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Nossa Senhora de Fátima

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    • Day 13

      Our favorite pizzeria

      November 8, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Two days of teaching, which I am enjoying immensely, and a lot of rain. Today at about 3 pm, the skies cleared, and we hopped in an Uber (there were no cabs outside the hotel, so we had no choice) and headed for the historic center. We walked and walked, feeling quite at home and happy to be here. Down Avenida da Liberdade, through Rossio, down to the river, and over to Casanova, our favorite pizzeria in Lisbon. It’s kind of hidden, across from the Santa Apolonia train station, right on the river.

      We have been to several of our favorite places — Carvoeiro da Palma for grilled fish and fresh mango; Treco Lareco, a hole in the wall place with good home cooking but best of all for Joe, mango mousse; and tonight Casanova, the pizzeria with yummy pana cotta. If you are sensing a sweet tooth trail, you would be right, but it’s not mine!

      The Christmas lights are all in place, and I’m hoping we will get a chance to see them lit up. I love Lisbon!
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    • Day 10

      Moving into Work Mode

      November 5, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 13 °C

      We had 300 kms to drive and all day to do it. So we had a big and very yummy breakfast in the hotel and then got confounded by Google maps, which must not have been up to date on all the horrendous construction in Porto. We finally made it out of the city, only to be messed up again by intersecting super-highways and weirdly placed toll booths.

      But finally we were on the right highway heading in the right direction. I gave Joe several choices of places to stop en route, and he chose Conimbriga, a Roman city founded in the 2nd C BC. Things were great there till the 3rd C AD, when a wall was built to stop the invading Germanic tribes. But the city fell in the 5th C. What remains are some really nice mosaics, ruined baths, a forum with a few columns standing, and a big part of the wall. What’s especially nice about this site is that it’s totally out in the countryside, so you can really get a sense of the layout and the expanse of the city.

      Now here we are in Lisbon, in the same old same old hotel. Two of the doormen recognized us —not surprising since they have been working here for 18 years, which is as long as we’ve been coming!
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    • Day 18

      Persistence and Resistance

      November 13, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      First, the persistence. Joe kept insisting he was sure where he left his glasses, so I decided the best option was to go take a look. It would have been a great story! No luck, though the woman in the park’s café told me she had a huge ring of keys, including two car keys, that someone lost yesterday. So I think we got off lucky, just losing glasses.

      From there we decided to go to the Aljube, a former political prison during the Salazar dictatorship. It has been turned into the Museum of the Resistance. We had been there ten years ago when it first opened, and it was just as chilling as before. So many displays of inhumanity. The last rooms of the permanent exhibition end with an upbeat recounting of the Carnation Revolution — deposing a dictatorship without firing a shot. I thought the museum struck the right tone — not too pollyanish but clear in its message that there was a good side and a bad side.

      I found a public elevator I had never seen before — takes you straight down into the middle of the Alfama, the old moorish neighborhood below the castle walls. We hadn’t been down there because there are just too many uneven surfaces, ups and downs, nooks and crannies. But Joe was game, so dowon we went. We did wind up doing a fair amount of up and down through tiny narrow passageways. It is becoming quite the trendy area — lots of Air BnBs, restaurants, souvenir shops, etc, but there are still real people living there, all of whom seem to do their wash on Sunday and hang it outside.

      Our plan was to walk down to the center and catch a cab back to the hotel. But there was no traffic going through the streets. I thought surely there must be some huge political demonstration going on, but after walking a mile or so up from the center towards our hotel, we saw that it was an Antique Car Association gathering that had blocked off the main drag in town and essentially stopped traffic going into the historic core. The cops we asked about it were not big fans, but some of these cars were real gems.

      Finally, about two hours later and three more miles walked than hoped for, we found a cab and made it back to the hotel. Teaching starts up tomorrow bright and early.
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    • Day 10

      Lisboa- Gulbenkian Collection

      May 21, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Calouste Gulbenkian an oil magnate (1869-1955) was a passionate art collector, but with an eye only for the best. The displays cover a vast period and have a broad geographical spread. It’s best display I have ever seen. From Egyptian to impressionist, from ceramics to carpets, from furniture to jewellery. The gardens are beautiful and there is relaxed atmosphere.Read more

    • Day 6

      Belem

      February 23, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ 🌙 9 °C

      Heute waren wir bei bestem Wetter (aber tierischem Wind) in Belem. Dort gibt es viele Museen und Denkmäler zu sehen. Auf dem Weg dorthin konnten wir auch noch eine große Escorte für irgendein hohes Staatsoberhaupt sehen. Nach dem Sightseeing waren wir noch im Pastèis de Belem oberleckeren Kuchen essen. Dafür hatte sich das Anstehen echt mal gelohnt!☕️🍪🤗Read more

    • Day 76

      Lissabon

      May 30, 2020 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Wir damals 2014 auf unsere Reise durch Westeuropa waren wir wir auch ein paar Tage in Lissabon. Tolle Stadt, es wurde viel aus den alten Gebäuden gemacht. Aber es war auch immer noch viel zu tun.
      Die Stadtrundfahrt im roten Tuck-Tuck war sicherlich ein Highlight.
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    • Day 2

      Lisboa!

      April 27, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      We made it! A bit tired but excited to get in to our adventure.
      Arriving in Europe is all about balancing the fight between exhaustion and settling your body with the new time. Best way to do that is push through your first day and that’s just what we did.
      Full disclosure - this is a bucket list trip for me. I wanted to return to Lisbon to find more Bordalo’s.
      Our first night of this trip was a one night stay in the northern part of the city. As we walked from the metro to the hotel I suddenly realized I recognized the area. I had spent time on Google maps and we were right near a Bordalo - but not one I had planned to find!
      Our hotel room wasn’t ready so we dropped our bags with the concierge and away we went to explore and keep ourselves awake til evening.
      Multiple transit trips, 2 Bordalo’s, a bite to eat and a few other little stops (reminders of our first trip to Lisbon) and then back to the hotel for a bit of pool time before turning in for the night.
      Our bite to eat was super affordable - large shawarma and fries for Kev, a made to order pizza for me and 4 favaios drinks was just over 17 euro - amazing!
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    • Day 1

      Hotel and Diner

      December 28, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      And today is finally vacation!!! We're flying from Amsterdam to Lissabon with the best city hopper there is, EASYJET! After arriving, we took an Uber from airport to the hotel Turim Ibéria Hotel. It's a 4 start hotel in the city of Lissabon.

      Our arrive was a bit later the expected, because there was a fair bit of fog for the airplane, that's the reason for the delay. Therefore, the first experience in the city was a little restaurant called O Funil 1971. The ambiance and hospitality were great, especially the pasta carbonara, made in a parmesan cheese wheel.

      With an early night, we where all ready to enjoy the city of Lissabon the next day, till than!
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    • Day 1

      Ankunft

      April 3, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Heute Morgen um 1.45 Uhr klingelte für uns der Wecker. Puh - da bin ich eigentlich noch kein Mensch. Die Fahrt zum Shuttle- Service via BER verlief unkompliziert. Start 6:00 plus…. Durch einen glücklichen Umstand bekam ich beim Borden sogar einen Fensterplatz. 9 Uhr Ortszeit, also 3,5 Flugstunden später waren wir in Lissabon… also erstmal aus dem Flieger raus. 1 h warten aufs Gepäck, mein Koffer war der letzte. Und wegen eines Streiks noch mal eine Stunde auf den Transfer zum Hotel Jupiter Lisboa gewartet. Puh… aber nun chillen wir auf dem Bett. Und versuchen, mit einer App Fahrräder auszuleihen 🤪😅Read more

    • Day 2

      2.Tag

      February 19, 2023 in Portugal

      Heute waren wir auf dem XS-Factory Markt. Viele nette kleine Lädchen,Bars und Stände. Ebenso viele bunte und zumTeil "spannende" Menschen. Man hätte dort den ganzen Tag nur Leute beobachten können bei einem leckeren Cocktail 🍹Read more

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