the museum of my life

The Museum of my life - Pure nostalgy

1 - Matchbox Toys - Ford Galaxy Fire car 1966

When I was six or seven , this was my favourite toy. I don't know why. I loved that car, the design, the colour... I used to have many Matchbox car series. The red one, was special, the colour, the american style...

CAUNY swiss watch

When I was nine years old, my brother offered me , for my birthday, a nice swiss whatch Cauny,a very popular swiss brand. I really apreciated that. I put it everyday, during several years.

3 - My acoustic guitar Yamaha

When I was fifteen, I have decided to work during my summer holidays to earn some money. During three month I've worked as an assistant both in the construction as in the vineyards, in my village. Three month later I could by an acoustic guitar Yamaha . I still have it, and sometimes, I play a little with my daughters.

4 - LP "The Wall" by Pink Floyd

I still have a long collection of LP vynil records, but that one remembers me the time when I was nineteen years old. I have very good memories. At that time it was very common to join each other's house to listen to the music and it was very common to find very good albums. We used to smoke a cigarrette and talk during hours about music. There was no MP3 or CD player but only Cassetes and Vynil records. " The wall " was a double album; it was very expensive. Later came also the film.

5 - My Dog "Negrito"

It was a superb dog. he followed me everywhere. It was my best friend. Of course I could never forget "him"

6 - My Horse " FURI"

You cannot imagine what I could do with my horse. He could follow me for hours if I gave him a a piece of bread, a carot or something sweet. My horse was a fantastic "garrano" an horse race original from Gerês and Galicia, very resistant, strong and speedy. My father has got him to work in the vineyards. We use to ride like mads. He was not very tall but very , very speedy.

7 - Switzerland

It is not an object but this country has contributed a lot for what I am today. I decide to leave Portugal to the country of chocolate . This was the best period of time (11 years). I decided to post a photo of just three month after mon arrival in the "alpage", in 1980. The alpage is up in the mountain. These places are normally covered by snow, in the winter for skying, but in summer this the place where cows come up to "enjoy" the tender green grass.

8 - MARANTZ Stereo Device

It's a powerful stereo Marantz. I have used it and still use it and, after 22 years. It really still works. Time to times I get up, a saturday morning, I switch it on and pass all my vynil records. It's good to to back in time.


9 - FIAT Ritmo 105 TC

This car was my first car. I bought it in 1987. This car represents perhaps, the best period of my life. I used to drive it listening U2, Simple Minds, David Bowie, among many others with a very loud sound. At the start it was speedier than a VW Golf.

10 - My NOKIA

The arrival of the mobile Cell Phone has completed changed our lifes. I remember the first Nokias and Ericsson mobiles. At the begining, they were very heavy, simple to handle, but soon the techique has improved and have changed the size and high capacity, multifuctions as Mp3, camera, Fm stereo receiver etc. My favourite Nokia was the first very small mobile. It was practicle, long lasting batteries and had very nice design. I still have this one at home.

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