segunda-feira, 29 de setembro de 2008

Mackers




Katie arrived at 5 am – to hug her and Linda in Lisbon bus station in the cool night was a surreal moment. We stayed in Lisbon for 3 more days. We relaxed in the Centro Cultural de Belem´s gardens, where there is super-fat mossy grass and olive trees and people doing Pilates and reading. We went to TiNatercias again, of course, and markets to get dreads. All the while settling into the new house, adjusting to the dynamics – it was all pretty intense. Still in English time, we would go to bed early and get up early, all curled up together in the bed. The smell in the bathroom was still a source of concern. Marco left on the 3rd September. It really felt, once again, like a foundation had been pulled out from underneath me. He was dreading returning home and the farewell at the airport was painful. (I have since heard from Marco that he has got a job as a director of a small paper and is coming back to visit in October.) One day when Katie was at the beach with Bruno, me and Linda did some serious planning, with the map unfolded on the floor and the laptop on the side. With some kind of route planned out, we set out to buy saucepans, grills, babywipes, among other things.


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