The Eye of the Beholder

INTRODUCING MY NEWEST BLOG

I am aware that I haven't updated this blog for ages... but well... as soon as my examination season at the Uni stops I intend to update this blog!

But now I'm just introducing my newest baby blog called Crafty sales from Metallyptica where I'm presenting some handmade stuff for sale! I hope you may enjoy it!

Cortegaça

It was a foggy day and yet it was beautiful to just look at the sea.

HOLIDAYS

PART II - VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA, "THE NOT SO NEAR CITY"

Cerveira is another near city, it's not that near but yet we went there two times. sadly I haven't had the chance to photograph evereything I wanted there.

This is a fountain that as my friend's mom said has a legend behind it. That big suspended rock was meant to judge the criminals, as they were standing under it if it fell that meant they had really commited a crime, if not they could go freely, as they were considered innocents.

This just reminds me of Stonehenge and a structure near my University.

I don't really know what this statue stands for, I just thought the little fellows were hoping I'd do the same, and so I did and Ana photographed me! :)

This is on our way to the Cervo (means deer), a little chapell.

On the floor it said "Amor", which stands for LOVE in portuguese.

This is the view from the chapell. An isle you can see there is called The Love Isle as it's heart-shapped.

Can you see the heart?! I surely can! :)

The cervo is almost there!! :)

If you look closely you can see a door on the top of the mountain.

It's said a man promised to build a church there if his wife could get pregnant and she did and so he started building the church. But the wife had an abortion and so he stopped building it.

And I finally reach the Cervo!! :)

But a fire was very near and so we had to be quick so that we wouldn't be stuck there.

We got back to the city safe and sound and glad, cause the view from the Cervo was amazing! :)

HOLIDAYS

PART II - CAMINHA, "THE NEAREST CITY"

Seixas is only a few minutes apart (and acutally a bridge afar) from Caminha, a cute little city. And so we've spent lots of our time there, either during the day and even during the night (we've also visited the pubs' street) and here's the result of my time there. Oh, better explain that I was so lucky to be in Caminha during the days of the annual Celebration in honor of Santa Rita de Cássia, and so it was always fuller and funnier than I guess a normal day in Caminha!!

A view from the main square. The tower seen here is the clock tower, then I think it's the town hall and then the Misericórdia Church.

A close-up to the church's façade.

And another view of it.

And now the inside. If you look closely on the right of the main-altar you can see a dressed in black woman figure, it's Santa Rita de Cássia.

Here's me in the Chafariz (which is a word for fountain... well, not quiet, but almost the same). This photo was taken by my friend Ana, thanks to her I actually show up in a few photos!!

As you can see the main streets were all lightened up to honour Santa Rita!

We even got to see the Fanfarra (which is the musical group of any corporation like fire brigade) and they were pretty good.

The next tiles can be seen at the Caminha Railway Station.

This is the only beach I've actually stepped in during my 3 days in Caminha. It's Gelfa Beach. As every beach in the North of Portugal, the water is freezing cold, but I've swam in there! :)

This mountain here is already Spain. It's called Monte de Santa Tecla.

And can be seen everywhere around Caminha. This time I was on the rocks near Moledo beach.

In Moledo beach there's big piles of seaweed drying up, it's called "sargaço".

Monte de Santa Tecla getting ready for the dawn.

Monte de Santa Tecla at dawn

Caminha's main square by night.

We even got the chance to see the municipal band playing.

And they did played pretty well!

It was a mix of old and young people.

I love this photo.

And then it was time for the pyro show!

The town hall is on fire and no one cares! LOL

It all ended up with fireworks to close to the people (and that's why me and my friends went away to the pubs' street - Rua Direita).

HOLIDAYS

PART I - SEIXAS, "THE HEADQUARTER"

This summer I spent 3 days in a friend's house in Seixas, a friendly village up north.

While reachind the village we found this tiles saying "slowly begins Seixas".

This is the church and the pillory in Seixas.

I had to photograph the tiles!!

As you can see, the interior of the church isn't bad for such a small village. It was a good surprise for me!

This is one of the creepiest things I've seen in a few... Those wax figures are promises that people make to saints. Every wax figure represents the part of the body which was sick and got better.

The tiles on the inside of the church.

And the ceiling. Actually it was very beautiful.

The church is in this nice square. It's renewd and looking very friendly.

Right next to that square it's "Villa Idalina", a very beautiful house.

I really love the tiles in this house.

They are so lovely.

And just check out the name written on the tiles!!

And at the end this "cata-vento" to see where the wind blows.

And this little fellow was in my friend's house too! He was a nice model and haven't even moved a bit when the flash snapped out!!

This house we actually don't really know what it is. We think it's a particular house... It's on a old way to get from Seixas to Vila Nova de Cerveira.

So here's some new findings...

This one ain't exactly a graffitie 'cause it's just a tiny sketch on a table at the University... but thought it might fit in well in my graffities' collection...

"By each brick that blinds me I salute you!"

"To the Sleeping Beauty..."

So I've created another blog - Crafty Metallyptica - this one is dedicated to that crafty side of me that is beginning to grow! Hope you all spend some time to visit it and enjoy it! Obviously I'll keep posting here, 'cause my love for photography ain't fading away! :)