Vila Nicolina in Águas da Prata: Making a new sidewalk

When we first arrived in Águas da Prata we came across this vila for rent. We looked it over and immediately started to discuss renting with the then owner. However, the owner decided to stay in the house rather than move to another city as she was quite ill and fragile.

Subsequently she died and the new owners began a marvelous reconstruction/renovation of the Vila Nicolina. A few years later we rented a house across the corner from Vila Nicolina.

This blog is the story of that reconstruction, step by step, in photos.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Making a new sidewalk

The first thing they did was to "Build the Sidewalk". They cleaned out the old sidewalk, leveled the ground and then, square by square, using moulds they cast the sidewalk. They chose not to use tiles but rather to use concrete. They also started working on the Wall at the same time. See the posts about the Wall.

This is the sidewalk along the north side.D

This is the "front" sidewalk along the east side.

Later they planted trees.

In the spring the trees began to bloom.

This was just the start of the gardening. See more trees and flowers in the posts about the Grounds.

Photos by Urso Branco