Charnequinha do Sossego

16/12/2017

My cosy living room. So nice to relax in front of the open fireplace!

12/12/2017

Beautiful Beja ... only an hour by car from Ourique and Charnequinha do Sossego

08/12/2017

05/12/2017

Caldo verde, a potato and kale soup originally from the north, is one of Portugal's national dishes. It just seems custom-made for lazy rainy days, when you want something hearty and comforting ...

04/12/2017

A tiny bit colder in my oak grove these days, but as H.G. Wells rightly said: “Wet or fine, the air of Portugal has a natural happiness in it”

25/11/2017

"Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing." (Cliff Richard)

18/11/2017

"Let's start by taking a smallish nap or two ..." (Winnie the Pooh) 🐻😴😉

14/11/2017

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07/11/2017

“The sea with an end can be Greek or Roman: the endless sea is Portuguese” (Fernando Pessoa).

This picture was taken roughly three hours by car from Charnequinha do Sossego. A great destination for a day trip! You find this rocky coast near Cabo de São Vicente, the southwesternmost point of the European continent. In the early medieval times this area was considered to be Finis Terrae, the end of the world known at that time. Followed by the endless sea ...

06/11/2017

An old Portuguese proverb says "A house without either a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel". No worries about that in this house! :-)

01/11/2017

" ... who kisses the joy as it flies / lives in eternity's sunrise" (William Blake). Mornings at Charnequinha do Sossego, kissing the joy!

28/10/2017

They say "Any Portuguese town looks like bride's finery - something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue". These pictures are taken in Ourique, just a few miles from the Charnequinha do Sossego.