Gavião de Rodão, Portugal lockdown sound recorded by Rita Correia. "Our house was in the centre of Lisbon, until a year ago when my dad decided to change his life and moved to the countryside. My grandparents live close by, in another village, so it was often that I came to visit and as I growed up I enjoyed the quietness above all. "My grandparents show a lot of gratitude for their quiet lives, gardening and having animals, and they praise the serenity. Nevertheless, there is not a day that I don't hear them sadly regret the abandon of the neighbours' houses and lands, the exit of people - do to rural exodus - the upcoming of a ghost town in a place where their memories of a busy life seem to vanish with no one to remember about. "Here In this village next door where I am currently living, the situation is quite similar. For me, I again appreciate the quietness, but for the ones that remember and miss a large community, this quietness is the sound of a life ending. "In Covid-19 t
