Well well well…what can I say? It’s definitely been some time…
But as you might have guessed WordPress wasn’t exactly being cooperative.
This is going to be a challenge honestly because my recalling abilities aren’t the greatest.
As anticipated, March was busy and April just as much. I participated in two events by Março a Partir, an initiative by the Palmela Moto Clube, showed how to use a 3d printer in Piaget’s job fair, went to concerts and countless other activities.
So I’ll let the following pictures tell the story…
3D PRINTING!
Here are a few pictures from a little trip we took to the beautiful Monsaraz, passing through Vendas Novas, place of origin of the famous Bifana (as a vegetarian I had to resort to a empada de cogumelos), and Évora, where we visited the Templo de Diana.
Here’s a picture of that night almost romantic candle light dinner
Time didn’t pass without surprises either because we had an international (between France, Spain and Portugal) blackout that cut me off from the rest of the world: I spent the day chilling at home. Everything felt fine as long as the sun was shining, but as the night began creeping in a certain feeling of anxiety arising in me and to distract myself I had to revert to reading with the aid of random candles found in the house. Which was somewhat hard because they were really small and the breeze from the window (non negotiable due to the temperature) kept putting them off.
From tales of people that went into the city the atmosphere outside was also becoming increasingly eerie, the absence of traffic lights and illumination created what in the moment felt like (allow me, I have a flair for the dramatics) a post-apocalyptic scenario.
I also had the chance to celebrate the 25th of April in Lisbon by joining the parade from Marquês de Pombal to Rossio. It’s in fact the day of freedom from the dictatorship not only in Italy, but also in Portugal. The atmosphere we breathed in that day was incredible: from the moment we stepped on the ferry people were singing songs about freedom and gladly sharing and explaining the history behind such occasion. The elation and thrill were clearly palpable.
Taking part in another country’s celebration of such a meaningful day left me with mixed emotions. On one hand, witnessing the pride the Portuguese people feel on this occasion was uplifting. On the other, I felt slightly out of place (being a foreigner, it was difficult to fully share in the joy that permeated the air). I also couldn’t help but feel a tinge of envy, in recent years, public participation in the Italian celebration has been increasingly scarce and the excitement almost absent in comparison.
See you soon,
Sofia
PS: it’s been so long that I forgot how I precedently “fixed” the issue of the characters’ size (as you can see). Hopefully I’ll manage to in the next entry.
The fight against WordPress continues….
