Last week I shared my impressions of the trip to the cork forests of Portugal with you. Before I headed to the cork oak forests, I had spent a sunny day in the beautiful capital of Portugal, in Lisbon. I must say that I love the city’s name in Portuguese: Lisboa sounds so mellow, warm and it carries the promise of golden sunsets on the shores of the Tejo river with the melancholic sounds of a Fado song. …
Last week I was off to Portugal with a mission: to learn more about the natural material cork and its use in interior design. And to harvest cork myself. With the local people in the cork oak forests of the Alentejo region in southern Portugal.…
Today it’s time to reveal a little plan to you: Next week I will be going to Portugal to learn everything about a great natural material also used in interior design: cork. I have never thought about cork in particular apart from the moments when I’d be sniffing on a cork from a just opened bottle of wine.…