Uma das minhas preocupações desde o inicio deste blog, foi procurar feedback de visitas ao Faial, existem milhares de referências, mas de vez em quando aparece algumas engraçadas. O mais mencionado será sem dúvida, o vulcão, a caldeira, o verde, as hortênsias, a fabulosa vista para a montanha do Pico, a marina e suas pinturas, não esquecendo a "maldição" de que caso não façam uma pintura nas suas muralhas, algo vai correr mal, as referências ao Peter, principalmente por pessoas ligadas ao mar, nem é preciso lembrar, enfim, umas mais que outras, cada um tem os seus gostos, e as suas preferências...
Hoje no entanto, encontrei isto e algo mais, por isso dei o nome a este post: Sinais dos Tempos...
"It's a great place to raise kids, he said, and he and his wife love the island because it is so safe."
"The worst of it would be the teenage couples sitting on the sea wall necking. The first time I walked down the dock and I passed by one such makeout session, I almost felt as if I was interrupting."
"It is allegedly bad luck if you visit Horta and fail to paint your boat's name on the dock or wall. With 1,500 ships a season passing through, literally thousands of colorful paintings cover nearly every square inch of concrete in the marina."
"Tourists walk up and down the marina, examining what amounts to an outdoor museum. Some of the paintings are decades old. It brings a festive atmosphere to the place, as every ship that makes it safely into port after crossing most of the great pond is happy."
"The art is so famous in the marine world, and Horta is so proud of them that Ernaldo decorated his restaurant Quebra Mar with photos of some of the best yacht-art works."
"At the central market, you can purchase grapes in a wicker basket, sold by the woman who picked them. "
"Or pick a fresh local fish, like a forkbeard, and have a Ukranian immigrant named Wasil clean it on sight. Wasil said there was more work in Horta than in the Ukraine."
"Horta is a place where – when the world is too much with you near and far - you could take a box of books and repair there for three months, and emerge well-read refreshed."
Resumindo, aqui nos Açores, vivemos num paraíso, e por vezes nem nos apercebemos, oxalá assim permaneça por muitos anos.
Sendo assim, aqui fica a música da semana:
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