My second year as a tour guide was winding down… but I had to do some research before returning home to Argentina. Due to a change in the Rick Steves Spain-Portugal tour itinerary, we’d be going to Évora next year… so I wanted to get a feel for the place first. I also took the opportunity to explore more of Lisboa this month.
Read More »25 years ago: october 2001
Officially known as Igreja de Santa Maria Maior, the Lisbon cathedral stands out unmistakably above the city’s pastel skyline. More like a fortification than a place of worship, its bell towers seem anchored in a long-distant past. The following text is what you’d read if I had kept this listing in the latest update of my Catholic Heritage guide, but unfortunately it didn’t make the cut. You’ll understand why…
Read More »lisboa: sé
Today kicks off the beginning of a month-long party —the Festas de Lisboa— & one of my personal highlights is seeing the winners of a sardine design contest. No, not real sardinhas but the shape of one. Get your sketchpad out…
Read More »lisboa: sardinhas as art
Photo by Tim Boric, taken at Poço do Bispo in 1978.
Read More »found: setting the destination blind, lisboa
No one expected second son José to inherit the throne of Portugal, but his older brother died the year of his birth & José moved to the top spot. He married Mariana Victoria of Spain at the age of 15 who shared his love for hunting & opera… but she never cared much for his affairs!
Read More »lisboa: igreja da memória