Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Old Dragon Tree

 Oeiras Palace gardens

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Bairro Azul (I)

Art Deco district in Lisbon

Monday, March 29, 2010

Mail logo

 Post office at Oeiras

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Hugs

Early 60's neighbourhood at Oeiras

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Magnolia

Oeiras Palace

Friday, March 26, 2010

In the Shark's Mouth

Reflections at the Robert Longo's amazing drawings exhibit at the CCB.
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Check James' Weekend Reflections

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Pyramid

CCB (Belém Cultural Center)
Check this post for a whole building view

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Cinderella

Joana Vasconcelos' stainless-steel-pots-and-pans-and-their-lids shoe now on display at the CCB (Belém Cultural Center).

Monday, March 22, 2010

Contrasts

Downtown Paço de Arcos

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Rainha Beach

This tiny beach in the centre of Cascais, was named after Queen (=Rainha) Amelia (1865-1951), the last queen of Portugal, who favoured it for her baths during the summer.
(Click to enlarge)

Friday, March 19, 2010

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Parallel lines

Carcavelos Beach

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

VW

Dowtown Oeiras

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Tilemania

Private house at Carcavelos
(Click for details)

Monday, March 15, 2010

Back from the Southwest

The small fishing village of Carrapateira dates back to the period of Moorish occupation. It's located on the Vicentine Coast (southwestern Portugal, 280kms from Lisbon), in the heart of a wonderful natural park, containing a great number of marine and terrestrial wildlife species.
For more of Carrapateira check my travel blog

Friday, March 12, 2010

The Guard Dog

Oeiras Palace
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I'll be away for a couple of days. See you next week.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Blog day topic: The Tenin Technique

Chapel and tower of a private house at Monte Estoril

5th Anniversary Tribute to Eric Tenin of Paris Daily Photo, the creator of the City Daily Photo site gathering more than a thousands bloggers with images of their home towns posted on a daily basis.

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Decay (II)

Downtown Cascais

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Former Court House

Conceição Beach at Cascais

Monday, March 8, 2010

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Blue

Downtown Cascais

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Friday, March 5, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Where is the beach?

A few days after the storm the sea still looks very wild. You can't even see the sand in this part of Carcavelos Beach.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Foam party anyone?

Incredible amount of sea foam stuck in a small bay at Carcavelos Beach. It looks like a gigantic jelly pudding shaking in the wind.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Xynthia - 48 hours later

Carcavelos Beach yesterday afternoon

''Xynthia was a violent storm which crossed Western Europe on 26–28 February 2010. More than 50 people were killed in France, with a further 12 said to be missing. A further six people were killed in Germany, three people in Spain, one in Portugal and another one in Belgium...'' (Wikipedia)

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Greek Gods

Oeiras Palace gardens

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Once upon a time there was a fountain

''This fountain was made by the people of this place (*) with the permission of the Senate in 1736''
(*) ''this place'' would later be the town of Oeiras which actually is just 250 years old.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Rossio Train Station

Lisbon has three train stations. This Neo-Manueline building dating back to 1886 is one of them.
I've previously posted on another here (Art Deco).

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Above the canopy

The second Viceroy of India (check this post) contemplates the Tagus River estuary mouth. The Jeronimus Monastery stands in the background.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Monday, February 22, 2010

Sunday, February 21, 2010

To the people of Madeira

The portuguese Island of Madeira has been hit by the biggest storm ever: 42 people reported dead so far and many still missing. The island is in a total chaos, roads have just vanished and some bridges too but, as weather conditions are better now, help has started arriving by air.
Photo courtesy: ELPAÍS.com, Sapo.pt