Some weeks ago we paid a visit to the lake of Maranhão. At Benavila, just a few km north of Avis (N 39.109750, E -7.881896), there are some nice places to go to the water. Here are some photo’s. It’s […]
Some weeks ago we paid a visit to the lake of Maranhão. At Benavila, just a few km north of Avis (N 39.109750, E -7.881896), there are some nice places to go to the water. Here are some photo’s. It’s […]
Water under the bridge… Although it is high summer with temperatures up to 40 °C and dry like hell, we´ve been building bridges over our water-lines. Water-lines? Yes, in winter we truly have 3 water-lines in our terrain. They are […]
Hip hip hurray! For the first time we reached our terrain with our own car. We knew that the works on the road were going to start last week. On thursday Waldemar went to check and was pleasantly surprised. The […]
Two weeks ago we went swimming in lake Alqueva in the weekend. The lake (a barragem, that is not a natural lake, but one with a dam) is not really prepared for swimmers. But we do not have any problem […]
Het schooljaar loopt hier ten einde en dat wordt hier gevierd met een optreden van de verschillende groepen. Gisterenavond was het zover: de grote avond in het amfitheater van Arraiolos. Wat een geweldige sfeer, heerlijke temperatuur onder een heldere sterrenhemel. […]
Yesterday, we finally took the decision to contract a company to drill for water. We are in a granite area with according to the geological map little or no fractures. That means it will be extremely difficult to find a […]
Saturday, we celebrated the international children’s day by going to the beach. It was great weather (28 C with a cool sea breeze). The beach of Carvalhal is a bit more than an hour driving from here, but it is […]
Afgelopen vrijdag stond de verhuiswagen voor de deur. Hij was al een tijdje onderweg uit Nederland maar moest eerst langs Madrid, Alicante, Algarve en was nu met de laatste lading (die van ons) via het binnenland van Portugal weer op […]
Last saturday – 18 may – we celebrated a very special day. Mesquita, the grandfather of Tânia, the great grandfather of Leonardo had his 100st!!! birthday at the 15th of May and it was celebrated last saturday. Already for many […]
