{"id":11337,"date":"2025-05-19T05:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T05:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/?p=11337"},"modified":"2025-05-19T06:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:44:17","slug":"ziua-6-strajerii-apusului","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/en\/drumetii-lungi-pelerinaje\/ziua-6-strajerii-apusului\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6: Keepers of the sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11337\" class=\"elementor elementor-11337\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc91460 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc91460\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementkit-tab-wraper   elementskit-fitcontent-tab\">\n            <ul class=\"nav nav-tabs elementkit-tab-nav  elementskit_tooltip_style elementskit_tooltip_style\">\n                                    <li class=\"elementkit-nav-item elementor-repeater-item-e7fb3c4\">\n                        <a class=\"elementkit-nav-link  active show left-pos\" id=\"content-e7fb3c469dff84153a31-tab\" data-ekit-handler-id=\"traseul\" data-ekit-toggle=\"tab\" data-target=\"#content-e7fb3c469dff84153a31\" href=\"#Content-e7fb3c469dff84153a31\"\n                            data-ekit-toggle-trigger=\"click\"\n                            aria-describedby=\"Content-e7fb3c469dff84153a31\">\n                            <span class=\"far fa-map elementskit-tab-icon\"><\/span>                            <span class=\"elementskit-tab-title\"> The trail<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                        <li class=\"elementkit-nav-item elementor-repeater-item-9077dfd\">\n                        <a class=\"elementkit-nav-link  left-pos\" id=\"content-9077dfd69dff84153a31-tab\" data-ekit-handler-id=\"povestea\" data-ekit-toggle=\"tab\" data-target=\"#content-9077dfd69dff84153a31\" href=\"#Content-9077dfd69dff84153a31\"\n                            data-ekit-toggle-trigger=\"click\"\n                            aria-describedby=\"Content-9077dfd69dff84153a31\">\n                            <span class=\"icon icon-open-book elementskit-tab-icon\"><\/span>                            <span class=\"elementskit-tab-title\"> The tale<\/span>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                <\/ul>\n\n            <div class=\"tab-content elementkit-tab-content\">\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-e7fb3c4  active show\" id=\"content-e7fb3c469dff84153a31\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-e7fb3c469dff84153a31-tab\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <ul><li>Trail type: point to point<\/li><li>Starting point: Seixas<\/li><li>Stopping point: Valen\u00e7a\u00a0<\/li><li>Trail blazing:<\/li><\/ul><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1990 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/340px-Muszla_Jakuba.svg-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/340px-Muszla_Jakuba.svg-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/340px-Muszla_Jakuba.svg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/340px-Muszla_Jakuba.svg-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/340px-Muszla_Jakuba.svg.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1992 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-29-072940-300x264.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"45\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-29-072940-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-29-072940-14x12.png 14w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-29-072940.png 463w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 45px) 100vw, 45px\" \/><\/p><ul><li>Distance: ~27 km<\/li><li>Duration: ~8-9hrs with breaks<\/li><li>Equipment:<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/en\/echipament\/#pelerinaj-vara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer long trip\/pilgrimage equipment<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mapy.com\/s\/lojuvokero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Map<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11340 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca.png 691w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-11x12.png 11w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mapy.com\/s\/gebavadoba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elevation gain<\/a>: ~496 m<\/li><\/ul><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11341 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-elev-gain-300x219.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-elev-gain-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-elev-gain-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-elev-gain.png 386w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/12163077991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strava stats<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11342 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-strava.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-strava.png 687w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-strava-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/seixas-valenca-strava-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/p><ul><li>Food\/water:<ul><li>Seixas \u2194 2,9 km \u2194 Lanhelas<\/li><li>8,9 km \u2194 Vila Nova de Cerveira<\/li><li>9,9 km \u2194 S\u00e3o Pedro da Torre<\/li><li>2,7 km \u2194 Cristelo Covo<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Accommodation:<ul><li>Valen\u00e7a is a big town and the accommodation options are plenty, with at least two albergues and lots of hostels and hotels. We stayed at Albergue de peregrinos S\u00e3o Teot\u00f3nio, with a capacity of 85 beds in multiple rooms, for 8 euros\/person. They have a kitchen and a dining room where you can cook your own meal. Nearby there are at least two supermarkets and laundromats.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><figure id=\"attachment_2676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2676\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"#povestea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2676 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-6-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-6-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-6-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-6.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tale of the trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"tab-pane elementkit-tab-pane elementor-repeater-item-9077dfd\" id=\"content-9077dfd69dff84153a31\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n                         aria-labelledby=\"content-9077dfd69dff84153a31-tab\">\n                        <div class=\"animated fadeIn\">\n                            <p>Dear traveler,<\/p><p>I slept like a baby in the yellow with a blue shell top bunk bed. After this good night's sleep and a shorter day, I feel ready for anything that might await today on the trail.<\/p><p>We start off in the morning's chilly air but with a first stop at the pastry shop from the street corner. Mamarmot says that we won't be finding any stores for a while today so it's better to eat something. Crunchy sandwich and something sweet and now I'm ready to go.<\/p><p>We walk on narrow streets that go up and down, followed by the running track next to the river and the trail goes on next to houses and under stone and flower covered arches.\u00a0<\/p><p>It's so quiet as if nobody dares to wake up at this time of day, so I'm also trying not to be too noisy although that doesn't suit me.\u00a0<\/p><p>The trail gets more wild, the stone arches turn into blackberry bushes that are showing off their spikes but also their ripe fruit. Delicious! The bushes are more and more present at every step and they climb higher and higher. I've never seen blackberry bushes that would climb onto trees. Should I even say how full of blackberries they are? And when I think that Mamarmot was afraid we won't find anything to eat ...<\/p><p>We reach back into the forest, this time filled with ferns and gigantic pine cones. The sunrays are beautifully filtering through them and we, ...well, we get lost. This is what happens when you're eyes are not on the road but looking for blackberries and pine cones. We meet another lost pilgrim so maybe we're not the only confused ones.<\/p><p>We get back to the main path and we kind of find our way again, as the shell does not appear too often on this part of the trail.<\/p><p>We walk like that for a while, guided by Mamarmot and her maps, until we reach the entrance in a carnival like decorated town.<\/p><p>Medieval music, colorful booths with local products. Oh look, a place where you can have a henna tattoo! My eyes jump to a wall filled with many mandala designs. And at the many people wearing costumes that swarm around us like bees. If there weren't for other pilgrims around here, we would for sure be way off. We're not sure exactly what the Portuguese celebrate with this carnival, but we like it. Now I understand why it was so hard to find a place to stay yesterday. There are people everywheeeere.<\/p><p>It seems like the party is about to start here, but we really have to get going. We get an ice cream and we continue slowly on the town's streets, without too much enthusiasm. The afternoon heat starts to become a bit suffocating around here but, luckily, it doesn't take too long until we get back to the first forest. Her shadow helps me to move my legs a little bit more until we reach our destination, without complaining too much.<\/p><p>We start finding bridges and running tracks. It was about time the town would show up.<\/p><p>But what's that inclined road in front of us? These Portuguese people are killing me with their streets....<\/p><p>- \"Come on, marmot, on the top of the hill it's our albergue!\"<\/p><p>But why couldn't it be at the foothills? Ohhhh...<\/p><p>I hardly drag my legs and then I jump on the first couch from the lobby while my folks check in.\u00a0<\/p><p>One of the ladies takes us to a rooms with 3 beds covered with blue vinyl and I can only be amazed by how nice are the Portuguese for giving us this room just for ourselves.\u00a0<\/p><p>My folks go shopping and me, oh well...I'm taking a well deserved break. I'm so tired.<\/p><p>In the evening, we go for a walk in this beautiful town. We go towards the citadel and there's no need to search for too long as we're right next to it. A path takes us to a forested hill, but, until there, stop! Two gigantic rocks, covered by abstract paintings look like guarding the path for anyone that would want to go further. I study them on all sides and try to understand what the artist was trying to share. Maybe an idea will pop up later...<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11368 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240817_072957-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240817_072957-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240817_072957-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240817_072957-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240817_072957-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p><p>We end up on one of the citadel's walls and from here, we see most of it. Fortaleza de Valen\u00e7a. She is beautifully painted in golden shades by the light of dusk and I look at my steps and imagine how people lived here thousand yeas before me.\u00a0<\/p><p>From a viewpoint, we can see a bridge and beyond it, it's Spain.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11345 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240816_202021-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240816_202021-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240816_202021-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240816_202021-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240816_202021-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.marmotwanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20240816_202021.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><p>So this was our story with Portugal. Tomorrow we'll be crossing the border and we'll say goodbye to pastel de nata.\u00a0<\/p><p>However, we linger here for a while, frozen in time, in cricket chants and with the last ray of sun on our faces. Here where people used to live. Here where the keepers would guard these horizons, walking over the walls. Here where only two gigantic rocks still stand as keepers of the sunset.<\/p>                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                \n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea0663b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea0663b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3dc1c4d\" data-id=\"3dc1c4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98268c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98268c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marmot statistics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76ce7c8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76ce7c8e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1495afd3\" data-id=\"1495afd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5912559e elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-piechart\" data-id=\"5912559e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-piechart.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">        <div class=\"ekit-single-piechart withcontent\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"colorful-chart piechart\" data-pie_color_style=\"normal\" data-gradientcolor1=\"\" data-gradientcolor2=\"\" data-size=\"116\" data-linewidth=\"5\" data-percent=\"100\">\n\n                \n                \n                \n                    <span class=\"ekit-chart-content\">\n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-smile-beam\"><\/i>                    <\/span>\n\n                \n\n\n            <\/div>\n                         <h2 class=\"ekit-piechart-title\">Joy <\/h2>\n            \n            <p>What wonders does a shorter day and plenty of sleep? Today there's a good mood for walking and discovering new places. The joy stays with us almost the entire day, until the heat starts to become overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d0ee49e\" data-id=\"4d0ee49e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e9790a elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-piechart\" data-id=\"9e9790a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-piechart.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">        <div class=\"ekit-single-piechart withcontent\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"colorful-chart piechart\" data-pie_color_style=\"normal\" data-gradientcolor1=\"\" data-gradientcolor2=\"\" data-size=\"116\" data-linewidth=\"5\" data-percent=\"100\">\n\n                \n                \n                \n                    <span class=\"ekit-chart-content\">\n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-mountain\"><\/i>                    <\/span>\n\n                \n\n\n            <\/div>\n                         <h2 class=\"ekit-piechart-title\">Sights<\/h2>\n            \n            <p>Stone paved villages, fern and eucalyptus forests and from time to time, views towards the river. The diversity of the sights continues to impress us.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68183092\" data-id=\"68183092\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb5050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-piechart\" data-id=\"3eb5050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-piechart.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">        <div class=\"ekit-single-piechart withcontent\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"colorful-chart piechart\" data-pie_color_style=\"normal\" data-gradientcolor1=\"\" data-gradientcolor2=\"\" data-size=\"116\" data-linewidth=\"5\" data-percent=\"15\">\n\n                \n                \n                \n                    <span class=\"ekit-chart-content\">\n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hiking\"><\/i>                    <\/span>\n\n                \n\n\n            <\/div>\n                         <h2 class=\"ekit-piechart-title\">Difficulty<\/h2>\n            \n            <p>Today we have a bit more walking to do and we gather a bit of elevation. The trail is not really hard but in the second part of the day, the heat of the afternoon is starting to take its toll.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-107b2a47\" data-id=\"107b2a47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6910da25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-piechart\" data-id=\"6910da25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-piechart.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">        <div class=\"ekit-single-piechart withcontent\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"colorful-chart piechart\" data-pie_color_style=\"normal\" data-gradientcolor1=\"\" data-gradientcolor2=\"\" data-size=\"116\" data-linewidth=\"5\" data-percent=\"0\">\n\n                \n                \n                \n                    <span class=\"ekit-chart-content\">\n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-dizzy\"><\/i>                    <\/span>\n\n                \n\n\n            <\/div>\n                         <h2 class=\"ekit-piechart-title\">Boredom<\/h2>\n            \n            <p>Boredom? What's that? It's kind of hard to get bored when you constantly search for blackberries and gigantic pine cones.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31a6b901\" data-id=\"31a6b901\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659795f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-piechart\" data-id=\"659795f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-piechart.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">        <div class=\"ekit-single-piechart withcontent\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"colorful-chart piechart\" data-pie_color_style=\"normal\" data-gradientcolor1=\"\" data-gradientcolor2=\"\" data-size=\"116\" data-linewidth=\"5\" data-percent=\"10\">\n\n                \n                \n                \n                    <span class=\"ekit-chart-content\">\n                        <i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-angry\"><\/i>                    <\/span>\n\n                \n\n\n            <\/div>\n                         <h2 class=\"ekit-piechart-title\">Drama<\/h2>\n            \n            <p>Small drama as usual because of the heat. 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