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Xabregas

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    • Day 23

      Lisbon Tile Museum

      July 2, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

      Had my first Tuktuk ride - wild. That little kart machine thing was clocking 100 on the main road 😳 she was bumpy.

      Then found the Tile museum which was amazing. All of this work was from hundreds of years ago 😨 I thought it had been printed on the tile but no, painted on! Wild.Read more

    • Day 6

      Azulejos

      June 20, 2023 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 77 °F

      Today we went to the National Tile Museum located in a beautiful old convent in Lisbon. Had we taken the organized tour, we would have paid €360 for the both of us. However, we took an Uber to the old convent and paid our senior citizens’ price, and we were able to make the whole trip for €12. The church in the convent was as beautiful as I remember it., and I was gratified that Bette and Joy found the azulejos as beautiful as I remembered them. This ancient art form was brought here by the Muslims in the eighth century. After they were expelled from Portugal, their art forms remained. This museum now displays many types of glazed ceramics made from the time of the Moorish period all the way up to the present.Read more

    • Day 30

      Tiles, Tiles and more Tiles!

      October 3, 2019 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      We were up and about fairly early, as we had a big day planned - not as many steps as yesterday, but nonetheless an activity packed day. We headed off at 9:30 am to the Museu Nacional do Azulejo, the National Tile Museum. The best way to get to this museum is with the bus, so we caught the bus using our Lisbon Card, and we were dropped off out the front and just had to cross the road. We were a bit early, as the museum doesn’t open till 10am, but then we were off. The collection is held in the former Convent of Madre de Deus. This convent was founded by Queen Leonor de Lancaster, the wife of King João II.

      There is a very well preserved and very ornate 16th century cloister, vestry, upper choir and chapel that you can also view as part of the museum tour. Of more interest to me were the wonderful tiles - the collection covered the history of Portuguese tiles (or Azulejos), starting around the 15th century. There were some beautiful tiles on display and, as we moved through the rooms, we saw how the designs and manufacture of the tiles changed over time. There were even a number of modern tiles on display at the end of the collection. The photos don’t do the colours justice, but they have inspired me to get back into creating some mosaics once we return from our trip.
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    • Day 258

      #17 Churrasco temático no terraço

      September 14 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      Há um ano atrás comprámos esta casa. Desde o início ficámos entusiasmados com os dois terraços.

      Quando fizemos a lista, pensámos que podíamos fazer um evento temático... A ideia era fazer algo nos santos populares.
      Pensámos em algo asiático, chegámos a pensar em algo africano...

      Mas sem planear, acabámos por fazer um belo almoço com os padrinhos, a homenagear o grande fotógrafo guineense: Benjamim Boniquet Valentim.

      16/30, Benji Samba Baldé, arte objetiva.
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    • Day 222

      #12 Por do sol mágico

      August 9 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      O dia estava perfeito, o local estava apalavrado. Muitas vezes não precisamos verbalizar os nossos pensamentos. Hoje era o dia do por do sol mágico.

      Cacilhas tem dos pores do sol mais icónicos dos arredores de Lisboa. E de há uns anos para cá, começa a ter também uma vibe interessante.

      Aproveitamos tudo o que tínhamos direito, até ao último raio de sol.

      11/30, Benji et le rayon vert.
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    • Day 133

      #6 Joker #1 - Inferno da Luz

      May 12 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Hoje jogámos o primeiro Joker - ideias que não estão na lista mas que mereciam estar - levámos o Benji ao estádio da Luz.

      Na verdade, este é o segundo jogo que vemos juntos. O primeiro foi na Guiné.

      O Seabra ofereceu-nos três bilhetes para ver o jogo... Junto à claque dos No Name. Não era um petardo ou o cheirinho a erva que nos ia fazer negar a oferta. Curiosamente a claque esteve silenciosa - estão em conflito com o treinador e o presidente.

      O Benji adorou... As bandeiras. Sempre que o Benfica marcava golo (e foram 5) ele delirava. Só o conseguimos convencer a sair porque voltámos de metro.

      6/30, Benji da Silva Ferreira, o maestro.
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    • Day 26

      Lisbon: Azulejos & A-Wander

      October 23, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F

      Silhouette was already docked at the Lisbon Cruise Terminal when Mui came to wake me up. The first words out of his mouth were, “5G signal.” Aha! T-Mobile was on. He’d already been up and checking his emails and the news.

      A quick breakfast on port days works best for us. So, we went up to the Oceanview Café to sate our tummies. Then it was time to set off to explore Lisbon.

      The sightseeing plan today was a loose one … with one particular goal … the Museu Nacional do Azulejo … the National Tile Museum. I’d hoped to visit the museum when we overnighted in Lisbon in 2017. But with the location of the museum on the other side of the city from everything else we had on our list, we never got there. I was going to rectify that today. Anything else we got to do would be a bonus.

      The walk from the terminal to the museum was pleasant enough … flat along the waterfront, with a slight elevation gain as we got into the hillside neighborhoods. Maybe about 30-45 minutes.

      “The azulejo is an identity art of Portugal.” Those were the words that greeted us when we entered the old Madre de Deus Convent (founded in 1509) where the museum is housed. The tiles have been used uninterruptedly throughout the past five centuries and the museum is designed as a place where one can begun to appreciate this heritage.

      Appreciate and enjoy is exactly what we did. The €5 admission (half that for Mui as a senior 😉) was definitely worth it. The three hours we spent studying and photographing the beautiful tilework — especially the “Great Lisbon Panorama,” which depicts the city as it was prior to the earthquake of 1755 — went by in the blink of an eye.

      From the museum, we began a meandering walk back towards the main part of the city. Our goal, as we walked up and down the hills and along narrow roads, was to locate the restaurant Mui had selected for lunch. We got very close, but after about 1.5 miles, decided we were going to be too rushed if we insisted on getting there. After all, it was nearing 2:00p already.

      Instead, we decided to meander down towards the port and find someplace else along the way. Somehow we had made our way into Lisbon’s popular Alfama neighborhood. Here, on a narrow cobblestone street, we came across a small café — Antù. Tucked into an alcove overlooking the street, it was exactly what we were looking for.

      Tasty food … a pitcher of red sangria with plenty of berries … a charming local ambiance (I think we were one of the few tourists there). What more could we have asked for? Well, maybe octopus for Mui … but he was more than happy with the bacalhau à brás (bacalao) he ordered — salted cod mixed with rice … almost like a seafood risotto … an easy introduction for those who haven't had the chance to explore salted cod yet. No complaints whatsoever.

      Continuing down the narrow, winding street after our meal, we turned a corner and found ourselves across the road from Silhouette. Excellent. Embarking the ship, we had time to spend on the veranda before sailaway … checking messages and sharing newly-made memories with family and friends.

      And now, it’s time for us to take Celebrity up on a special invitation … more about that in the next footprint.
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    • Day 4

      Museu Nacional do Azulejo

      August 3, 2022 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Ein absoluter Geheimtipp für Lissabon ist das “Museu Nacional do Azulejo” Es befindet sich in einem erhabenen Kloster aus dem 16. Jahrhundert im Osten von Lissabon und verfügt über eine beeindruckende Sammlung von dekorativen Azulejos (handbemalten Fliesen), die sich von der 2. Hälfte des 15. Jahrhunderts bis heute erstreckt.Read more

    • Day 3

      Lissabon

      March 23, 2016 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Morgens haben wir das große Aquadukt und das Wasserschloss angeschaut und dann waren wir oben auf der Burg mit einem bombastischen Ausblick. Dann sind wir nach Alfama gelaufen und haben uns in die Klängen die Seele des Fado ziehen lassen.Read more

    • Day 25

      Les Azuleros

      October 11, 2020 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      D'origine maure, les azuleros ont été introduits en andalousie avant que les portugais ne les adoptent. Les façons et techniques ont évolué en passant de la mosaïque aux carreaux de faïence peints, mais le résultat est toujours à la hauteur.
      Ils se retrouvent partout : gares, jardins publics, façades, palais, églises, monastères, etc., en intérieur comme en extérieur, pour le plus grand régal de nos yeux.
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