Portuguese India, Weathervanes and Town Painting

I've been wondering about the many Indian restaurants and Indian shops in my nearby town.  Not remembering that I'd been told before about it,  I had to look it up.  Portugal ruled parts of India from 1505 - 1961.   The end of Portuguese rule in India came after military action and a Portuguese surrender.  There's a lot of history in those 400 years in between, including the time during the 1600s when Jews fled persecution in Portugal and came to "Jewtown" in India.

Fast foward to now and I'm here in Portugal having my 3rd dinner from the one takeaway meal I purchased at Gurkha Kitchen two days ago.  They specialize in Indian and Nepalese cuisine.  Excellent (to my Western palate) Chhwela wochha appetizer (spiced chicken with a lentil pancake, that's how they spelled it), prawns saag and  basmati rice.  

I decided to take a walk all the way to town this morning.  It's about 45 minutes of hilly walking (I took the sidewalk/road instead of the steps up and down the cliffs, my knees were happy to skip the stairs) to get to town, definitely do-able, but also not painting or shopping-friendly.  It'd be a long way to carry painting supplies or a bag of groceries.  Still, I got to admire the weathervanes along the way.  

As soon as I got back from that walk, I packed my bags and drove back to paint in town at the beach. It was a beautiful day (getting tired of hearing that?  I'm not!) and I tackled the stacked up buildings from the beach going up the hill.  Not my usual subject matter, but I'm here to try out new things.  It was both lovely to paint and a huge challenge.  I sketched it out first to avoid losing track of all the buildings, and I lost track of them anyway!  Refinement needed, but this was as far as I got after nearly 3 hours of sitting on a rock.