As Pérolas de Sabedoria nos murais de Portugal (e Espanha)

Bom dia!
No, I will not start with beautiful views from Portugal; they are yet to come.

I will start with what I guess we all hate: vandalism. I hate it too. But if suddenly some of the writings on the walls carry some message, they are even worth portraying. The two below are from Coimbra - the former capital of Portugal, a university town:

This one says: 'The way to happiness is to live in the present', Polish: Drogą do szczęścia jest życie chwilą teraźniejszą.

Here is another one, meaning: 'Happiness is our natural state'; Polish: Szczęście jest naszym naturalnym stanem.

Both were so true to me, as our guide took us to Coimbra for a short walk on the way from Porto to Fatima, which was not included in the schedule. The experience of happiness resulting from being in this kind of present was a very natural state indeed! And the murals corresponded with my mood so well.

O último aqui, the last of the series is in Castellano Spanish. This photo was made in the toilet near the bus station in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. It says: Life is not a feast we imagined, but now that we are here... let's dance! (Polish: Życie nie jest ucztą, jaką sobie wyobrażaliśmy, ale skoro już tu jesteśmy... tańczmy, bawmy się!). As the words were presumably written by pilgrims of Santiago, it makes me wonder: what did they have in mind? :-)

Até a proxima entrada!