A busy morning awaits us. We’d like to get to know this ancient city a bit and decide to go out in the morning a bit. art supply shop, pharmacy, local bar and then back to the hostel to say goodbye to the French lady, pack up and head for the post office. There is a big newspaper package being send to Brussels again and with VA along the fold, the collected water from all the rivers we pass also gets send to Brussels. Nicolas documents it all carefully for this Ruta del Trompe. The next point on the original fold is Portalegre. The fold directs us through a small part of Spain, but unfortunately it is impossible to cross the border at this point. A natural border, the Crossing has no bridge In the neighbourhood of our fold. Instead of doing the impossible we head for Rodao. We first follow the tracks of the railway. We pass again cork, olive and Eucalyptus trees, and in the end we only see Eucalyptus. Arriving in Rodao explains the landscape. The whole village seems to be build around a paper factory where the Eucalyptus is transformed into paper. They extract cellulose from the young tree of which they make the paper. The smell around the factory reminds us of a mixture of cabbage, sauerkraut and rubber. Trucks go in and out and it’s clear that this factory never stops working.
The town is again one build uphill and at the first bar we hydrate ourself with the local cerveja. When we ask for a place to stay around the village, the whole street gets involved in finding us a place. One man speaks German and directs us to his neighbours. We end up in an apartment in the house of the Cardoso’s. Juliane texts us that she was able to bike today and is happy to stay in Pedro and his daughters house.
Bxl Wildlife Festival – 26/07 – 03/08
(NL) Het project Bxl Wildlife richt zich op de mens en zijn relatie tot de stedelijke omgeving als de natuurlijke habitat. Hoe kunnen we in deze stad leven, verblijven, en produceren? Welke relaties moeten we onderhouden met onze omgeven op menselijk, natuurlijk, dierlijk en kunstmatig vlak?
Bxl Wildlife Festival is een evenement dat elke zomer plaatsvindt en roept het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest tijdelijk uit tot “National Park”. Elke ruimte waar flora voorkomt, wordt beschouwd als potentieel kampeerterrein (braakliggende terreinen, parken, natuurgebieden, tuinen, groene daken, …). Elke nacht wordt doorgebracht op een andere plaats die bepaald wordt tijdens de dagelijkse wandeling. Er is geen programma, er zijn geen genodigden, het festival biedt zich aan als een open doek, is gratis, en open voor iedereen.
(EN) The project Bxl Wildlife focuses on mankind and his relationship to the urban environment and the natural habitat. How can we live, stay and produce in a city? Which relationships do we maintain with our surroundings on a human, natural, animal and artificial level?
Bxl Wildlife Festival is an event that takes place every summer in the Brussels-Capital Region, it’s area of intervention that is temporarily transformed into”National Park.” Every area where flora occurs, is considered a potential campground (vacant lots, parks, nature reserves, gardens, green roofs, …). Every night is spent at another location that is determined during the daily walk. There is no program, there are no guests, the festival offers itself as an open canvas. The festival is free and open to all.
Bxl Wildlife Festival is part of WAB.
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