Casa Da Eira dos Nove.
For a long time we haven't posted anything on this blog. In fact, we change the name, the template, but we kept the old posts as draft. For those that are starting your reading adventure with this post, just a brief explanation:
This blog was born from the necessity to share our projects at Quinta do Vale. That little farm was the starting point for our experiences and knowledge building, for dramas and comedies, for many good memories... But Today we need to express ourselves using our own identity.
So, last Christmas, with all family together (Rafa, Ires, Rolf, Salomé, Leonie, Alika [Our helpful volunteer] and Lucas) we decide to work on this new identity.
Sitting together, we thought about a new name for our place.
It was pretty simple and we should have done this earlier. After we asked the older people in the village about the house and how they would call the place many, our neighbors said that this house was known as "O Palheiro" and others said it was known as "Casa da Eira".
Anyway, there are too many others places out there, in Portugal, with this simple names, so we remembered that once we got told that 9 inhabitants of our village were born here.
Our family helped with this decision, and on 24th December our Home was baptized.
Eira in Portuguese means "Smooth or cobbled land where you put to dry thread, shred cereals or vegetables" In this case we have a large sandstone area that was mainly used to dry corn and beans.
This blog was born from the necessity to share our projects at Quinta do Vale. That little farm was the starting point for our experiences and knowledge building, for dramas and comedies, for many good memories... But Today we need to express ourselves using our own identity.
So, last Christmas, with all family together (Rafa, Ires, Rolf, Salomé, Leonie, Alika [Our helpful volunteer] and Lucas) we decide to work on this new identity.
Sitting together, we thought about a new name for our place.
It was pretty simple and we should have done this earlier. After we asked the older people in the village about the house and how they would call the place many, our neighbors said that this house was known as "O Palheiro" and others said it was known as "Casa da Eira".
Anyway, there are too many others places out there, in Portugal, with this simple names, so we remembered that once we got told that 9 inhabitants of our village were born here.
Our family helped with this decision, and on 24th December our Home was baptized.
This is our House. (30th June 2015)
A lot has changed but that is the reason I'm doing this blog, it is a good way of organizing myself and being able to show family, friends and the occasional reader what is happening in this beautiful place.
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