@moonshine@freespeechextremist.com
Beautiful art.
But I prefer my coffee black, a bit of sugar. Creamy,, Italian espresso machine made is the best one.
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Este ali é um Abatanado. Tirado ali num bom café, no bairro dos Anjos.
A chavena é grande, mas talvez o angulo da foto não mostre bem. Estava ótimo tambem.
@moonshine@freespeechextremist.com
Yes it is. Belem used to be a separate little place, it's about 5 Km or 3 miles from the center of Lisbon. I walked there with a group on a MeetUp hike, and it was cool. There's the Tower of Belem you showed, and nearby a big Monument to the Great Navigators.
If you walk a bit inland (this photo is by the River Tejo's margins), you can visit other wonderful places:
- Convento dos Jeronimos
- National Miuseum of Archeology
- National Maritime Museum
- Belem Cultural Center, new and big.
And the Museu dos Coches, with many old Royal carriages from the monarchy period.
Lisbon is wonderful!
@11112011 @moonshine@freespeechextremist.com
No doubt, there are so many places to enjoy in Lisbon and nearby.
I travel to Portugal in the Spring, done if for the past 3 years, and enjoy traveling all over the country. It's wonderful, I speak the language, the people are corteous, there's so much history everywhere.
And Churches, there are so many, so many styles, from different centuries. I have many favourites.
I really should join Tourism Portugal, I am Enthusiast for the country, completely.
@moonshine@freespeechextremist.com @deadheat
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We didnt even mention it yet, but the food is wonderful too. Here's a composite of a few meals I had there.
The coffee photo with the Cheese sandwich was a Breakfast, the other ones Lunch or dinner meals.
Complete cost for one of the meals, drink included (red wine in my case, one glass) is about 7 euros. Ah. and you get an Espresso or Abatanado too, included at the end of the meal.
@moonshine@freespeechextremist.com @deadheat
Yeah, excatly, those were the plates on the photo. Photos taken in Lisbon, Coimbra, Tomar.
I did travel to smaller places off the main tourist routes. I liked Portalegre a lot, in Alto Alentejo, and think it's where I would move to if I decided to apply for Residency.
I would be very happy in Lisbon itself, a wonderful city, but a smaller city you get a more relaxed pace, friendlier people, lower housing costs.
The only place I don't spend much time on is the Algarve, the beaches are wonderful, it has 3000 hours of sunshine per year, but... It's turning into a Brit Ghetto, and that irks me.
I like to see the Portuguese towns, people and culture, not a copy of their uk hangouts with loud footbal fans getting drunk on low priced beer and wine.
It's a pity, but there are many more areas to enjoy in Portugal.
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