Saturday, December 31, 2016

Before we start.

Hello! 
Welcome to Casa da Eira dos Nove!
Rafa and Lucas have their hearts here. 

This peaceful household is located in Casais de S.Clemente, a small village with 150 people, that is 7km from Miranda do Corvo and 20km away from Coimbra.


Lucas' parents came to Portugal 30 years ago, approximately. They recognized many advantages to start a new life in Portugal, so here their three children were born, many animals had a good life, volunteers and guests helped around..
However, life doesn't go always as we wish and the farm was in standby for 8 years.
Meanwhile, Lucas, that grew up surrounded by nature, after some years studying programming, decided to dedicate himself to the place where he was born.

Along with his father, they started to clean and rebuild all the land. Rafa appeared and helped on this demand, along with almost 200 hundred volunteers, that came between January 2012 and December 2016.
Many good and bad events occurred since then - too many to tell you about. But, after 4 years, the project called Quinta do Vale came to an end. 

For almost a year we were re-organizing our lives and thoughts, and today, we are together on a new project, that define who we truly are. 

We hope you can follow our adventures!
Feel yourself at Home.

Rafa