Muralitas

This isn't a post about us as a family but I just had to include it. If you were to come to Cascais at the moment you would be stunned by some stunning murals.

There are little red arrows on some of the cobblestone roads with MURALITAS stencilled into them, pointing the way to various works of art. I don't know who commissioned them, but they are in out-of-the way little alleys and they are simply gorgeous. And somewhere in each of them is written Cascais 2014.



I don't have a panorama setting so I tried, somewhat unsuccessfully, to capture how this beautiful piece of art extends around a curved wall.

It's a depiction of the waves and beach themes of Cascais leading up to a parting of the seas, which looks like a zipper being opened by a butterfly. Continuing on is the iconic lighthouse of Farol and the accompanying gorgeous building (which might be a museum??) and then continues along the coastline in a 3D illusion. I love it!




Pardon my photography... There is a building right behind me, which prevented my from getting a shot of the entire wall.

The top photo is the knitter's profile (obviously) and the crest of her scarf. The bottom one encompasses her ball of wool and some more of her scarf in progress. Much better in real life...



This is one of my favourites which, like most of the others, it's when you get up close the detail becomes fascinating.