we've been having the opportunity to take some days out of the land and enjoy the beautiful places we have around us... it is really worth it to explore it and get to know more from the people as well...
This in indeed a beautiful part of this country, filled with history of ancient roman roads, villages with castles, beautiful lakes and rivers and amazing mountains ...
When Willi was here we had the chance to go with his van, but we've been invited often by Nuno, our neighbor friend who is now used to come for the weekends... he loves nature and he's so glad to show us the places he grew up in...we also met some other guys from Fundao, Pedro and Marco...they play really good Irish music and also enjoy the nature, specially fishing...
Enjoy the pictures :-)
getting ready for the trip up the mountains of Serra da Estrela... the water is so nice here, and we can find springs everywhere...
going to the top of Serra da Estrela, almost 2000 meters high to spend the night after watching a nice concert with Terrakota
nice sleep :-) in front of the beautiful lake... :-)
Having a nice breakfast with a wonderful view over tha landscape...
Monsanto, the oldest portuguese village...
On the shore of another nice lake where we went to swim and fish with Pedro and Marco...in Idanha-a-Nova...
Tom was having a hard time getting this fish...
Then we found out why... it came together with a tree :-) Do fish grow on trees now ?!!! :-)
And how good they tasted later, on the coals at our fire place in the land ...
And finally this was last night in ALPEDRINHA, one of the villages nearby...it was amazing to participate in the local party, with many street artists and lots of food and music traditional from Portugal...
So much richness in this little country ...
but still the young people complain that there's nothing going on :-/ I wish we could do something about it ...
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