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, […]

… 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.