@szbarnaus 12 August 2021 more from that month

TBT day again, and I promised that I'll NoiseIn today ... so here I am. Nine years ago (I simply can't wait another year to be stylishly a decade later to tell you) Our Thursday story starts with a phone ring. I received a call to meet for coffee. It was Tuesday morning. By noon I was sipped already from that coffee and received the message. It would be lovely that in two days to be in Portugal. I've just flashed in my mind that OK so I have clean 2 trouser 4 shirts and If I need some more... I'll dry them through the train window in the way to the airport (BTW the most time consuming part of every journey - more on this later, we don't have the time at the moment, we have a plan to catch). I always love to plan ahead, but luckily this journey show me that I'm capable to impromptu solutions as well. After one small sleep and some issues I dealt with... I found myself wondering about Portugal on a night train. Although I always was interested in geography and I knew one or two facts about the Iberian peninsula and about PT in particular... somehow I never was interested in visiting the country. I was rushing to a meeting on behalf of an NGO... to discuss the details and organise an entrepreneurship workshop in Amarante. The north of Portugal. As I was dashing in the night towards the early TAP flight, I searched for alternatives routes from Lisbon (my 1st destination) to arrive until supper to the destination in time (because I decided I never late ... and I'm enjoying practicing this for a decade now) thinking about this I looked to my watch and as I saw I have still 3 hours train ride, I took a tiny nap, just to refresh ... "I'll sleep on the plane"I thought... (at that dawn I still didn't realised this phrase will be my friend for the upcoming years almost every second month ). I don't want to steal your time... way better Noisers are here than me... so I'll come back in a week with a new part. All in all it was a lovely, adventurous quick ride. Everything was settled and I was looking forward to the workshop in two weeks time, from the end of August to the middle of September. But back to the beauty of this country. After I tasted the Pastel de Nada, gulped the lovely espresso and heard the zizzing, shisshing mood on the streets I fall in love with Portugal. So much so, I had to return four more times to enjoy the lifestyle, the tastes and the strong Atlantic breeze (well, it's a strong wind...) but more on these as they follows. But for now I just show some Noisecards form the ancient street of Amarante, a lovely view from Porto and a great view (at least for me) from the train window and I'll come with more detail about small stories what happened next when I settled down for a while to enjoy the program. Like Shitake farm near Amarante, trip in Guimarais and cycling through a couple of villages.. So still to come. Did you visited Portugal? Did you liked it and tasted Pastel de Nata? Did you have a trip too, which made you come back to a place later? ... and again? ... and one more time before the newest one? Noise Me! Obrigado! >D