When I’m walking in the woods, I always observe the nature around.

In this moment we live in Santiago do Caçem, one of the most nice city in alentejo, a south region of Portugal.

Santiago, anciently called Mirobriga, from its first habitants, the Celts, is a beautiful city surrounded by greenery, ideal for who, like me, loves natural habitats. where make walking.

After Celts, the ancient Romans arrived on the territory and with them, the green culture was strenghten.

Here there are hills, a little like Rome…🤔 It can be they chose this territory because remembered them Rome??? Boh.

However, every hill is full of trees, typical of Mediterranean bush ( even thought we’re in west Portugal, on Atlantic Ocean), and one of these is Laurel.

Laurel is an aromatic plant, usually used for cooking fish and meat; it gives a good taste to the dishes and also has healthy properties: astringent, diuretic, digestive, antiinflammatory.

It contains vitamin C, potassium, caffeic acid which lowers bad cholesterol and rutina for the proper functioning of the capillaries.

After I collect it, let it dry in a paper bag, and then, I put it in a glass jar and I use it to make infusions too.😄