Olá! I have featured many houses cards before but this is the first from Portugal.. YEAH. And my message to Marta: you can see your card here, finally!!! :P
From Martinha. Believe me, my Portuguese penpal since school time once told me that in her place it had snowed only 2 times in a century, or something like that, and since that I grew up thinking Portugal doesn’t get snow. And that particular knowledge had stayed in my mind for many years until I received this card from Marta and gasped! LOL did I get a wrong information or did I misunderstand at all? Sigh.. anyways Serra daEstrela is the highest mountainous area afterall, therefore it makes sense to get snow there. And this snowy village house looks real peaceful that it seems a perfect place to sit and hide from people.. especially when you need to be alone, read books, or cry :)
From BpoBpo. This is the house where Vasco da Gama lived in!! :D I must tell you that Vasco da Gama was the very FIRST Portuguese name I heard in my life!! HAHA yup right from the primary school, we learnt that he’s a great sailor that found a way to Asia :) This posh-looking house is located in Évora, a Portuguese historic town which is also a UNESCO heritage site.
From Moonwolf. I love these houses!! You can find them in Açores (Azores) Island in the Atlantic ocean.. where the people live mostly on the production of cheese, milk and meat. Seriously, I don’t mind living in one of these houses :)) they’r so damn cute!! Plus it’s in an island!
