Vip Berna Lisbon
Avenida Antonio de Serpa 13 Lisbon, Estremadura, 1069-199, Portugal
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Loving Lisbon!
... they would have been in bed by 6pm Friday night.
Top marks to Tom for organising truly impressive hostel accommodation. We´re at the Living Lounge in Lisbon´s old town. All hostels should be this cool! Photos to come shortly but to try and put it into a few short words... it´s modern, funky and hugely social. All the rooms have been designed by a local artist. Our´s is based on a tradition from the north of Portugal where young girls embroider ...
Old friends and New Worlds
... notable Portuguese explorers, crusaders, monks, cartographers, and cosmographers, following Prince Henry the Navigator at the prow holding a small vessel.The only female is queen Felipa of Lancaster, mother of Henry the Navigator, the brain of the discoveries.
There is a viewing platform on top of the monument reached by a lift so we go up and take in the views across the river and to the Jeronimos Monastery.
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Spain……It’s Not!
... and people are welcoming and friendly. We found out about all of this, because we were staying right in the heart of one of these “villages”. You never quite know what to expect when booking a place on the internet, but in this case, we struck gold. The apartment we stayed was in fact a complete 19th century house, owned and fully renovated by an American couple who had moved 10 years ago to Lisbon on a short-term contract with Habitat for Humanity and never left. At ...
A glimpse of Lisbon
... middle of class looking at my computer screen.
When other co-workers asked when we were leaving I regretfully stated
"the 22nd" as their eyebrows rose. They were as confused by my
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Perfect cappuccinos and interesting landscaping
... the road at the exact height of our bedroom. A tremendous crunch echoed through the van, followed by multiple pine cones dropping down around us, and something may have been uttered by me which possibly shouldn’t have. Even as I write this, long after the fact, my mind boggles at the gardening choices of this campsite. And no, there weren’t any signs warning unwary drivers, who were foolish enough to be watching the road rather ...



