Orange campervan

There is plenty of them in Scotland. In Portugal we called them "pão de forma", i.e., bread loaf. Here they call it campervan. I think it is a way of going to the hills with style!

Blue waters

This is one of the cascades we skinny-dipped! Beautiful, but freezing water. With this photo I won the 1st prize of a domestic photo competition where friends were invited to eat and to vote on the pictures taken during the weekend in Skye. I guess it was the practice I needed to win a more serious competition later on. But I will talk about that another time.

Blue Sky(e). Again!

Dark shadows are crossing my life in Aberdeen but still, there has been great times spent in the Scottish lands. These pictures were taken in the island of Skye in the west coast and are the memory of a very happy weekeend with friends. We walked the hills, we skinny-dipped in the cold cascades, we crossed rivers, we slept under strong winds. There is no better activity that enjoying the outdoors in Scotland. Skye is one of the most famous islands of the west coast: quiet, colorfoul, sunny, rainy...It fills our souls with incredible pleasure.

Red tomatoes

And more...Spanish food! And of course red is the right colour.

Grey solar panels

Sometime ago I went to Alentejo to help Jonh Loder with his MSc students from the University of Aberdeen. It was very interesting to visit my own country with foreigners. I heard first hand what sensations Portugal, and more specifically the Alentejo, gives to outsiders. Apart from talking to farmers, visiting the Alqueva dam and some hunting estates we also went to the biggest solar panel farm in the world. It was good to know that at least in renewable energy production Portugal is in the leading group of countries.

Yellow codfish

Another beautiful codfish recipe to impress friends. I named it Dina's codfish. A tribute to my aunt Dina who taught me this recipe. I am aware of codfish overfishing and I am reducing my consumption substantially, but it is difficult to avoid cooking it from time to time. It is a link to my country and to my culture...