In the words of my 6-year old: "It was a wonderful day! Easter in Portugal is better than in Canada. Here, the "Coelho de Pascoa" gives you presents and WAY more candy!"
Yeah, because she has no where else to spend her cash!
A glimpse of our day:
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| We awoke to a gorgeous, sunny day to discover Portugal's Easter Bunny made it to our apartment. We were relieved to hear she was deemed an essential service. |
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| The Easter Bunny left us a scavenger hunt in Portuguese. And we nailed it! |
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| The hunt took us through our building (even emptier now with the ban on all travel out of constituency this Easter weekend). |
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| Jonty teaching Catarina how to eat a candy necklace. Important life skill. |
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| Breakfast was bacon, eggs, and "folar", a traditional Portuguese Easter Bread. Only mom liked it... |
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| After skipping and playing racquetball in the courtyard, we had a ZOOM call with Portuguese family. We'd never done that before! |
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| We ate lunch on our balcony. The sun was shining, the beach deserted, there was no wind. The ocean was many shades of majestic blue. |
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| Everyone had a say in the lunch menu. Jonty - lamb & tomatoes; Gabi - chicken & juice; Catarina: carrots & french fries; Mom: Sangria; Dad...he got to BBQ in the hot sun! |
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| Honestly, it felt like we were at a private resort in the Caribbean. 26C on our balcony! Despite the Quarantine, somehow it still feels like we're on holiday. |
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| We couldn't go to the beach today, so the girls improvised. At least the sound of the waves was real! |
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| We finished the day with a 2 hour hike in the woods behind our apartment. We found a waterfall and followed it down to the ocean. This was taken the day before on the other side of the mountain (today we had no phones). |
This is so lovely 😊❤️
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