1000 Things: 07.10

from the 1st of June to the 4th of July. it was the 'Arraial da Madalena', a kind of a fair that occurs every year near Terreiro do Paço, in the heart of Lisbon, a few meters from the sea.

shows everyday: portuguese popular music

movement. all kinds of people: young and old, freaks and geeks, rich and poor, hippes and headbangers, ...

but they all had a thing in common: they all were there to have fun

my aunt had 2 bunkers there and i've been there helping out

i've met lots of people, people that i never thought i'd meet and much less i'd like them

some of those people used to help us taking care of the bunkers and we would give them food and shelter in the night (my aunt let them sleep in the bunkers so that they would not have to sleep in the streets as they use to do all year).

at the beggining i used to get away from them but as time passed i got to know them better.

i've started noticing that we cannot take a conclusion about someone's personality only based on what they look like from the outside. it's a pity that despite everybody like to pronounce this phrase, only some apply this in the real life...

as the time passed, i started getting used to those people, and i started kinda liking them.

now that the fair is over i wont see them no more.

i wish them all the luck in their constantly search for a better life