mOrE guests...aNd 1 mOrE gOod-bYe...

Two girls came from Germany for a week, Judith and Christy... I didn't know them before, they are nice and they have been helping us also in what they can...It has been raining since yesterday, but I hope tomorrow we'll have the sun back again...It's not fun to stay inside the house all the time...



Eddie left today...well, we never know about Eddie, I might find him when I go back now...
Eddie is a zimmerman, like many in Germany...this is a cool tradition of craftsmanship, like carpenters and others...they learn for 2 or 3 years, and then they need to travel for 3 years and practice whith other carpenters or helping in places like he came to help here... they have some interesting rules, like they have to wear this traditional clothes, they only have one for working and one for going out, they have to pack all theirs things in a traditional way, and only carry what they can in their bodies, they cannot take public transports or pay for it, unless they get offered, they cannot have mobile phones or other technologies...they cannot stay for more then 3 months in the same place, etc...

It´s a very interesting way I have to say... they also have to go to the authorities of the places they go, present themselves and get their permission to stay and find work there...
They also have to get the stamp of the cities they go to and so I went with Eddie to the Mayor to do that...
Traditionally they have to say this secret poem which identifies that they are really zimmermans, but here Eddie tried to translate it because it wouldn't make any sense to say it in german...
So I translated it into portuguese to Sr. Rodrigues, his wife and daughter who were all very amazed and amused with the almost ceremonial act... They got really touched with it and Sr. Rodrigues wrote in his travelling book a very nice message...something like " May you have luck to accomplish such noble mission which is to spread Love"... I was surprised as well... So cool !!! 
In the end Eddie also blessed him, as the Mayor of Povoa de Atalaia, and blessed the village and his family as well... It was  really touching !!!

Eddie is a really funny character filled with so much love and joy that he impacted the whole village I guess... 

I really enjoyed having Eddie around and get to know him better... 
Love you Eddie !!! God bless your journeys !!!!