Spending Sunday evening at the local venue to see “Miss Lady Emma” was a great way to start week 2 here in Portugal. She’s a musician who packed up her life into a camper back in June 2016 and has been touring Europe since picking up gigs in pubs and small venues. Check her out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LadyMissEmmaMusic/ and youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/LadyMissEmma. She was amazing live, and quite inspiring too!
After a week of settling in Tomar, it was time to get a move on with viewing properties. We had quite a few that sparked our interest up near the Serra da Estrela region which is about 2 hours north east from Tomar. Thankfully, we found an awesome Bed and Breakfast near the village of Seia to stay for the week. Not only is the location ideal for the property hunting, but also the hosts Gregory and Carolina have been amazingly helpful and wonderful to us. Not to mention the food is delicious, most of it straight from their garden! http://www.pureportugalholidays.com/property/quinta-da-luz/
http://quintadaluz.org/
http://quintadaluz.org/
The first couple of days trying to get acquainted with the area and weed out the properties that didn’t fit our criteria felt overwhelming at times. And we quite literally hit a bump in the road down the dirt track to the very first property we viewed. Thankfully the resultant clicking noise sounding from our ’93 merc. was an easy and cheap fix. A trip the following morning to the local mechanic, and she’s back to running like a charm.
We’ve seen some beautiful spots along our hunt, but only one seems to tick all of the boxes on our wish list, and it really just feels right when we’re there. Our first visit to the property was a foggy wet Thursday. It was tricky enough to figure out the GPS coordinates the estate agent gave us to discover it on our own. But eventually we found the ruin sitting 4 terraces up from the Rio Seia which borders one side of the property. All of the land is pretty overgrown with Mimosa trees, which was part of the difficulty in finding it. However, under all the Mimosa are gorgeous stone walled terraces that climb up the property. And the sounds of the river make the place majestic. We’re pretty excited about this one, but we still have a few more days in the area to continue our search and see a few more.
We’ve seen some beautiful spots along our hunt, but only one seems to tick all of the boxes on our wish list, and it really just feels right when we’re there. Our first visit to the property was a foggy wet Thursday. It was tricky enough to figure out the GPS coordinates the estate agent gave us to discover it on our own. But eventually we found the ruin sitting 4 terraces up from the Rio Seia which borders one side of the property. All of the land is pretty overgrown with Mimosa trees, which was part of the difficulty in finding it. However, under all the Mimosa are gorgeous stone walled terraces that climb up the property. And the sounds of the river make the place majestic. We’re pretty excited about this one, but we still have a few more days in the area to continue our search and see a few more.
Oh and Hugo and Harvey have been troopers through it all! We got them some nice sheep wool blankies for the back seat. Harvey especially has embraced the adventure in hiking around these beautiful pieces of land!! Hugo doesn't mind adventuring where there isn't too much brush and otherwise has needed to be carried at times. But really he seems to prefer his cozy blanket in the back.
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