in Ericeira the windows of the houses devour the hungry sea<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nEntitled \u201cJourney to Ericeira, World Surfing Reserve\u201d, the text begins by locating and characterizing Ericeira, giving some indications about what to see and where to surf in the village of the sea urchins.<\/p>\n
The piece, which presents itself as a trip between Ericeira and Guincho beach, also finds room for some poetic passages, such as one in which one can read the following: \u201cThey say that in Ericeira the windows of the houses devour the hungry sea. And that its port, its houses and streets are another letter of the alphabet that the Phoenicians left floating on the horizon when they used it as a commercial port in their contact with Northern Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giving special emphasis, as would be expected, to the seven waves that make up the World Surfing Reserve, it also talks about the streets, nooks and soul of Ericeira, which fits together with some of the \u201cmost captivating places in the Iberian Peninsula\u201d.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nAfter Lisbon – the article also speaks of Sintra and Cabo da Roca, before getting to Guincho -, it’s Mafra’s turn, nicknamed \u201cthe Portuguese Escorial\u201d, in reference to the Spanish Monastery of Escorial. Here they write about the set that is currently part of UNESCO’s world heritage – and from the Palace to Tapada, it presents the \u201cgreatest landmark of Portuguese Baroque architecture\u201d.<\/p>\n