Holidays 2009 II :D

So, here we are...some more pics from our trip ;)

This is in Gothenburg, Sweden... a little stop after leaving Copenhagen towards Oslo. The city seemed not to have a lot to see, however...

We have seen this huge cruise ship in Oslo, during one of our walks. It was really enormous! We could count 12 floors!!!!

This is the Akershus Slott, a fortress standing right next to the harbour in Oslo...

Uuuups.... XD
This man got a present while waiting for the boat which took us to Bygdoy on the other side of Oslo...LOL

So, here we are getting on board of the boat :)

This picture was taken in the Norsk Folkemuseum, an open-air museum where more than 150 buildings from all over Norway have been assembled. The travellers guide even says it is Europe's original and largest open-air museum :D

While visiting the museum we had the opportunity of watching a demonstration of their traditional dancing!

And here with everybody ;p

Talented me doing some acrobatics...:)

And of course, someone had to do it as well...macho man is macho man... XD

This is how a house looked like in its inside.

This church is called Gol Stave Church and it is a copy from the original built in Hallingdal in 1200.

That's the Nobel Peace Centre building.

Two sweet Trolls in front of a Souvenir shop :D

This is the Opera House...actually a pretty nice building!!

And finally, for Oslo, the square in front of the Oslo Central Station.


Don't miss the next chapter, Trondheim and surroundings XD

Holidays 2009

Hi folks!

Once again we are in the middle of one of our trips around Europe. Here are some pics of the adventure so far...

We @ the exit of Etap Hotel in Tours - France, the first stop after leaving Portugal.

Something in Lübeck I don't remember right now the name :p...however, Lübeck is a very famous city in Germany due to its Marzipan...apart from being a UNESCO Heritage City (or how ever this is called :) )

Here is our Ferrari number 3 (after Ferrari number 1 (Panda) and Ferrari number 2 (Focus) ), and we are in its inside, waiting to enter the Ferry to Danemark.

This is the view from our Hostel in Copenhagen...

Something similar to a bench... eccentricities of the photographer...lol

Photographer being photographed with a pretty girl...XD
(Still in Copenhagen)

And again...

This is - I think - the parliament...but I have to check it up again :p...in Copenhagen, of course

Mr. Photographer on a trip on a boat through the channels of Copenhagen...or whatever those water "streets" were :p


Mr. Photographer was not the only one on the trip XD

The 3 adventurers in Copenhagen.

And the famous street with the colourful houses...in Copenhagen

Last, but not least, the symbol of Copenhagen - apparently...a tribute to the Little Mermaid story.

Well, and that's it, for now...keep looking up our blog if you wish to follow our way!
Kisses and Hugs

O Sonho de Afonso - Afonso's Dream

Well, once again I have been a very lucky girl, because I was given the opportunity of being part of a magnificent project.
This year, the city of Guimarães (THE city :P) celebrated the 900th birthday of our first King, D. Afonso Henriques (for those who don't know it, this is important, since Portugal was founded in Guimarães by him :D). The celebrations took place in the city during 900 hours in 900 days (or something similar ;p). The last event, on the 25th of July this year, was a theatre piece in the form of parade throughout the old city centre. To put the whole thing together, a German theatre company, Theatre Titanick (www.titanick.de) was asked to create a show arround the history of our first King to be showed, as said before, in the form of a parade throughout the streets of the city. To do this, volountiers of Guimarães were asked to participate in the piece, and of course I immediately joined the cause ;). We had three workshops on three weekends, and then the last week of rehersals before the show. It was just amazing! However, nothing compares to the feeling of perfomring for thousands of people, which were watching the parade. There are no words to explain such a great emotion!!!

As far as the story is concerned, it shows Afonso's father's funeral. After it his mother (Teresa) gives him to a tutor in order to raise him. He grows up, learns to ride horses and becomes a strong man. His mother later joined Castela, what didn't really please Afonso and so he decided to fight against his mother (Teresa) and her lover Fernando, conquering as such Portugal's independence...

Here are som pics of the show... :)

And after the show we still had time to have some more fun ;)

O Sonho de Afonso - Videos

For more videos check:

www.youtube.com
www.cidadeberco.com
www.gmrtv.pt

Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas

Dear Friends,

while some people were having fun on Carnival, some others were working very hard in...

LAS VEGAS... ;)

You can see below some pictures of my "business" visit:

Arriving at Las Vegas Airport (11 pm LV time, 7 am gmt time) after a
20h trip through Porto - Madrid - Miami - Las Vegas

Las Vegas BLV, 4 Km of Casino on the left, Casino on the right...


Paris-Las Vegas, the Hotel where I stayed in...
The Tower is more than half the size of the original one... wow


Bellagio - The Hotel of the Movie: "Oceans 11"


Wyn + Encore - The most sophisticated Hotel I have seen in Vegas


LOL... Green M&M is a GIRL????

And that's all Folks... the rest I cannot show because:

"what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas..."

Las Vegas is something different from anything else I have ever seen. Everything is big, in size, in quantity, in quality, ... everybody goes there to have fun and there are no limits...


In the end... I bought my Nikon lens I was looking for for some time... ;)