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Lisbon Spring 2024
  • Kim Roberts
  • Anu Chathampally
  • Kim Roberts
  • Anu Chathampally

Lisbon Spring 2024

A week with Martha & Tim in their new home, and a week arting in Lisbon. WOW. Read more
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  • Trip start
    April 9, 2024
    Lisbon Spring 2024
    #sketchwaiting in Montreal for my 9pm flight to Lisbon

    YUL. Montréal layover

    April 10, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Took the 9pm Amtrak Thruway Bus to Richmond, BC, after #sketchwaiting at Uwajimaya's
    Talked with the border guard about his recommendation for Lisbon (big discoverers statue near water)
    Stayed at Sandman Vancouver Hotel
    Slept 4 hrs (had slept 1.5-2 hrs on the bus)    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Martha & Tim's new home

    April 11, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    7.5k👣 9Z
    Sunny, 27° C

    Watched Killers of the Flower Moon
    Didn't sleep much on the plane afterwards
    Navigated Customs just fine
    Met up with M at Starbucks in International Arrivals and chatted away
    Subwayed and sipped Suco da Manga at an outdoor café, while waiting for our bus
    Bussed - and chatted 🤣 - back to Caldas (about 1 hr)
    Met Tim coming to meet us
    Met Patrícia their landlady
    Napped briefly
    Leftovers YUM! for dinner
    Cherry liquer & its cherries for dessert - made at the castle town right near here (Óbidos)
    Showered and down at 10:30pm    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Walkabout town

    April 12, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

    20k👣19Z
    Sunny, 26°C

    Really, really good bread with butter and coffee for breakfast
    Chat with Patrícia
    Produce market
    Lunch at Brazilian coffee shop w. pão de queijo
    Coffee shop friend
    Chill at home
    Português class w. 4 other expansão
    Dinner at home: leftovers with salad. Ring cake for dessert
    Over to the bar to meet Pedro, Mika & Greg, Lisa & Troy
    Home to put this together! ☺️    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Foz (Pron. "Fozh") do Arelho, pt 1 of 2

    April 13, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    7.6k👣 5Z
    26°C, 10km breeze NW

    Finally up and out after breakfast (M cooked up eggs and toast), with coffee, of course.
    Took a Bolt to the beach (like an Uber or Lyft)
    Walked along the cliffs on a boardwalk
    . . .
    Gorgeous flowers, lovely breeze    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024
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    Sketching at Foz, pt 2 of 2

    April 13, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Lunched between the beach and the lagoon on the shady deck of a small place called 7a.
    Tuna baguette and iced lemon tea.
    M&T chilled while I got not 1 but 2 (TWO!) sketches in.
    1: A tree - pine? fir?, in front of the cliffs shrouded in beach mist
    2. Folks on the deck at 7a
    Bolted back
    Mini-mercado stop for garlic, cilantro and watermelon
    Home to do laundry (thanks, Tim!)
    Dinner (chix, veggies and rice) YUM!    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024
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    Caldas Sunday, pt 1 of 2

    April 14, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    10.1k👣
    26°C 🌞

    Up at 9 to leave for church by 9:30. Got there by 10!!🏃‍➡️🏃‍➡️🏃‍➡️
    Walked through the market again to pick up a few more fruits and veggies (yakiimo!)
    Headed to the park - beautiful old buildings used in WWII as a hospital, as well as a duck (and swan!) pond. There was also a Casa dos Barcos.... but no boats. 🤔    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Caldas Sunday, pt 2 of 2

    April 14, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    The wander through the park included the weekly flea market, which was HUGE
    Saw the Monica comics we're reading in Português class! 1€ each
    Lunched in the cafe in the park (frango tosta com queijo) while sketching
    Tim left early to wrestle taxes
    Martha and I walked down to see the construction of their new apartment
    Stopped in at e-clerc supermercado for a last few items
    Home to chill and rehydrate
    Dinner and laundry (dried on a line in the courtyard, open to the sky)
    Hoping to talk with the family today, but . . . We'll see.    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Castle at Óbidos, pt 1 of 3

    April 15, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    5.3k👣
    18°C, sunny and breezy

    Took a Bolt ride to Óbidos and wandered around the castle town.
    Stopped in at the sardine shop (of course 😆).
    Walked around the narrow, cobblestoned streets. So picturesque!
    Walked along a SHORT section of the ramparts, as there was NO railing - on the ramparts or the stairs.    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Óbidos, pt 2 of 3

    April 15, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Lunched near the plaça and sketched.
    Toasted Martha with ginja (sour cherry liqueur) in small chocolate cups.
    Had my first conversation in Português. New word: alma: soul.

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Óbidos, pt 3 of 3

    April 15, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    First conversation in Português with someone outside Martha & Tim's circle (my first "real" conversation ☺️)
    Home by bus
    Just in time for Drawing Is Free with Chloe Briggs on Zoom
    Yummy fritatta for dinner
    M&T are watching the final episode of their K-drama My Golden Life
    Time for a shower 💦    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024
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    Chillaxing in Caldas

    April 16, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

    13.1k👣23Z 2❤️

    Fish shop for tuna fillets. Tim went home with the fish; we went on to Crystal & Marcio's.
    Bible study at Crystal's with tea and pineapple.
    Plaça das Frutas for veggies and bread (try as we might, we could not get Sra Pão to shift over to the brown breads! But the so-called sandwich rolls were delicious. AND she threw in a fourth for free!)
    Lunch at home with Tim. Tomato & sardine open-faced sandwiches. Yum.
    Did laundry and chilled.
    Hung laundry to dry in the breeze from the veranda, then a nap.
    Cider and bites with the expat group. Met Peggy and Sonu from the Bronx.
    Home for sautéed tuna filets with broccoli and curried turnips.    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Last day in Caldas da Rainha, pt1 of 2

    April 17, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Slept in till 9:30. !!!
    Sketched Patricia's patio from our veranda
    Taxied to Mário Reis' house and studio
    2 barky dogs and 1 nonchalant cat greeted us at the gate
    Chatted all things ceramic
    Martha asked him for her 4 cat tiles (1 @ for her and her 3 girls)
    Mário drove us back into town (he had to pick up his daughter from piano lessons in town)
    Said Até breve to Patricia
    Walked to the bus station
    First pastel de nata!! With cafefe    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024
    Windmills, old and new
    Cool menu at O GambuzinoThe restaurant's name is from a mythical creature that never gets described the same way twiceMe, Christine, and AnuGreen wine sangria!GazpachoVegan bibimbapVegan brownie with mousse1

    Caldas da Rainha to Lisbon, pt 2 of 2

    April 17, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

    Bus on Rede Expresso to Sete Rios
    Temps rose steadily, another 5°C
    Couldn't get credit card authentication, so had to taxi at 3x the price 🫤
    Anu met me at the door, and the staircase up is TOMORROW'S video
    Christine was here, so we Ubered together to O Gambuzino, a vegan restaurant that someone in our workshop had recommended
    Had a FABULOUS dinner, with sangria made from GREEN wine (from Loureiro in northern Portugal) and gazpacho served in little crust balls.
    Bolted back to Christine's
    Anu & I walked back (10 min?) to our place
    Showered and in bed at 1am 😴😴😴    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Workshop at Goethe Institut, pt 1 of 5

    April 18, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    11.2k👣 34Z 8❤️
    23°C

    Walk uphill !!! to meeting place
    Café near Goethe Institut: pesto croissant with cheese and tomato with galão
    Roosters and chickens in Campo de Mártires de Pátria
    Great workshop. Cool gift bag with even cooler sketchbook.    Read more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    First day lunch, pt 2 of 5

    April 18, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Lunch in the park restaurant (Italian): sea bass and limonada. Sooooo delicious.
    Checked out statue of Sousa Martins, tuberculosis doctor who worked with the poor, and to whom are attributed many miraclesRead more

  • Lisbon Spring 2024

    Miradouro de Santa Catarina, pt 1

    April 19, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    17.3k👣 115Z 16❤️
    20°C, high clouds

    Woke up 1 hr+ early, so got up and wrote Morning Pages
    Walked with Christine to Miradouro de Santa Catarina
    Arrived early so looked for a cafe
    Found The Mill 0.1 mi away.... but all downhill 🤣🤣
    Granola, yogurt and berries with iced latte for breakfast
    BEAUTIFUL ceramics - plates, bowls, teapots
    Sketching at the Miradouro. Focus on limited palette.
    Shared sketching materials with interested bystander.
    Wrote haiku (in English, but with the 17-syllable constraint) to capture the moment
    Throwdown and shareout    Read more

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