Domingo e Segunda 15-16/03
O caminho de ida para Regensburg sempre cortamos pelo interior da Francas, por varias razoes, uma delas pq ADORAMOS tomar uma taca de Champagne em Champagne, e outra por que Continue reading
Bem que minha mae sempre dizia:
“O primeiro Deus da, o segundo Deus da, o terceiro quem quiser tem que comprar….”
E voces sabem, tudo aquilo que Deus nao DA o Capeta cobra caro para cacete…..
Como tudo aconteceu: Continue reading
Enquanto voce le esse post eu estou admirando essa paisagem (pelo menos esse eh o plano):
Essa eh Regensburg, uma das cidades mais linda que eu ja estive. Fica no Sul da Alemanha, a 120km de Munich, e quem acompanha esse blog a algum tempo sabe que morei em Regensburg de Janeiro/2004 ate Maio/2005. E foi aqui que esse blog nasceu.
O marido viaja a trabalho e eu pegui carona na mala, aproveitar para matar a saudade… Durante essa semana voce irao ver aqui no Photos&Fatos uma serie de posts “Vale a pena LER de novo”. Ja fiz uma selecao e deixei programado um para cada dia da semana.
Dificilmente irei acessar entao nao fiquem tristes se eu nao interagir com os comentarios.
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A floresta ao lado de casa esta coberta dessas florezinhas! Sim eh primavera, eh a epoca de cores, flores e amores…
As malas estao prontas, passaportes na bolsa, blogs pre-programado, e-mails redirecionados. Na segunda voces saberam aonde estou…. 
Bom Fim de Semana a Todos.
Vou matar 3 coelhos numa cajadada so… Nossa!!! essa eh velha hem, ainda faz sentido???
Esse eh o titulo da minha coluna de hoje no Distant Daily, passem la para conferir.
Tema sugerido pela Maite: Qual a celebridade que você acha que seria um péssimo blogueiro?
De certa forma eu acho que qualquer celebridade que seja envolvido em comunicacao seria um excelente blogueiro, desde que o fizesse de forma anonima pois o anonimato lhe daria maior liberdade para se expressar…. Na verdade acho que qualquer um pode ser um bom blogueiro desde que o faca para si e nao para os outros.
Mas como celebridade combina com maldade, o que eh isso pelo-amor-de-deus??? Blinks pulando por todo lado, propaganda das Casas Bahia, eles devem pagar o host so pode. Alguem ai me diz que isso nao eh mais celebridade no Brasil!!!!???? Agora alguem me responda da para ser pior do que isso??
Tema da Vivis: Qual foi sua melhor viagem até hoje???
A viagem mais marcante da minha vida, foi a primeira que fiz para o exterior, fiquei 40 dias em Los Angeles na California, conheci San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, nas verdade eu fiz toda a costa e ate escapei um pouquinho e passei uma noite no Mexico, em Tijuana, muito louco!!
Uma viagem que amei ter feito, foi minha despedida do Brasil, foi num periodo transitorio da minha vida e na companhia de amigos super querido, foi uma semana que passei Fortaleza no Ceara, visitamos varias praias daquele litoral lindissimo, e sempre falo que aquele eh um lugar que quero voltar! Um sonho: passar os ultimos dias da minha vida andando nas areias brancas daquelas Praias. Ceara e um Paraiso.
Todas a viagens que fiz ate hoje foram especiais, eu amo viagem, mas a MELHOR de todas eh aquela que ainda farei.
Stu with his new rucksack looking at the beautiful sky while waiting for me, I was always behind.
It was the last day, we were blessed with a beautiful and unforgetable day, blue sky, amazing view… We went to walk, from Skelwith Bridge to Ambleside over Loughrigg Fell, up and down for 4 kilometres each way… At the top of the hill we could see the most spetacular panorame, with Lake Windermere on the left,
the Cumbrian Mountains on the right:
I wish I could stay there forever.
We went down to Ambleside, a scenic little town with buildings made with grey stones. The little house over the bridge it is really tiny, I could not believe that a family of 8 used to live in there:
We bought ourselves sandwiches and drinks, and went to eat in a very quiet place close by a little stone circle:
After a nice rest we walked back, this time we chose the riverside way:
Our farewell to Lake District was one of the best days of my life, I wish we can come back there soon.
I am afraid that I will never finish this Diary… I have to be honest: -I DO NOT ENJOY writing in English, I always have the feeling that I am not expressing myself the way I would like to.
Anyway, Thursday was even worse, It was raining, and raining a lot!!
We have no option than to go driving somewhere, we choose Coniston, a little grey town near Coniston Water.
This place was once a very wealthy town, from Roman times until the XIX Century, when Coniston’s mines went into terminal decline. It is still a very beautiful place, even raining non stop!
This Museum has a part reserved for Sir Malcolm Campbell, he strove to set speed records on land and water and became the first person to set both water and land records in the same year.
He was killed on January 4, 1967, when Bluebird K7, his special boat, flipped and disintegrated at a speed in excess of 300 mph on Coniston Water in England. However Mr. Woppit, Campbell’s teddy bear mascot, was found among the floating debris. The story of his last attempt at the water speed record on Coniston Water was told in the BBC television drama “Across the Lake” in 1988, with Anthony Hopkins as Campbell.
The miniature town was built in the Museum garden:
We left Coniston and following the clouds, as we went up hill we literally drove into them, it was a wonderful feeling, I ask Stu to stop and went to “walk through the clouds”!!
Wednesday we woke up to a rainy day.
After breakfast we decided to drive around and explore the Lake District further. We drove to the sea coast, not very impressive I would say, as it was cold and windy. We drove back to the lakes over the mountains, passing through Hardknott Pass, an amazing landscape, at the very top of the mountain there were remains of a Roman fort.
The pass rises over 300m in about 1.5km, and some of the hairpin bends near the top are 33% gradient. The decent down the East side of the pass is into a different landscape. The first dwelling is near a very pretty bridge…
We proceded to Grasmere, one of the main tourist magnets in the Lake District, as it is a very quaint village, next to a river, and one of the places William Wordsworth lived. He is buried in the churchyard, and his former house is now a museum.
We were celebrating our Wedding Anniversary that day. It was a grey day, we were afraid that would rain, but even so, we went for our planned little trip: – Cycling to Beatrix Potter‘s House.
To do so we have to cycle down to Bowness, get the ferry across Lake Windermere, cycling up and down, up and down and up again until Hill Top, Peter Rabbit’s Place.
I have to be honest, now I can understand why they call it a PUSH Bike. I have to really PUSH it on all the way “UPS”; it was too much for me to ride.
I already knew something about Beatrix Potter, but visiting her house, the place where she lived and created so many wonderful stories, it was magical. I felt in love even more for the little Tom Kitten and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, they are my favourites.
I also felt very touched to know that Beatrix never had a child. She felt in love for the first time when she was still young, but her parents were against their relationship, it took years until they finally agreed, but, her fiancé got ill of leukaemia and died very young.
That broke Beatrix’s heart. But instead to go deep down in isolation she wrote tales for children, and left a legacy, that I believe is going to live forever.
Fortunately at the age of 46 years old she meets the one who would be by her side of the rest of her life. They lived happy together until she died in 1943 at the age of 90 years old.
The house is preserved exactly the way it was. Unfortunately you are not allowed to take pictures inside.
We left Hill Top and cycled towards Esthwaite lake. As an excuse to stop cycling I got my camera out to take some snaps of a group of cows, including “Daisy” the calf.
“Daisy” found Ale’s hands very dirty and smelly, so she gave her a wash. (Stu’s words!)
IMPORTANT:
- O Blog em Portugues agora se chama: BRasilADDicted
Hazy sunshine lit up our room, a dry day. After the usual “Full English breakfast” we got ready for our boat trip.
We walked down to Bowness and arranged to hire an electric motorboat for four hours. The hire man recommended electric as it was a little quieter than the petrol models. The instructions were simple “it does what it says on the tinâ€: forward, neutral, reverse, on/off, and don’t beach the boat. We decided to sail south first, and the cloud cover had increased, but there was now sign of rain.
We explored the moored yachts, and viewed the large houses built lakeside for the rich residents in years gone by. Early excitement was provided by the arrival of a small helicopter at one of these houses, now a hotel. As we sailed south we saw a number of the ferry and tour boats, at first we gave these larger vessels a large berth, but over time we passed closer to them, enjoying the excitement of crossing their wake.
After an hour we turned north, passing Bowness and entering the northern half of Windermere. The banks seemed prettier the further we sailed, but some of this was due to the appearance of the sun. We could also see some of the larger hills and mountains in the distance.
At times during the journey we passed close to groups of ducks and swans, admiring their beauty, and trying to give them reasonable space. The largest concentration was in the harbour of Bowness, which we explored for the final part of our trip. We both enjoyed the experience; it gave us a chance to see a lot of the lake, parts of which cannot be seen from the land, as much of the lakeside is privately owned.
We walked back to the Guest House and continued to explore, but this time by car. We headed north, driving past Rydal and Grasmere and Derwent water to see the ancient stone circle at Castlerigg, near Keswick. The return journey took us past Ulleswater and over the Kirkstone pass.
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