Riding the clouds

A view from my kitchen window, one of the best I have in my home, be it Summer or any other season.

Just look at that sky.

Even when I'm under the weather, if I come here and look at all this splendour, I get better at once.

Joining Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer and Skywatch Friday

A Palace and its Park

 

Do you remember the kitchen I talked about yesterday? The one in a Palace ? So today I will show you a little of the Palace and surrounding Park.

The Palace was built on the top of the mountain and was one of the residences of the Kings of Portugal. Walking there is like to be in a novel of the XIX century, really beautiful.

The Park is imense, so green and nice.
On the top we are often enveloped in fog which gives us a feeling of being in a story and not in real life.

The temperature there is always softer, even if we are in Summer.

But better than words, I let you see for yourselves, it's a wonderful place.

Joining:

A Southern Daydreamer for Outdoor Wednesday

Savy Southern Style for Wow us Wednesday.

Crazy Organized for Funtastic Friday

Our World Tuesday

Wednesday, outdoor and indoor

Yesterday was a good day. My girl sang very well with her frieds from school and, as her class is very international and multicultural, the music teacher choose some music from countries where some children came, por instance, Romenia and China. There is also a gipsy boy that performed the most wonderful drum solo - he played with his hands. It was amazing as it was played by his own heart with absolut freedom. In the end the audience was clapping and shouting.
Very nice.

Today, for A Souther Daydreamer who usualy has an Outdoor Wednesday and that, in this month of December, wants also inside, because of Christmas, go these pictures of today's post.

So, I have an outside full of rain and a Christmas inside with my tree, once again, today taken at night and with no flash. I'm still strugling with my new camera but in the end it came out nice.

Outdoor Wednesday

Who said we hardly have Autumn? It was hard to come but it's here. The air is nicer and the leaves are turning their colours.

These beauties live in the garden of Monserrate, a very pretty garden we have here.

Look at that. Looks like it came of a movie.

For Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer.

Slow Autumn

Here, in this corner of the world, the Autumn is coming slowly. We have flowers everywhere

as it was spring or summer

but we can see the fallen leaves everywhere.

The temperature has been quite high. Now is going a bit better and pleasent.
We were dreaming with the rain and it came.

Now, in this moment, we are having strong clouds and a bit of sun. Yesterday it rained so much that today we are waiting for more.
Most people dont'l like the rain but I like it so much.
So, I'm happy in this departement.

For Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer.

Guimarães

Guimarães is one of the most important cities in Portugal, historicaly speaking.
This man is the Founder of our Nation. It's called D. Afonso Henriques and was our first King. Guimarães was his birth place and is also the birth place of Portugal.

Here is the Church where he was baptized.

This people you can see here are my girls and husband.

The Castle.

Look at the views from the Castle.

And the streets are so beautiful!

For Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreaner.

Outdoor Wednesday

Today is Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer and I'll show you a wonderful garden in Porto ( Oporto). It's the garden of Serralves.

The house is Art Déco, very nice, built in the 30' by the Count of Vizela.

There is also another house that is a museum of modern art - which I don't like at all.

So, I won't post about it.

Instead I will show you the gardens.

The gardens are amazing.

Looks like we are inside a Poirot movie.