturalmente, não acontece com qualquer sítio. A mim, pelo menos. Na última vez havia o objectivo específico de caminhar até encontrar este fumo...

9 November 2015
2 November 2015
Farmer's life
I wanted to write about this place for ages now! It's the house/farm of my seamstress and also long time family friend. For whatever reason we go there, we always end up in the backyard and I make sure to treat myself with seasonal nature's goodies (strawberries, peaches, tomatoes, raspberries, 'aracá', you name it!). I like it very much as it reminds me the roots I came from: my green, my village, my sky, my people somehow.
It's a place I want to photograph every single time I go there but never remember in advance, meaning, I always managed to forgot camera at home. This past saturday though, thanks to my new toy, it was possible, oh the perks of having a smartphone with a reasonable camera... (Nothing compared, of course, with the perks of having a farmer's life quite like this!)
Enjoy.
It's a place I want to photograph every single time I go there but never remember in advance, meaning, I always managed to forgot camera at home. This past saturday though, thanks to my new toy, it was possible, oh the perks of having a smartphone with a reasonable camera... (Nothing compared, of course, with the perks of having a farmer's life quite like this!)
Enjoy.
30 October 2015
Slowly again
I'm crazy about this place, waking up here is a true privilege. I always been more of an early bird than a night owl person, so mornings are to enjoy and sabour. Here, all mornings look like sweet and calm sundays. My favourite.
This time I was greeted with a grey and foggy scenario. The air is getting crispy and I warmed myself up with a cup of tea before breakfast, absorving the silence and looking at the whole mountain in front of me.
Life
is so full of unpredictable beauty and strange surprises. Sometimes
that beauty is too much for me to handle. Do you know that feeling? When
something is just too beautiful? (...)
Mark Oliver Everett
29 October 2015
Restaurante da Ti Lena
Este passado Domingo foi dia de 'coisas' novas e 'coisas' velhas, de regresso e de novidades.
Regressar aquele maravilhoso fim-de-semana de amigos em Janeiro e regressar a um dos locais que nos viu nascer, sem sabermos. No Domingo regressámos juntos, a dois, porque foi assim que aconteceu. Amor que acontece assim, sem esperarmos nem nos apercebermos. A outra novidade é que naqueles breves momentos que passámos na aldeia há uns meses atrás, achei que tínhamos conhecido aquele xisto todo, mas não. Voltámos ao mesmo sítio para descobrir um andar novo, que oferece o Restaurante da Ti Lena.
Começa-se por bater à porta, que se abre com um 'faça favor, têm reserva?' e entra-se logo na cozinha, onde já estão as duas irmãs que tão bem tomaram esta casa. O nome deu-se em honra da última habitante do Talasnal, a Ti Lena, cujos retratos aparecerem repetidos pelo restaurante. A decoração é vasta, cheia, acolhedora, de madeira e pedra. Precisamos ir com tempo para este sítio e até agradecemos que a comida se demore porque há muito que apreciar ainda antes de começarmos a comer. A lareira já estava acesa e o ambiente torna-se ultra acolhedor. Emociono-me sempre que sítios têm esta capacidade de chegar a mim, e de olhar para a frente e ver aquele amor tão grande! Os lugares são poucos, a ementa é curta, o preço fixo, a comida regional farta e certeira. De resto como sempre que a qualidade se sobrepõe à quantidade.












