Work continues apace at converting the 100 year old factory into six apartments. The first photo shows the construction plans with an artist's rendering of what the building will look like when finished. The rest of the photos show us mixing sand, rocks, water and cement to make concrete, and then using a bucket brigade to deliver buckets of the concrete - up by rope through a hole in the ceiling to the second floor, then by hand across the second floor to someone who passes it to the people pouring the concrete into supports for the third floor.
We did not work Tuesday as Portugal celebrates Carnival (the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of the Christian period of Lent). Here are some photos I took of other work that was being done on Wednesday.
Wednesday evening, we took a taxi into Braga, had an hour to wander around and then has a superb meal at P Place Restaurant - we shared sangria, appetizers of spring rolls, chicken wings and cheese balls. The lasagna servings were large enough to two people. I had an amazing chicken taco salad. And we all had fine desserts before taking a taxi back to the Domus.
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