The day started well. Wonderful weather for November – nice, a day of watery sun, in between all the watery days without. I had an Assignment, several in fact, so I drove to the coast. I gifted myself a day of shore leave in Figueira da Foz Completely unexpected, so even more fun. This is […]
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Flashes. Rumbling. Fortunately, it is more threatening and grumbling than a real full-blast thunderstorm. Like a while ago: suddenly a huge bang in the middle of the night. Between the showers and grumbling, glueing the broken tiles to the facade After regular guest / friend Astrid went home, it’s like that. Large low hanging clouds
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“Well, this is really worth the detour,” Yvonne says appreciatively, “I’m glad I followed Henriëtte’s recommendation. Nice to have a room all to myself for a few nights. Take a break.” Yvonne walks the pilgrimage route to Fátima, with stamp booklet and al She has already done the road to Santiago de Compostela. “It’s getting
“I’ll call soon to discuss it – I’d love to celebrate my birthday here. It’s in October … but I’ll call in a week or two … ” And indeed, she calls: “Can it be then-and-then, we won’t make it late, people come during the day to congratulate, and later we go into the Fancy
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Thirty thousand years ago. Then when people felt the urge to go elsewhere, they turned to their wise woman or shaman, packed their flints and coconuts, and started walking. We do things a little differently these days. We grab our phone and turn to a search engine We’re no longer as surprised as the old
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“ELLEN!” Hugo sounds like there really is something, “ELLEN! THERE’S A FIRE!” Ah! So I heard it right, there is something. Certainly something! Fire! What??! Where?! Why?? Within seconds, Hugo is at the end of the garden hose, trying to get as far as he can with a pretty wimpy trickle, and I’m running back
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In the morning: Look well, fits perfectly, cut fiercely, spread nicely, press, next… In the afternoon: Mix well with an old whisk, a good dollop on your rubber, and just smear away … Great time to continue with the large facade mosaic In this beautiful autumn week, not too hot, not too cold, no rain,
It’s a 100 to 1. Same story every time. Set up the scaffolding, and it’s going to rain. Especially now that São Matéus is approaching, the weather gods are very sensitive I’m delirious, you say? No, the weather is regulated differently here than with you up north. Turned out so, because when we had set
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The phone rings. A Luxembourg number. That’s not surprising, because a quarter of Luxembourg’s population consists of portuguese emigrés, who usually come to the mother country on holiday at this time of year. It’s not about what I expect: a question for a room reservation It’s about something completely different, and before I understand what
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No, don’t worry, this isn’t about the economy, or super-capitalism, or climate change. It’s about nature. This is about the excessive growth of trees. Especially olives Olives don’t grow fast, but they make it a point of honor. That’s probably why they stay alive for so long. The oldest olive tree in the world is
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