today i walked

on my day off i slept later then i thought. i got up at 8. instead of just using water for my oatmeal i used some soy milk! i also put in some apple and banana and honey. i also drank coffee. while i was doing this i boiled 2 eggs. i ate the oatmeal, packed the eggs in a tupperware with some carrots and a pare. pair. paier. the fruit.
then i headed on a walk. the walking path was marked with yellow and red stripes to direct which way to follow. i have been at this place for 2 weeks now and this is the first time i really ventured out. i have been buisy. i noticed many eucalyptus trees. there is a factory that processes them for their ( a word that begins with a c) to make paper. they are planted by the company throughout the area which is not a very good thing. they are invasive trees with deep roots and they really hog the water from the other plants.
around here the houses are very very old. many made with stones. the not so old ones are made with clay blocks. the trail i was walking brought me through and abandoned village. michael and maobi had told me about this place. everyone that lived there was very old and died. there was one lady still living there until a short while ago she moved to an elderly peoples place. now there is no one at all. the houses are falling apart and nature is taking over, with many trees growing inside them. some of the houses still have things in them, like cooking supplies and clothes. it was a very eery place.
up the path a little more i sat and decided to meditate. it was the first time i tried meditating in a long, long time. but i was very nice. after the meitation i found some chocolate in my bag i didn't know i had.
then, more up the path there was a tree full of red balls. the outer skin was soft and pointed all over. i later found out the fruit was edible. so maybe ill go back and eat some.
i could see alot of the land surrounding the mountain from where i was. things are so much more green then they were when i first got to portugal. i set the camera to take a 10 second delayed picture of me while i was up there. it came out a little goofy. i didnt get too too lost on this adventure