Tag: Travel

Agaete

~ Veselin ~ 11 Comments

I visited Agaete to meet a team I work with. The place is charming even off season. The wifi was good. The two co-working spaces we used were convenient. And they make their own coffee in Agaete, which the local guide advertised as the best EU-made coffee.

These coffee beans are drying. Need to be cleaned and roasted and will be ready for consumption. We were given some beans to try, and they were edible 🙂

Team meetups might not be the best reason to work with us but in any case, Automattic is hiring.

The Mountain

~ Veselin ~ 9 Comments

The mountain was unwelcoming today for a second time in a row. We did a brief walk on the horizontal path for about 1.5h. The wind tried to blow us away, and the snow was just enough to make our hats wet. Our new 5-euro sunglasses from Decathlon that cover the side of the eye protected us from the wind very well but it was still unusually cold. The type of weather that makes you want to get out of the mountain as quickly as possible.

The happiest moment of the trip was when we boarded bus 66 and the hike was over 🙂

Tiny Streets

~ Veselin ~ 11 Comments

Kudos to the people in the pre-car age for building places like Sintra, with its tiny streets and bright colors. Modern architects cannot build that. “But where are they going to keep the cars?”