ahahah, the ending of the previous post was just inviting trouble from the universe, wasn’t it…? of course our good fortune didn’t last: we arrived back in aveiro to find a leaking tap, a flooded bathroom and ruined floorboards. *sigh* later in the week we also found a screw embedded in on of our tires, which is now leaking air. *double sigh*

anyway, it was actually a good week, overall. for one, there was pizza! the house of campos-magalhães has a few rules, and one of them is that we only eat pizza once every 2 weeks, so it’s usually a special treat. we’re now slowly exploring the pizzerias in aveiro, in search of our new favorite.

i started a course on chinese history, which i’m kind of excited about. i miss learning, and the local university’s masters in chinese studies is kind of tempting… but at the same time, i’m wary of putting so much time into pursuing something like that. so i thought maybe i could make myself a little “china studies” curriculum instead and see what i could learn by myself that way, by studying a bit everyday. i want it to be broad ranging, and cover the different subjects that would be covered in a uni program. so far, so good!

i managed to score “first orchard” on vinted, discounted and in very good condition, yay! it’s a collaborative boardgame for small kids, in which you play together to pick all the fruits before the raven gets to the orchard. the wooden chunky pieces are really satisfying to hold, and it makes a great first boardgame for kids. we played it with little niece, who immediately learned all the rules and challenged everyone to play with her.

the boy’s dad celebrated his 89th birthday this week, so we grabbed his mom as well as little niece and visited all our parents on the weekend. the village was celebrating st. peter’s, so there were festivities and music and lots of aunties and cousins to catch up with.

and because it’s summer, my parents’ farm is in full swing and we came home with the trunk bursting with produce! i barely have enough time to cook all the stuff before another batch comes in… the fridge is permanently bursting at the seams!