Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portugal. Show all posts

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Estação ferroviária de São Bento

Wonderful train station in Porto, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a national monument of Portugal. More info here.
 

Friday, 22 March 2024

The tramway

What! An empty tramway, doors open, no conductor... Joyride??? Tempting... LOL

More b&w right... here.
 

Saturday, 20 January 2024

Blue. A weekend reflection

The Douro river in Porto, Portugal. For more weekend reflections, just click...here.
 

Friday, 19 January 2024

Tuesday, 25 July 2023

Rain, finally!

Scorching heat in the south of Europe. Not here, it finally rains. Bliss! Reminded me of a rainy summer holiday week in southern Portugal, with just a little sunshine. 
 

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

"Old" sardines, lol

They had my year, in the sardine shop! They were delicious!
 

Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Saturday, 3 December 2022

Saturday, 7 May 2022

OPO

Welcome to OPO, aka Porto Airport, officially Aeroporto Francisco Sa Carneiro. Old photo, wish I was there, enjoying a nice francesinha and a glass of ...

More weekend reflection to be seen here.
 

Friday, 29 April 2022

Sea of straws

My old home 20 years ago, on the shores of the Mar de Palha. In other words, Liboa/Lisbon/Lissabon/Lisbonne, depending on where you are from. If you've never been there, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???? OK, I might be biased, as  love the place, the people, the food, the coffee... A nice bica with my pastel de Belem: heaven.

Anyway, more b&w here.
 

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

March CDP theme day: solitude

Solitude. But, you might notice the 2 people, far away.

More theme day posts here.
 

Thursday, 13 January 2022

Sé de Faro

Panoramic view of the nave of the beautiful cathedral (or Sé) in Faro, Portugal, aka Igreja de Santa Maria.

 

Monday, 31 May 2021

Sunday, 5 July 2020

The flâneur

Fernando Pessoa, waiting for a coffee in front of the Brasileira coffee house, in the Chiado quarter, Lisbon. Pessoa was the greatest lusophone ( = portuguese speaking) poet. More about this very interesting person right here.
There must be millions of photos of this statue. Well, this is one of mine.

Monday, 4 February 2019

Walking through a sea of roses

Where is she going? Is she on her way to friends, to a trendy coffee place, to see her lover?
Seen in Faro, Portugal, last June.
More Monday Murals right....here.

Monday, 7 January 2019

A Monday Mural

Somewhere near the Marques de Pombal square in Lisbon, Portugal. Not a square square :-).I have no idea who they are.
More murals here this Monday
And don't miss last Monday's Elephant Woman mural!

Sunday, 30 December 2018

Ilha de Armona

It's cold, it's grey...The Australian heat wave sounds delightful!
Enjoy a bit of color!