- Beginning of the journey in the lighthouse of Saint-Vincent Cape: Sophie meets Luis Miguel Ferrira Batista, the head warden of the lighthouse who tells her the story of the lighthouse (a former convent, the importance of the lighthouse and the life of the team of the lighthouse).Then Sophie is kayaking with Trent Morley at the coast near Lagos (cliffs, natural arches) and is received in Lagos by Brett Ringsell (the associate of of Trent).Later Sophie travels by car to Péra where she visits a park with sand sculptures: Zeka , the sand sculptor tells about the International Festival of Sand Sculpture (the arrival of great sculptors and the biodiversity theme of the year).After that Sophie enjoys in Albufeira the fado music; Mafalda Arnauth , the fado singer speaks about the fado music and they have a walk through the streets of this town.Later Sophie travels by car to Monchique: at the road side she meets Paulo who was harvesting arbutus fruits and invites her to his house: there Maria Helena (Paulo's wife) has prepared "asadura de Monchique" , a dish of grilled pork seasoned with lemon and olive oil and enchidas (rice and pork meat).Later Sophie taste the arbutus liquor (23 degrees proof) and Paulo the arbutus spirit (50 degrees proof) and they pay a visit to the potter Leonel Pelo who is working with sandstone and shows how is is painting the potteries.After that Sophie meets in Carrapateira Claude who manages an organic farm: volunteers work on the farm and they received food and accommodation (Claude uses a solar powered oven for the cooking). After that Sophie is at Faro where she meets Manuel José Pereira, a biker who speaks about the "Motoclub" of Faro (since 1982 the bikers of all Europe have a meeting in Faro), and gives a ride to Sophie to Casto Marim: there is a great medieval fair in which all population of the town is participating as the Mayor José Fernandes Estevens told her.Later Sophie travels to the nature reserve of Ria Formosa: he makes a boat tour with the biologist Barbara Abelho who explains her that there are 214 species of birds in this lagoon, then they meet Fabia Pinto, caretaker at the birds rescue center (an eagle owl have been injured): they see also the storks and the gulls of the center.after that Barbara and Sophie visit the village of Arraial Ferreira Neto, a former village of tuna fishermen which has been transformed in a touristic center, Carlos Belhy, who has lived in the village tells her the story of this tuna fishery and later Barbara and Sophie visit the cemetery of the anchors. Besides we see zooms about the great Portuguese navigators, about the Boa Esperança caravel, about the tuna and sardines fishing times, about the re conversion of Luis Lourenco (the solar powered boat for tourists), about the the equilibrium between mass tourism and nature protection, about the Dutch family who organizes dinners for tourists, about the the Portuguese cuisine ( Arminda Badalo preparing the traditional cod fish with potatoes, the revisited Pruguese gastronomy by the 2 two Michelin chef Dieter Koschina), about the new vineyard and cellar of Patrick Agostini, about the horses in Portugal (the hitch races in Estol, the Lusitanian horse) and about the salt marsh in the Ria Formosa nature reserve (traditional production of salt and the "fleur de sel").—zutterjp48
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