Alfama

January 8th 2012
When I first decided to plop myself in Lisbon, it was out of indolence. I really didn’t want to visit every Michelin 3-star, so Lisbon was the perfect place-there just weren’t any. I would sit in the pastelarias and drink the tiny cups of motor oil they call coffee. Well after 7 months of research, I realized that scenario wasn’t going to happen. Lisbon is a very large city, 1.2 million ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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CJ's travel blogs look at travel from a different perspective: sybaritic adventurer. So these articles will focus on decadent food, the sensual side of travel (eating herring on the streets in Amsterdam, inhaling pain au chocolat outside a boulangerie in Paris) and other hedonistic pleasures. If he doesn't like something, he'll definitely say so. But don't say he has a bad attitude. If he likes something, he has been known to issue wild praise. He's not afraid to use words like "brilliant" or "epiphany". He writes from a New York point of view, and yes, we know he compares foreign museums, ... full info

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