Sunday 1 March 2015

Graca . . .

Settling down for a month in central Portugal . . . establishing the basics of water (cold and hot), heating (though Spring seems to be here), cooking (with gas) . . . a cosy caravan and maybe even flushing toilet soon . . . enough being enough . . .

A trip to a nearby car boot sale, a mix of English and Portuguese folks . . . and a few things to make my settled life more comfy - coffee maker, pan for veggie stew, some books . . .

The trip shared with Terry from Stockton, recently early retired, and Mitch from Tottenham, who has been here ten years . . .

We return with two extra cats (making six in total) . . . two or three dogs are leaving this evening . . . another possibly arriving soon . . . will need an animal inventory before being left in charge of the menagerie . . . in 5 or 6 days time . . .

All feels good, some synthesis time . . . good info from Jan, who has lived here a while . . .

Drawn to study the Templar story . . . and Portuguese (beginners class next week) . . .  and rest for a while, having wandered the south . . . Coimbra is close as is the Dao . . .

Hereabouts perhaps rather anglified for me, though reflecting on the paradox of desire for fewer English settlers as an English wanderer, wondering whether Portugal is the place to be . . .

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