blog & photography & travel Miguel on 26 Mar 2006 01:08 pm
Portugal (Part 3)
More Portugal photos uploaded. They’re in my Feb/March 2006 Photo Album.
My father’s family is from Casqueira, which is a small village in the municipal district of Penacova, near Coimbra. Though Portugal is very compact (about the size of Nova Scotia), most of the 10 million residents are urban-dwellers, living in the larger centres of Liboa and Oporto, as well as the other numerous cities.
Casqueira is pretty small, by any standards — maybe 10 or 15 houses. It is surrounded by a forest. If I were to describe it to somebody from Canada, I would have to say that it is a very green village. Everything is alive, and every piece of ground is put to use growing something or other, from Kiwi Fruit to Grapevines. The food and drink is one of the highlights of visiting such a place. Everything’s fresh, all-natural, and full of flavour.
Portuguese people love to eat and drink. It seems to be the one preoccupation everybody shares. When in Rome…
on 28 Mar 2006 at 5:20 pm 1.amboire said …
I found your website by following links from hackingthemainframe. I’m paperboy’s wife & we’ll be moving to P.R. at the end of April. Some of the photos from there in your flikr album are amazing — I can’t wait to get up there & get exploring!
on 15 Apr 2006 at 8:46 pm 2.Stardog Champion said …
These are beautiful photos, Mig. I especially like the flower photos. Nice work!
on 10 Aug 2006 at 1:07 pm 3.CASQUEIRA said …
I just find your website fantastic!( sorry for my english but i live in Paris so i do not practice every day…) But it’s amazing for me to know people all over yhe world with the same name.