Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Vilamoura in June

I love it when "my compass" never fails and manages to take me to mystic places. I was feeling a little bit low in Vilamoura after seeing some English guys screaming in the street, after looking at some English men whose only wish was to watch a football match and drink loads of beer. I was almost crying with sadness thinking about what and how Vilamoura is today and trying to imagine how it was 50 years ago. I still haven’t searched the Internet to find the answer but I found the “other side” of Vilamoura by myself. It was evening, the Sun was saying goodbye to a whimsical day, with loads of rain and only a few rays of Sun. I started to stroll all by myself in search of something nice.





I passed the “marina”, looked at all those fancy luxurious yachts, took some nice pictures and got to some kind of a barrier. I didn’t know what to do. Cross it or not. So I waited there for a few minutes, looking and wondering what was on the other side. The place was almost deserted so I didn’t really have the courage to cross it. I have this fear that some kind of huge dog will chase me, I will run and run and run and then he will bite me. So I gave up but was still longing to cross the barrier. I returned determined that... well, that’s it, what if it is a private property. Then I saw a couple approaching. A couple in their 50s, still very in love as one could tell and as I saw them kissing further. I followed their steps and crossed the barrier. There was no manace on the other side, just beauty.








A tiny harbour, a huge wall with “Marina Vilamoura” on it, a wooden bridge and ..... total bliss....a huge beach bathed in the wonderful gold light of my lovely Sun. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was in exctasy. I was taking pictures and talking by myself wondering if all those English tourists knew the place-maybe they did but for a moment I thought it was all mine. And I guess it was. I walked and walked following a “wooden lane” and then the magic was over for a second-I realized that I was actually very alone there and was traped by the magic and beauty of the moment.....thinking....goodness gracious....I am a dreamer chasing the sunset. The magic was back again after just a few minutes. The place was too beautiful for me. I thanked the evening for offering me such light and went back to Vilamoura. On my way to the hotel I stopped to take pictures in a very tiny park. There were some Englishmen passing by-not interesting-a crazy woman taking pictures of some flowers in the most "trivial" park.



Sunday, May 17, 2009

Farol de Santa Marta-Cascais

I am completely in love with light houses-I even wanted at a point to make a tour and visit all the light houses in Portugal. For the time being I just managed to take pictures of this one-a very nicely renovated light house, a magical place that I don't know if many people get to go and visit. I love the white of the walls, the light of the place, the feeling of permanent dream it brought to my heart.







...then there is this nice, very expensive hotel that takes your breath away with the view it offers over the ocean. I wonder why all these people who chat about fashion, discos and fancy trips have the chance to go there. The swimming pool is lovely and almost anybody can afford a HUGE sangria jug-delicious :-) http://www.farol.com.pt/



Snobbish Cascais





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