Bored with Estrela
Tram 28 to Estrela in Lisbon.
Sniffed Atlantic breezes
The riverfront at Belém, Lisbon.
Heavenly pastry
Pastéis de Belém, a portuguese pastry to remember.
The pharmacy is a restaurant
The restaurant at the apothecary museum in Lisbon.
Better known as Expo
Oceanarium, parks and mall at Lisbon’s Expo.
The nave of Carmo Convent
A knight built this convent, which is now a museum.
Once the gateway to Lisbon
On Arco da Vitoria and the square of commerce.
At Pedro’s apartment
Rented an apartment in the old district, Alfama.
Fadistas and the mournful fado
Fado is a traditional music in Portugal.
National Pantheon
Where VIPs are buried in Portugal.
Decaying São Jorge Castle
The castle’s hilltop view of Lisbon.
The monk in black
Franciscans and the site where St Anthony was born.
Patron saint of vintners
Where St Vincent was finally buried in Lisbon.
Seeing Sé
The oldest church in Lisbon.
Alfama, our neighborhood in Lisbon
We lived one week on December 2014 in Alfama, the oldest district of Lisbon. It was a charming borrowed time in Alfama. It has many historical attractions, churches and Fado bars. Alfama is a maze of narrow cobbled alleys with buildings covered with azulejos....
Spirit of Ginjinha
Ginjinha is a typical Portuguese drink. Our friend Pedro introduced it to us. It’s a mixture of ginja, or sour cherries, and alcohol. I don’t like drinking it as it is. I prefer to drink it the way people in Óbidos, Portugal, do. That is, drinking it in a...
Funiculars of Lisbon
The funicular system of Lisbon consists of four elevators. We rode two of them: the Gloria funicular and Santa Justa Lift. Gloria funicular is very much like riding a tram, but the descent or ascent goes diagonally. It is also as crowded as a tram. Santa Justa...
Accessible art in Lisbon
I see art in many streets, if not all the streets, in Lisbon. Art is the beautiful tilework azulejo that covers building facades. Art is the colorful legal graffiti painted in backstreets. It is photographies permanently posted on apartment walls And if you look down...
Auto-da-fe at Rossio
Spain had its inquisition, and so did Portugal. Rossio square in Lisbon was one of the scenes for auto-da-fes. Inquisitions, which started in the 1500s, used to target former Jews who converted to Catholicism. Many of the victims in the Portuguese Inquisition were...