So, Porto was a great experience, and we really felt like being embraced by its beauty and its simple and welcoming atmosphere.
To travel is to come and see, but it is also to leave and to remember: so, in the end, we had to take our train towards the next stage of our trip, Coimbra.
As a cheap solution, we took a local service train (comboio urbano) to the small city of Aveiro, and then an intercity train to Coimbra.
On the comboio urbano Ilaria felt a bit sad about leaving Porto, and she had an inspiration: she wanted to draw an "azulejo on paper" - but the result went out of control quickly!
To use the black wax crayon is nice, but has some disadvantages :)
We had three hours to wait in Aveiro for the connection, so we decided to wander a bit around this cute place.
Portugal seems to be very generous, and the colors used by street artists in Aveiro are an example of that :)
While we were wandering in the narrow streets surrounded by houses covered with azulejos, we noticed a house which looked very different from the others: it was all blue and turquoise, and we were fascinated by some drawings we saw through the open window...it felt like it was an enchanted house!
Om couldn't resist the temptation to ring the bell, which appeared as a white string leaking from a hole in the door, near the sign "Lua de Sol"...
A black haired portuguese man with deep black eyes opened after a while, and stared at us with a questioning glance. Aware of our uncommon behavior, we tried to explain that we were fascinated by the house and we were too curious about who painted it. He hesitated for a moment, then called the artist: his wife! A cute, smiling woman in coloured cloths, who invited us to enter and offered to show us the house...what a privilege! And what a discovery! The internal walls were completely covered with paintings, drawings, poems...it was the perfect nest for a wonderful family as they were! The couple introduced their son Leonardo, whose lively eyes, even if a little shy, looked at us with curiosity.
The house also hosted some cats and two little parrots, and a small garden on an interior terrace on the second floor.
The house had a name: "Lua de Sol", Moon of Sun, shining of each other's light, forming a small colored universe together with their little star Leonardo.
We told them about the Flying Sketchbook, and we agreed that jamming on it would have been great! Here is the result:
Another universe! With a flower of life too...
Shortly afterwards, sadly we had to leave - our train to Coimbra departed in half an hour, and we took it on the last minute! :)
Hugs to Lua de Sol e Estrela!
