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Caldas da Rainha II

Caldas da Rainha I - A good walk this weekend

This weekend J and I went to Caldas da Rainha, it was a greyish-mildly-warm day and we walked in the city centre heading to the farmer's market that takes place each Saturday. We bought 6 kilos of wonderful fruit (this evening I made a pear + peach + cinnamon pie) and just before coming back home we stopped by this town's famous ceramic factory "Fabrica Rafael Bordallo Pinheiro" were we bough (on sale!) two beautiful high plates, to display cakes!

Recently enjoyed things

1 - Inspired by some improvements in the building I live in, I've been doing some repainting myself. Its kind of relaxing to paint your sorroundings. Afterwards its inevitable to keep noticing how much better it looks (each time you pass by).

3 - Typical portuguese homemade sponge cake eaten in a picnic + J's favorite expresso coffee. 

3 - A finished pair of mittens made to offer a friend!

4 - The first dim sum I ate in Portugal. Delicious.

5 - The best feet-hug I ever got from Toffee.

Somewhere only we know II

Today I remembered this place I used to go, a long long time ago. Up north, hot summers, harvest time now. 

 * The photos were taken by J and me (a while ago) in one of our last visits.

The best thing I read today... "What matters"

A new place to go: 'Embaixada' in Princepe Real

A new place called “Embaixada” recently opened in Princepe Real, in the beautiful Ribeiro da Cunha Palace, a XIX century neo-arabic building. I went inside to have a look around on a rainy day and was really impressed with how wonderful it looks: many shops from new (and old) entrepreneurs, a nice restaurant in the courtyard and especially the building itself which is absolutely stunning. Have a look: