Rapunzel was locked in a tower. And since that was a long, long time ago, and very far from here, it must not have been such a terribly high tower. As long as a princess could be locked up in it – all good. We have recorded that – of course – in mosaic, in […]
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Or perhaps the Municipality of Soure was the generous giver. Or maybe a little bit of both. We went there, to the open air concert of the National Youth Orchestra Always exciting to see passionate musicians! Nice of the Municipality of Soure to organize something like this. They do things like this sometimes. Soure is
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Broes had already reported it: “A spanish couple has arrived who want to camp. I have already shown them everything.” I have just come from above, where I finished an order for a kimono in the sewing atelier (nice word for a large room with a lot of tables full of pieces of fabric and
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“Hey, stick! Keep your sticks to yourself! …oh … well, your jaws to yourself! You eat all the green leaves, but you leave the sticks. So weird. I get it… a walking stick eating sticks – that’s a kind of cannibalism…” Everyone likes sticky insects – walking sticks Me too, but I think it would
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“Hello! We would like to stay here for a few nights – do you have a room?” I’m just saying goodbye to a sympathetic couple of Portuguese who had come across my advertisement for painting supplies. They had just loaded everything up, we had settled, so I waved again and said to the newly arrived
Hey. As if it is hi season! Read More »
It was a tough choice this week – which topic should I choose? All sorts of things happened, and you can’t throw everything in there. Nobody understands that anymore. And also: is it all interesting? Difficult, difficult … It’s great that another cactus has beautiful flowers again, but is that interesting enough to mention? What
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A whole group of pirates has landed. They have crooked noses and they all look alike. There are quite a few, and it seems they don’t care what you think of them. Nobody wants to be around those pirates They chased everyone away. They’re living on scraps a bit further away. These are the only
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Graça sounds tired as she explains: “No, we don’t do that here anymore. But dona Helena can go to Soure, next to the pavilhão Multi-usos. There is a clinic there where you can get that document. I need a health certificate for the renewal of my driver’s license Last time – only 2.5 years ago
Got my health certificate – to renew my driver’s license Read More »
“I was like, let’s go NOW. I’m going to book now. Otherwise it won’t happen soon,” says Piers with a laugh, “and how right I was!” While the other brits are staying in line, we’re having a relaxed drink We’re having a nice gettogether on their last day. In the Algarve, a lot of their
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I’m a little sleepy, sitting in front of my computer accounting (numbers always make me sleepy – or frustrated. This time it was sleepy.) when Broes came running in and said, “Come, come, quick!” and disappeared again. The tone in his voice immediately made it clear to me that he was serious, so I dropped
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