Big winter sun

HAPPY NEW YEAR

EVERYONE!

Old paths

The private gardens of neighbouring Counts and Viscounts at Cascais opened their gates to the public in the 40's becoming the Marechal Carmona Park.

Choir stalls

The construction of the Jeronimus Monastery started in the very early 16th century but this wooden work has been added on the upper choir in 1551.

Blooming aloe (II)

This species blooms once a year in winter

One of a pair

Oeiras City Hall Square

Armillary Spheres

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Joana Vasconcelos' life-sized ''Happy Family'' (2006) on display at Garrett Street, Downtown Lisbon.

Check her very cool site for a better understanding of her super creative work.

Santa's gang

Tile panel

70's house at Carcavelos

Red

Looking up

Lisbon-Cascais railroad as seen from the downtown park at 'Ribeira da Lage' Valley (the small river that runs through Oeiras)

Siesta

Mexican restaurant by the Tagus River at Algés

Some people just can't see a clean wall

Carcavelos Beach

Dead leaves

Small cascade at the downtown Oeiras park

''L'Arbre biplan''

Jean Dubuffet's sculpture on display at the CCB (Belém Cultural Center).
The west wing of the Jeronimus Monastery can be seen in the background.

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An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook Portugal for 8 seconds at 1.37am. It was quite scary! Fortunately the epicenter was located in the Atlantic Ocean 100kms off the coast.

Fishermen (II)

Carcavelos Beach

Indoors time

Ponta do Sal Café

The sea breeze and the cold wave coming from Spain don't allow us to enjoy our coffee outside (OK, OK... I know that for some of you out there in the northern hemisphere this is... peanuts! Lol!)

Rocky island

Carcavelos Beach

Pretty chilly after 5pm, but the light was great.
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Wasp nest?

Oeiras Palace gardens

Santa Justa Elevator (II)

This is the opposite side of the structure shown on the pic I posted yesterday.

The small 'Céu de Lisboa (Lisbon Sky) Café' on top has the best view, but it's closed for winter...

São Jorge Castle stands in the background; it was conquered to the Moorish by King Afonso I in 1147.

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Santa Justa Elevator

This 45 meters high structure was built in 1902 by the Portugal-born French architect Raoul de Mesnier du Ponsard (an apprentice of Gustave Eiffel) to connect the lowest and highest points of downtown Lisbon (a pedestrian bridge links the top to the hill in the background).

Oeiras City Hall Square

Pathway to the beach

An autumn afternoon

Carcavelos Beach

Only surfers are in the water and they look like seals! :-)

Contrast

The glass box (leading to the underground car park elevators) stands against the Our Lady of Light Fort, built between the 15th and 18th centuries, next to the marina at Cascais.

Skatepark

Doorways

Counts of Castro Guimarães Palace

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Autumn shades

... in the neighbourhood

Abandoned manor

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Twins

December Theme Day: 'Waiting'

Geckos don't move a muscle while they're waiting for a prey

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