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Traveling to … Serra da Estrela Living :: Part I

August 19, 2021 · Leave a Comment

What is there to say about a minha linda Serra da Estrela. Spending my summers here, growing up, as a young girl submersed in nature, food and family, it intertwined itself into very much who I am. My soul and heart are blissful when I’m here. How can one not be? Surrounded by lovely mountain and countryside views, with distant shadows of the Serra da Estrela outer mountain range. Family lands and farms, nestled between and below those rolling hills of greens. Many of which still belong to my family, who call small corner of the world, home. {…and where I too hope to one day transform these family lands into something even more special.} No matter the season, it’s always a sight to see and experience. I love the sounds, sights and smells of nature the moment you wake up each morning. Some, are so dense and rich with fog a passerby would assume a gloom day awaits, but us locals know in fact, a hot sunny day to savored is only just beginning. There are endless, and I truly mean endless reasons beyond being surrounded by nature, why I’ll always cherish this lovely corner as home.

This is the small aldeia in the Serra da Estrela I’ve spent a lifetime, especially during summer vacations from school. And here we are once again enjoying the beautiful vibrant months of Summer in the Serra. Each day and each year is different, each one a bit more special and charming. Most of these photos were taken on my trip a few weeks ago, while the others from my summer trip two years ago. Because when surrounded by the pureness of Mother Nature in the Serra, time moves slowly and so to does its scenery — like a landscape being delicately painted with the changing of the seasons. No matter when, the beauty remains as mesmerizingly eye catching as ever, especially my favorite sunsets!

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Over the years I began writing notes and random thoughts of reasons why I love certain things on my travels and experiences in Portugal, a sort of “let me count the ways I love thee…” kind of thing. Hand written notes, virtual ones saved on my phone or emailed to myself. Things that crossed my mind; feelings, smells, sights and sounds that made me smile. A bit of everything I love, the hidden gems, the moments that left imprints. Whether you call them sayings, little poems; Portugal, Let me count the ways I love thee…. 

…looking out the window, seeing nothing but green trees and far off mountains. It’s my favorite thing. I’d give about anything to have these views everyday. The more time I spend here the more I need it in my life. I need nature to surround and engulf my every being. It’s when I feel my happiest. It’s when I feel whole. 

…the scents of the hand cut eucalyptus wood burning in the antique stove

…the early morning fog hiding faraway trees and mountains, the kind that brings on a hot sunny day

…the buckets of fresh seasonal fruit. like cherries of all kinds, yes even sweet white ones. Endless blackberries, and honey-like peaches, nectarines and plums. so juicy you have to eat them right away. the smaller the better, for then you can enjoy even more

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…the air, its purity. its natural invigorating scents of eucalyptus, pine and wild greens

…nature’s beautiful soundtrack of birds signing calming delicate melodies, nothing but the wind whistling, leaves wrestling in the vine branches, the flowers gracing the fence – their sweet floral scents filling the ever passing wind

…the birds saying hello whenever you pass

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…peaceful walks into Mother Nature whenever the feeling to do so fills your soul

…serene nature walks that find you under the fig tree in search of dark beauties. cracking them open, their sweetness filling you with delight. yes, that instantly as you will eat these delicate and sweet fruits as quickly as you picked them 

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…every sunset is a splendor. often, bold bright and blinding — the kind that rejuvenates and reminds you just how magnificently awe-inspiring Nature can be

…other times, every pastel color shines and fills the sky. you’re left feeling a calm serenity. we’re all so lucky to be felt by nature. 

…pastel colored sunsets with every shade of blue, purple, pink and orange, light to dark perfectly showcasing the most golden sun rays behind

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…The darkest of night skies brightened with

Millions of sparkling stars.
 
Oh what a most spectacular full moon — large, low and golden. Reflecting its grandness on a glistening river…
 
There’s one thing about star gazing from below, but star gazing while you’re flying amongst these sparkling diamonds. Well it’s a whole other magical!! I imagine it’s a tiny bit of the amazing things astronaut experience frequently

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…family stopping by just because. to talk and see how all are doing. To give baskets of cherries, nêsperas, apricots and blackberries, or lend you onions straight from the dirt because you hadn’t picked them that morning. or whatever it is that is growing and bountiful in their gardens to share with us

 …you never have to go far if you run out of an ingredient when cooking. If you need some fresh berries for a pie or ice cream you simply go next door to one of your family’s garden and pick from the endless varieties. Because when there’s so much that grows, wasting precious summer fruit, or any homegrown produce, is not acceptable

…walking down the street being greeted by family having something to talk to while sitting outside on perfect summer nights
 
…the older you get the harder goodbyes become
 
 
…the lush green scenery everywhere you go. Nature you glory, you are all around
 
…even on a warm day, a shady breeze still hugs you with the nicest hug of calm and serenity you can’t help but feel refreshed
 
…cloud watching. not a care or worry
 
 
The more I come to Portugal and the older I am, the more I become aware that I want this for my life. Being surrounded by constant nature, having family so close, eating foods we grew in our lands with our own hard working hands. Having so much rich culture and history behind, no matter where or what you see, it all seems beautiful. But it’s definitely the nature I wish so dearly I could have back in the states. And not necessarily back, but in actuality call home everyday. It is where I feel most myself, whole.
 
 
…the sunny mornings when the birds are more cheerful than ever, singing melodious chirps and tunes that just make you feel good. feel at peace. blissful
 
Here time hasn’t had much of a chance. It may have had its battles with Mother Nature, but time and technology hasn’t destroyed its pureness. It still feels as if you’re trapped in some other time, a more simple and stuck in its old ways.
 

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