A Portuguese Love

Hello, friends and customers! It has been a while since my last postage here. I've been busy and worried about my nephew's dog. Not much free time these last weeks. Soon I will create some special Zazzle products for dog lovers and I really hope you'll like them and help me promote them so I can earn some little extra money! Davis is very sick and the surgery is awfully expensive. We're asking for a little help from animal lovers. Meanwhile, I want to share some beautiful photos by Fernando Mendes, a talented photographer that allowed me to show you a bit of what happens in Lisbon in June. I was born in Lisbon but I never watched this live, only on TV. It's a great time to visit the city if you like street events!! Everybody will be on the street. It's Santo Antonio's party! It happens on the night of the 12th of June and everyone in Lisbon comes out to the streets to celebrate. On the way up to the capital's castle, you'll find f...

Pedro Cruz is the author of these photos. He publishes his work in many newspapers and magazines. I asked his permission to post it for you. He's a local young man, a journalist who is also passionate about taking photos.I think he has a keen eye for photography. Want to see more? Check out this link to his Carnival 2012 album on Facebook. Thousands came to Figueira da Foz to watch the Carnival parade on the Avenue of Brazil, near the beach, on Sunday. The weather was great, lot's of sunshine, no wind. This year the kings of the Carnival were a former football player, Paulo Futre, - I wrote about him before in a post about Licor Beirão advertising campaign - and a local female figure. In addition to several decorated floats that focused on the satire of national and international recent political events, many masked people, adults and children, and the samba schools filled the street with color and animation.

Yesterday I took an hour and went to the beach in the afternoon. The summer end is fast approaching and so I try to enjoy the last warm days every minute I can. With the start of school next 13th September, most families with children are no longer at the beach. The background noise is different. The light is different. Now everything is more quiet and slow at Figueira da Foz beach. In photo number four you can see a lifeguard talking to some boy surfers about the sea conditions. Lifeguards dress in red and yellow. In photo number five there's a man dressed in white with a container. He sells bolacha Americana, literally, it means American wafer(or cookie?!). It's thin and crispy like the one in the photo below. (That last photo isn't mine because I always eat the waffle before I remember to click the machine...!) These men walk the beach all day long selling bolacha Americana and some are witty and say funny things to catch people's attention an...

Today's afternoon. Splendid weather. Fantastic sea. Lot's of surfers. No fishermen. Top less girls. Lazy couples. Happy children. Seagulls standing. = Lovely beach!