Cama,Corpo & Cafe Puravida
Travel Blogs from Lisbon
I found my little place just for me
... but he left after 5 minutes ;-)
My other drawing here was a ... gosh... what is the name... a little kiosk where orchestras play in the weekend... but I chose one with a strange perspective and got it all wrong... OK, have to check where the "vanishing points" are ;-)
My second place to be is a park again, the Jardim Botánico! Not so easy to walk in ...
Taking it easy; Euro style
After one of those crazy nights where you shouldn't go out but you're compelled to do so because you're in a European capital, we rise late and do very little. Lisbon is beautiful. It's a bright and vibrant meeting of old world architecture and a young party scene. I've always adored the cafe culture that is often missing in English ...
Remnants of a Regime: PDA and Sexism in Portugal
... silent racism" in Portugal, remarking that it is made all the more powerful by the fact that it is not acknowledged. I maintain that there is a similar "silent sexism" in Portugal, and somewhat fittingly, the book has very little to say on the matter.
Curious about the state of equality between the sexes in Portugal I did a little fact checking online to get numbers for what I couldn't analyze directly. It turns out that women in Portugal have an income about ...
Loving Lisbon
... the beginning of our very social week in Lisbon, because we meet some of the others staying in the hostel who would soon be our group of friends. Oh man what a day... it’s still not over! We joined the group organized by the hostel for an evening of Fado music, which is traditional Portuguese music. The bar they lead us to turned out to be a very authentic joint, no larger than the size of a living room. It’s packed, with people ...
Lisboa
... s just a really old castle with boulders and moss everywhere, and nothing is even. It's really quite spectacular, especially when you look out onto the town.
And there you have it, that is my Lisbon experience. I feel some of you may be dissappointed that I didn't go get wasted one night but that really isn't in the budget, I'll have to save up for that haha.
Off to Porto I go and then who knows? Maybe Fado, maybe I'll just head to Spain. Stay tuned! ...