by Jeanina Santiago | Feb 6, 2015 | Portugal
Tram 28 to Estrela in Lisbon.
by Jeanina Santiago | Feb 6, 2015 | Portugal
The riverfront at Belém, Lisbon.
by Jeanina Santiago | Feb 6, 2015 | Portugal
Pastéis de Belém, a portuguese pastry to remember.
by Jeanina Santiago | Feb 4, 2015 | Portugal
The restaurant at the apothecary museum in Lisbon.
by Jeanina Santiago | Feb 1, 2015 | Portugal
Oceanarium, parks and mall at Lisbon’s Expo.
by Jeanina Santiago | Feb 1, 2015 | Portugal
A knight built this convent, which is now a museum.
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 31, 2015 | Portugal
On Arco da Vitoria and the square of commerce.
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 31, 2015 | Portugal
Rented an apartment in the old district, Alfama.
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 31, 2015 | Portugal
Fado is a traditional music in Portugal.
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 28, 2015 | Portugal
Where VIPs are buried in Portugal.
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 27, 2015 | Portugal
The castle’s hilltop view of Lisbon.
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 25, 2015 | Portugal
Franciscans and the site where St Anthony was born.
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 24, 2015 | Portugal
Where St Vincent was finally buried in Lisbon.
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 23, 2015 | Portugal
The oldest church in Lisbon.
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 23, 2015 | Portugal
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....
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 23, 2015 | Portugal
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...
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 22, 2015 | Portugal
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...
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 19, 2015 | Art, Portugal
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...
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 19, 2015 | Portugal
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...
by Jeanina Santiago | Jan 18, 2015 | Portugal
Sintra National Palace is another palace that I’ve visited that has islamic moorish roots. It’s beautiful inside. The boring white facade and two chimneys make it somehow easy to underestimate this medieval palace. We were hesitant to see inside. But...