We are Happy from Leiria!

A minha Cidade é linda e a sua gente tambem.

Saudades da Alegria de Leiria! :)

Praia de Pedrogao, Leiria. Portugal

Chuva. Vento. Escuridão. O inverno tem destas coisas. Só apetece ficar em casa, no quentinho, a lareira. 
Mas como nem tudo o que é "mau" o é inteira e somente, de vez em quando, aparece um arco-íris para alegrar as vistas e os corações. 
Hoje, estava assim. :) 

La pluie. Le vent. L’obscurité. C’est ça l’hiver. On a juste envie de rester bien au chaud à la maison, près d’un feu de cheminée.

Mas rien n’est complètement négatif. De temps en temps, un arc-en-ciel apparait pour égayer nos yeux et nos cœurs.

Aujourd’hui, c’était comme ça. :)

Rain. Wind. Darkness. This is winter. We just enjoy staying in at the warmth of a nice fireplace.

But nothing is completely bad. From time to time, a rainbow just pops up to enlighten our views and our hearts.

Today, we had such a day. :)

old man in a bench

I was just passing by in my home town and had the most improbable encounter, this lonely old man in a bench.

We exchanged a hello and a how are you today? but I know he wasn't being as candid as I was.

But the whole thing just got me thinking about growing old and growing lonely, and it is sad, just so very sad.

It also made me think of all the weird encounters that I had in my home town and of the me I was back then and how I miss some bits of it. Nothing's the same anymore; not that this is bad, on the contrary, this is life!

Leiria, cidade do meu coração

"And you, what do you do on Wednesday nights?"

I barely set foot in my beautiful town again and I hear about something fabulous happening: the whole city set a time and place to meet every week; motivating one another, people from everywhere gather and take a step forward to a healthier, happier and freer way of life! Every Wednesday, at 9.00 pm, people gather at Praça Rodrigues Lobo for a 30 minute work-out followed by an hour walk or run, around our lovely city, followed by a 30 minutes stretching session, and everyone goes home with the promise of a new appointment for the following week.

www.nel.pt

Congratulations to the handful of people who started this and invited everyone to walk and run along!

Congratulations to my fellow citizen who dared to accept the invite!

Congratulations to everyone to be, somehow, part of this movement I am proud of.

This is the kind of idea I consider worth spreading!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fi62v4FdQg

Will I see you there next week?

Amanhã, novo imposto sobre o sorriso?

Vem o ordenado (quando vem), tiram-nos metade para impostos e salários chorrudos...

Vem o Natal, tiram-nos o espírito de natal - não há iluminações este ano, nem subsidio de natal...

Vem o momento de relax, com os amigos, e tiram-nos a alegria - já nem podemos ir tomar um café no Nekob Maroc ou no Praça café como nos sabiam tão bem, porque fecham os café e os bares...

Nós ficamos sem o conforto da nossa mesa no nosso bar preferido com os nossos amigos, e os donos dos bares, ficam sem o negócio que representa a presença dos seus clientes habituais...

Município de Leiria, quando quiserem, digam, e começamos também a pagar taxas por trazermos um sorriso na cara!

http://www.diarioleiria.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11834&Itemid=135