While taking a walk between Espinho and Esmoriz this little guy got a little bit defensive.
While it’s looking nice it’s another invasive species. It even made it to Berlin.
You shall not pass
Nature recovers after wildfire
Most wildfires in Portugal happen in the south. But the risk is there everywhere. In the Serra de Estrela it happened xxx years ago. Now nature is slowly recovering.
I was wondering why in some places the trees have survived while a few meters to the right and left are completely burnt.
Eiffel-Bridge!
Unlike the one in the other post this
bridge is an actual Eiffel bridge. It’s located in Viana do Castelo, which we’ve visited to finalize the immigration process for Portugal at the SEF.
It’s noteworthy that above the visible rail track there is also a second level for cars. We took a little bit of a detour to use this bridge on our way back.
Cortaderia selloana
We came to know that, cortaderia selloana, the nice looking grass/reed that can be found everywhere is actually an invasive species.
Because of it’s invasive nature it appears on the website of the Parque Biologico de Gaia that we’ve visited. It’s a nice park with local animals.
All of them needed some kind of support, because they were found injured or abandoned by the parents so I think it’s good they found a new home. My favorite was the costal biorama.
Nothing to see here …
… but the programmers of the Withings app wanted to make sure that I’m aware that there is nothing to see.
Spending one third of the screen to tell that there’s nothing new seems to be wrong.
Luck
Felix found four-leaved clover
during our hike around BioRia
It seemed to be a local variation since it appeared multiple times within a few square meters. We even found a five-leaved.
You can’t escape
The German school in Porto has it’s own Oktoberfest. It was fun and games for the kids and of course you meet more BOSCHlers.
A glimpse of home
I received a care package. Ingredients for the world famous “Linsen, Spätzle und Saitenwürstle”.
Plus canned sausage. All a Swabian needs. Except bread. Like all, or at least most, other Germans living abroad: Bread is a topic that requires some intensive investigation.
Helicopter
Next to our house is a heli pad. Never saw it in action before. Today I caught it.
However I’ve not yet seen it on any flight tracking site. I might have to start up the old TV usb stick.
Second batch
After creating the first few temperature sensors the PCB has been updated. It’s smaller now. Soldering went smoothly. The fact that the PCBs came in groups of 6 made applying the solder paste much faster. After soldering the PCBs did not look very nice. But after measuring all were as expected and the question is whether to clean the PCBs would help to make sure the the remaining dirt does not cause long term problems. Unfortunately an off by one issue appeared.
