71.04 Portugal: Geres: Trilho da Aguila do Sarilhao, a lake supreme, reflecting nature's miracles.
We often find ourselves in varying environments. It is a very pleasant experience most of the time. Whilst the places we visit have much in common, the natural elements, each does seem to have at least one thing that's unique. In many locales, we find a certain calmness, a tranquility that enters, for want of a better term, the soul. We are often touched by the surroundings which much of the time exert an influence over us that is quite difficult to clarify, to elucidate. It might be that each person is affected differently. It brings us to the town and only national park in Portugal. The location is known as Peneda-Geres National Park. We bring this up because in ways we are deeply influenced by its charm, its power and in the words of Jenni, it's an enchanted place. We agree...text continues below... Making her way down through the forest (and up at times) to reach and partly traverse the lake. Unfortunately, the photograph is artificially lightened as Jen was...