Ana Raquel Peres (EN)

Portugal

On my map: Seia and Serra da Estrela (II)

I leave you guys more pictures of Seia and Serra da Estrela.
Once again, worth the trip. The landscape is beautiful!

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And enjoy the rest of your day!

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, by Ana Peres

Portugal

On my map: Seia and Serra da Estrela!

Its good to be back to my small trips!!

During my holiday, I went to North of Portugal, near Serra da Estrela, Seia. I rent a house for a couple of days, in Valezim and went to some river beaches like Loriga, Nossa Sra dos Dinheiros and I can tell you worth the trip. The water was so cold but everything was so beautiful :)
So, I got the chance to met a bit more of my own country, which is such an amazing country!
I feel lucky to life here, the weather, the food, the people... Amazing!

I ate amazingly great and for very low prices. Just like I like!
I advice the Restaurant Borges in Seia, excellent and cheap. By the way, here you will be invited not to touch the menu and they will read it to you! Brilliant.

And I got the chance to meet another piece of my beautiful country.
I admit I feel lucky enough to life in Portugal. Its a wonderful country, with great food, great landscape, great people and the weather is also great most of the times. :)

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And enjoy the rest of your day!

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, by Ana Peres

Geneva

On my map: Zurich

I already been in Switzerland but Zurich was the first Zurich was the first time.
Last year I went to Geneva and the cold was much stronger than now, and I was pretty lucky with the weather and was ok, around 22º during the day and only rained for a couple a hours on friday. So I was lucky!

My trip to Zurich had a main and important reason! One of my dearest friend got married and invited me to go and to be her witness 😊😍😍😍
So obviously I took this opportunity to visit the city and arrived a few days before for some sightseeing!
I visited the city in 2 days and I think is pretty enough!

Zurich is kind of a small city, quite, clean and people are super nice and helpful, specially when they see someone needing information or directions, like myself...
I met a girl who help me getting my way to the apartment with her GPS, because my smartphone decided not to work properly after the airplane mode. So we met and chat a bit, I found out she had been in France on the other week for a wedding which is funny because I was in Zurich for a wedding and she though I was french!! So perfect!
By the way, I thank this girl so much for her help :)

Honestly I thought Zurich is quite similar to Geneva, maybe because is mostly around a big lake, but the architecture is also similar.

Tips

- On wednesday, the Fine Art Museum is free of entrance;

- Visit the tower of Grossmünster church, its paid but totally worth it and has a beautiful view over the city;
- Some churches are paid to enter - about 5 euros - but I think they worth the money;

- Use layers of clothes, because is cold in the street but warm inside the buildings.

What to see

- Le Corbusier Pavillion
- Grossmünster Church

- Fraumünster Church

- Swiss National Museum, with interactive areas
- Fine Art Museum
- Old part of the City

- Lake

- Asian Garden
- Museum of Design

- Opera House

And I will leave you a selection of pictures I took at Fine Arts Museum, which is an amazing museum with a collection of sculptures and paintings of several artists like Van Gogh, Matisse, Cézanne, Roktho, Picasso, Giacometi, Rodin, etc... and so many others I can't even remember.

If you're thinking about travelling and reserve via booking, use this link https://www.booking.com/s/34_6/6cde95d3 and you will get a reward after your staying.

And enjoy the rest of your day!

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, by Ana Peres

art

I've a new passion...

I discovered a new passion...
More than paint or draw I discovered I love to sculpt...
Funny how for so many years I thought it might be fun to work with clay and ceramic. Until august of this year I sign up for a workshop and in the beginning to September I attended to that workshop.
I loved the experience and my ambition has being growing ever since!
This piece that I show you, was the fifth I made. The first 3 ones, were really simple, made plates and similar. Only to try to understand how the clay behave and how I could make what I had in mind.
Than I took a huge step and made a small bust and yesterday I made something I had in mind for over a week...

I admit its not perfect, made a lots of mistakes during the process and have some flaws. Each tentacle were made in a different way, so I could understand the better way to work around my idea.
However I feel satisfied with the results and I want to make more. My ambition is growing and already have several ideas in my head, some very elaborated. Jesus...

I feel a bit unsure to start making those ideas and feel disappointed if doesn't came out the way I think about them. But I'm loving the experience and I want to continue.
I even want to explore more techniques in this area. So if you know about workshop, classes, etc., in this area, let me know 😊