In the last couple of weeks, specially since arriving in Trás-Os-Montes, I haven’t posted that much, and when I did so was mostly in Stories. I often post updates while on the road, and for these weeks the plan was also to work and share older stuff. But it wasn’t time for that. It was time to revisit some of my favorite spots, it was time for being shown new favorite ones, it was time to share a beer before the the light was perfect to take photos (and after also), it was time for picnics in the mountains, it was time to sit around the table with a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. Basically it was time to reconnect with places and people I was needing to reconnect with after this wacky year… Now that I’m returning home there will be plenty of time to go through all the other stuff. #trasosmontes #portugal #fujix100v #fujifilmxseries
De volta ao Reino Maravilhoso… / Back to the Wonderful Kingdom…Trás-Os-Montes, Portugal 🇵🇹, April 2021
A change of scenery… After a couple of months restricted in the city, it was time to be able to see further than the building in front of my window. Going to the countryside for awhile…
As the days get warmer, longer, and the lock-down gets less restrictive, people move outside to recharge their batteries. That’s what I’ve been shooting lately, and what I’ll be sharing these days.#lisbon #portugal
More lockdown walks…
The fact that Iceland is again in the news because of another volcano makes me realize that one of the last photos taken abroad posted in my timeline was taken there……Almost a year and a half ago!!!!! In this snapshot Sumarliði was taking me with his cool black dog in his big red truck to Þingvellir (not the one you might be thinking…), I posted it right after arriving from Iceland and US in 2019. Since then a lot has happened, immediately after returning I dived into the winter solstice traditions, in the past years that has been my main focus in the winter months.…and just when that was over, early last year, that crazy 2020-thing really kicked off… Between a project to document the pandemic (https://www.everydaycovid.pt/) and a genuine lack of interest in browsing the archives, there was no room for photos further away from home…Maybe now it’s time to go back to that archive.
These pandemic days have turned into weeks, into months and right now on the verge of turning into years. And in the most restrictive times of the lock-down, like now, my universe becomes limited to the blocks around my house, the nearby streets, parks, all the places I’m able to reach in my almost daily walks. One of those places is the airport, a proximity that has been useful in some trips, when the long taxi line made me just walk home. This has been one of the recurring places I’ve end up finding myself, not because I’m trying compensate the lack of travel (but it’s funny to look to a routine it’s more and more distant, my last flight has been in 2019) but because I’m at a stage I’ve almost ran out of new places to walk to… #lisboa #portugal #street
Today is Carnival Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday, and in a normal year I’d be getting ready for this… But because it’s not I just dug into my archive to get something ready for later today. Stay tuned
Time Out Portugal #47
Lockdown routines still going strong…
