Ilaria and Om in Portugal: Zambujeira do Mar

So, in the end, we had to leave Lisbon too. It was very hard, and to pass the bridge on the Tejo filled us with a melancholic mood and the wish to come back soon.

But our bus was taking us on the way to a new, very exciting experience: to finally meet the Atlantic Ocean. Ilaria already came across its breeze and waves some years ago, in Senegal, while Om Sharan never saw it before.

The first sight of the shore in Zambujeira do Mar was amazing, just before the sunset.

Om Sharan felt like a child who discovers Nature for the first time...

...and the day after he wrote a song, called "Ocean for Two".

We found a very nice beach nearby the town of Zambujeira do Mar, called Alteirinhos, where we could finally get sunburnt like any other respectable tourist :)

Here, the breeze first sang the notes of "Ocean for Two".

Ilaria had her inspiration too, and her feelings took the form of a fish, which promptly swam to the Flying Sketchbook!

We also forgot to show you a picture of another sketch, which is still unfinished: Om Sharan drew it on the bus from Serra da Estrela to Lisbon...colors will come, sooner or later, to complete the picture.