🇵🇹 Portugal

The end of stormy and cold day at a small village the Barroso region at Northern Portugal, the only glimpse of sunshine and color we had that day. #portugal #tras-os-montes joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00…

Finished masks and past years mask contest trophies inside a workshop joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #shrovetide 

The end of Shrovetide, as one of the caretos takes off his mask parade joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #shrovetide

Inside a cellar at one of Lazarim houses, where I was promised a glass of jeropiga joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00…  #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #shrovetide #portrait

A worn vase with dried flowers at closed small chapel of Lazarim joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00…  #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #shrovetide

The blackboard of elementary school, with the writing from the last school day before Carnival (February 5th) joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #shrovetide

Traditional small fishing boat on the shore of the wetlands near Alcochete by the Tagus river joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #portugal #tejo

Unexpected, empty and somehow out of place football fields have been a strange interest of mine for some years joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #portugal #montemuro #football

Caretos from Trás-Os-Montes, some of the invited groups at Lazarim, doing tricks to the crowd watching the parade. joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #shrovetide

Young boy intrigued and delighted with a careto during Shrovetide parade at lazarim joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #shrovetide

Young men and motorbikes, it’s in Morocco but could be in Portugal, India or Vietnam  joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #street #morocco #marrakesh

Finished masks and past years mask contest trophies inside a workshop joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #shrovetide 

Careto wearing the typical wood mask just before the Lazarim Shrovetide parade joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #shrovetide

Small church under a stormy sky at village of Barroso regionhttp://joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I0000wdvwu29M_Oo #portugal #trasosmontes

Bica neighborhood, with the decorations of the Santo Antonio festivities hanging from the balconies. joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #bica #lisbon #portugal #street

Concertinas e mais concertinas. #portugal #concertina #vscocam #snapshot #androidonly

Last one from last weekend. #latergram #lazarim #beiraalta #portugal #snapshot #vscocam #androidonly (at Lazarim, Viseu, Portugal)

My partners in crime last weekend 😀 #lazarim #portugal #beiraalta #cafe #snapshot #androidonly #vscocam (at Lazarim, Viseu, Portugal)

Closed window, closed house. #lazarim #beiraalta #portugal #snapshot #androidonly #vscocam (at Lazarim, Viseu, Portugal)

Road to Lazarim. #portugal #beiraalta #lazarim #snapshot #androidonly #vscocam (at Lamego)

Choosing the next steps. #mask #craftsman #entrudo #shrovetide #lazarim #beiraalta #portugal #carnival #carnaval #vscocam #snapshot #androidonly (at Lazarim, Viseu, Portugal)

We’re on the road! Going after the traditional carnival of Portugal. #portugal #snapshot #report #lighttravelers (at A1 Norte)

#beer & #cigarette. #street #nightlife #lisbon #bairroalto #vscocam #fujixt10 #fujifilm_xseries (at Bairro Alto, Lisboa - Portugal)

A moment during the Death of the Lord mass, on Good Friday joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #semanasanta #braga #portugal

Young boys “measuring” the strength of the bull during the Capeia joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #portugal #capeiaarraiana

The always present red carnation, a red-wing symbol in Portugal, during a Mayday protest joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #lisbon #portugal

Cleaning the restaurant before opening joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #alfama #lisbon #portugal

The search for the abandoned villages continues. #portugal #beirabaixa #snapshot #androidonly #vscocam

One by one the dovecotes of Castilla y León (and also Portugal’s Trás-Os-Montes region), once common, fall into pieces. joaoalmeida.photoshelter.com/image/I00… #spain

Earth to whoever is listening… If if wasn’t for miss @anitados7oficios I would not stop here! Worth the soggy clothes and shoes filled with mud!

#antenna #clouds #sintra #portugal #vscocam #snapshot #androidonly