Carcavelos Beach
Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Coat Of Arms Under Red Light
Abandoned palace at Mouraria, Lisbon
Shot taken on the Mouraria Light Walk, a night tour on one of the city's oldest districts
Saturday, September 28, 2013
A Ginjinha
Ginjinha is a liqueur made by infusing ginja berries (sour cherry) in alcohol and adding sugar together with other ingredients. The drink is served in a shot form with a piece of the fruit in the bottom of the cup.
A Ginjinha at downtown Lisbon was the first establishment in the city to commercialize the drink that gives its name to it and it's ranked #130 of 640 things to do in Lisbon by Lonely Planet travellers.
Friday, September 27, 2013
The Last Frontier - Lisbon During Wartime (3 of 3)
Portugal's neutrality made its capital, Lisbon, the gateway to freedom out of a predominantly Nazi-occupied Europe. Here, Jewish exiles, anti-Nazis and Gestapo Agents all rubbed elbows in the city of light that defied the wartime blackouts that were common in the rest of Europe.
Rationing in Lisbon: bread cupons and a queue to a bakery
Exhibition at the Terreiro do Paço Square West Pavilion
Thursday, September 26, 2013
The Last Frontier - Lisbon During Wartime (2 of 3)
Portugal's neutrality made its capital, Lisbon, the gateway to freedom out of a predominantly Nazi-occupied Europe. Here, Jewish exiles, anti-Nazis and Gestapo Agents all rubbed elbows in the city of light that defied the wartime blackouts that were common in the rest of Europe.
Exhibition at the Terreiro do Paço Square West Pavilion
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P.S. I posted on Palácio Hotel in Estoril almost five years ago
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
The Last Frontier - Lisbon During Wartime (1 of 3)
Portugal's neutrality made its capital, Lisbon, the gateway to freedom out of a predominantly Nazi-occupied Europe. Here, Jewish exiles, anti-Nazis and Gestapo Agents all rubbed elbows in the city of light that defied the wartime blackouts that were common in the rest of Europe.
Everything in Europe that could flee from the Germans came to Lisbon.
All of these people stopped here, where the waves of the sea begin.
Milos Tsrnhanski
Lisbon was, for an overwhelming majority of refugees, a place of passage in their way to the United States or South America. Their concerns while waiting in Lisbon, revolved around their exit visa, the passport, the ticket that would grant them access to the boat or the airplane. Sometimes the political police(*) would intervene in the process, not always to facilitate the process. It was a dense and suspicious bureaucracy that welcomed the refugees in Lisbon, although it didn't prevent the most part of finding a way to leave in their way to freedom.
(*) Keep in mind Portugal was under Salazar's dictatorship for 48 years
A very interesting exhibition at the Terreiro do Paço Square West Pavilion
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Yellow Bus Stop
33ºC in Lisbon on the first day of autumn
The (Moorish) Castle of São Jorge stands on top of the hill
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Decay (LXXXVI)
Vintage signs on an abandoned building at downtown Lisbon:
- Cassiano Leather and Suitcases
- Texas Dry Cleaning
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
An Evening At The Terrace Bar
Bairro Alto Hotel, Portugal's Leading Boutique Hotel (World Travel Awards), and the view over the Tagus River
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013
Nazaré (5 of 5)
Thursday, September 5, 2013
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