Lisbon '07

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September 28th 2007

Published: October 8th 2007

It had been 7 years since I traveled abroad. That was when I met up with my long time friend and traveling companion Max, in the unknown territory that was Eastern Europe. A decade earlier, communism had crumbled with the fall of the Berlin wall, and many former Eastern bloc countries declared their independence soon after. Czechoslovakia would become the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Many, includi... Read Full Entry

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Danilo Unite

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I have lived in California almost my entire life. Even when I went away for college, I didn't leave the warm embrace of the Golden state. And after college, I came back home to the Bay Area. If I had to do it all over again, I think I would have gone back east or somewhere out of state just to get a different perspective. And I would have definitely spent a year studying abroad. I currently live in Santa Clara. Just recently (Aug. 2007), my sister and I took a cross country trip from California to Florida. That was a great adventure. I've also traveled to several places in Europe, Mexico and C... full info

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Padrão dos Descobrimentos

Small lighthouse and Torre de Belem

Torre de Belém (Belém Tower)

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Jerónimos Monastery)

Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Inside nave of Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Back of nave of Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Rib-vaulted ceiling in nave of Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Christ and vaulting in Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Cloister of Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Refectory of Mosteiro dos Jerónimos

Antiga Confeitaria de Belém

Before heading back downtown, we stopped into this well-known pastry cafe to taste some of the famous Portuguese custard tarts known as pastéis de Nata or Pastéis de Belém. Mmmm.....yummy

Casa Liege

Max's Lonely Planet guidebook recommended this restaurant for it's reasonable prices and authentic Portuguese menu

Inside Casa Liege

Some local folks having a late lunch

Vertigo Cafe in Chiado

Max and I had unconsciously developed a routine of having a late afternoon expresso after a long morning of sight-seeing.

Inside Vertigo Cafe

It was 4pm on a weekday, so there weren't very many people in the cafe.

Casa do Ferreira das Tabuletas

I saw this building on Rua da Trindade on the way to the beer hall. The facade is completely filled with tiles depicting allegorical figures from science, agriculture, industry and commerce.

Taps at Cervejaria Trindade (Trindade beer hall)

Max and I order Sagres Preta, a dark lager.

Espresso machine in a beer hall?

Statue and pigeons in small plaza

Building near Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno

15th October 2007

sofia
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amaizing report!!!!
the photos are amazing!!! thank´s for the coment's about me and nuno!!! you were a great couchsurfer's!!!beijos e saudades de Lisboa ..Carnaxide....lol

25th October 2007

Gurvinder
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What a fantastic Presentation
Hi Dan, I loved these pictures. I have read Max's journal and these pictures make it all come out so alive! I am impressed at the hardwork you must have put in order to add all these captions to these pictures. Thanks Gurvinder

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