Lisboa

sometimes, yes, most of the times, I just feel like getting serious. either start my studies this autumn, or, find a great job and save money so that i f-i-n-a-l-l-y could go to latinamerica, wich has been my dream the last 2 years..
But, then, the other times I just feel like going on the way I've been doing since I finished highschool 2 years ago, travelling, working .. where I want to go the most right now (and since quite a time) is Lisbon, or Portugal in general, but Lisbon seems like a wonderful, warm city. I lov eportuguese people and the language!!
The company I worked with in Barcelona (telemarketing, euh!) just opened an office in Lisbon, I'm pretty sure I could get work there i I applied...and there are quite many cool hostels where I could apply for work, and maybe even stay at for free, I know alot of hostels do that.
But then, I would probably have to give up the dream about latinamerica (I mean I could probably go later on in life, but I want to do it this winte because of different reasons)
I don't think I would be able to save so much money in Lisbon...

ecological living

I'm way to tired and I should've gone to bed a long time ago but I'm just so excited!!!!
well, it's a long story , that I might tell you another day, but to make it short - me and my friend Lotten (that I met and lived with for 8 months in the community of Taizé) are planning to (after our studies in about 5 years) buy a house on the countryside in the south of europe (we said france probably), and start our own small community where we will be doing alot of farming but also keep doing our arts (clothes, paintings and pottery)..we'll have an atelier and a small shop..

well , first we planned to visit some communities around the world to get some more experiences. and I just found a list with thousands of different communities and eco-villages, and I can't take my eyes off of this list!! I just found a small holding in Portugal where I would love to volunteer for a while (Victoria, stick to your plans for once..you're gonna start you studies soon..)..

and THEN, I found a website for portuguese properties and they just have all of these BEAUTIFUL old countryside-houses with huge gardens wich would be perfect for our future community, and I just want to get it all started NOW!

listen to this for example:

"Traditional village house with 1000m2 garden .There is also a stone building and a garage. The property has water and electricity connected and is situated at the end of a quiet mountain village with superb views out over the surrounding hills. The garden is approximately 1/4 acre with fruit trees and vines. The building is the oldest in the village. There is a cafe around the corner and another two at the other end of the village."

source: aquarios.co.uk