Porto – hardware

Preparing for Festa de São João do Porto

On 24th of June we celebrate Festa de São João do Porto. The city starts preparing. First step is the electrical power supply.

Adventures hike in the neighborhood

We went to the Serra de Midões e de Pias just 20 minutes from home.

and did a relatively short tour mostly along the Rio de Ferreira.

On the komoot map it looked initially like we could cross the river and take shortcut. But it turned out that this is only possible in summer. The river crossings were not possible with the amount of water in the river. So towards the end we had to climb a rather steep path. For the spoiled German member of the Schwarzwaldverein – used to having clear markings and walkable paths everywhere – it was a learning. Nevertheless a nice tour and on the way we found some nice places to rest and with a good view.

Guess the genre

We went to the movie theater and in the middle of the movie – which was after 45 minutes – this

appeared. Last time I have experienced an intermission was between two movies of LOTR.

This time it was a kids movie: Patos! Based on the booking information it was supposed to be the OV but it turned out to be the Portuguese version. Since the ducks did not discuss philosophy we were able to follow anyway and had fun.

While I did not further investigate the real reason for the intermission I believe it is intended as service break for the young audience.

Hard questions in Duolingo

While I like Duolingo in general the latest updates could have been better.

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.

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.

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