Day 9

I found a new hobby. Its incredibly simple and one may think its rather boring but its not. In the vening, after I leave the lab I walk around the city . Unfortunaqtely by camera is very bad for night pictures so I won't show them here but I discovered very interesting things about the city I might not have otherwise known. There is a Philarmonic Orchestra place (I am affraid I don't know the technical name for it). I passed by there and it was nice to see the locals all dressed up for the show. It was also very cool to see a guy with a xylofone. Not those colored things we all had as kids but a real one. And the guy was very good at it. I passed by him on the way to the river-side where I planned to have dinner. When I returned I wanted to drop him a few coins (which I rarely do) but the guy was already packing up to leave ... so he didn't get my 0.2€. Yesterday I took another walk but this time it was much closer and not-so-interesting (especially because it was raining). But for some reason rain here is not as annoying as rain in Portugal. Perhaps because its more constant. In Portugal we tend to have strong showers that make you totally wet. Here its just that chuva-molha-parvos. Even without an umbrella I managed to walk. But I do have one, a very pink one, I'lll have to take a picture of it sometime.
If nothing else these walks allow me to get to know the city and find my way arround. And before the sun sets I really get to see the city in a new light. The tress in particular are getting these lovely red colors. Of course I know this is a side effect from chlorophyll dying and we get to see the carotenoids