Lisbon

I rendezvous-ed with Laura in Lisbon in May ’07 for a week of walking up and down the hills of the city. We also took a quick trip to Sintra.

Lisbon

Campo Pequeno- bullfighting arena

Flowers in the park

Walking around the city

Parque Eduardo VII

Vendor stalls

Little street

Colorful buildings

Crazy tree in a Bairro Alto park

Green tiled building

Looking at Castelo de Sao Jorge

More tiles

Praca de Figueira- the large square by the port

Praca de Figueira

Sculpture in near the Gulbenkian Museum

Rossio train station

Tiles....

From near the Castelo de Sao Jorge

Laura

Louisa

Near the castelo

Inside the castelo

View from the castelo

More castelo...

Laura at a fountain

Castle walls

Louisa on the lookout

Laura and Louisa

Surprise!

Castle window

Mosteiro de Jeronimos- Belem

Mosteiro de Jeronimos

The park in Belem

My future car

Padrao dos Descobrimentos- Belem

Park near the Torre de Belem

Torre de Belem

Sculpture in the Centro Cultural de Belem

From the tram

Tiles in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian

Residencial Sintra- our hotel

House in Sintra

Hike to the Castelo dos Mouros- Sintra

Ruins of Igreja de Sao Pedro

Castelo da Pena- Sintra

Laura

Castelo da Pena- Sintra

Castelo dos Mouros- Sintra

View of Sintra from the castelo

Laura and Louisa

Castelo dos Mouros

Laura

Castelo dos Mouros

Castelo da Pena, viewed from Castelo dos Mouros

Castelo dos Mouros

Door in Sintra

Lemon tree

The Swan Room in the Palacio Nacional- Sintra

Palacio Nacional

Palacio Nacional tiles

Palacio Nacional

Palacio Nacional Arms Room

Palacio Nacional

Blue building in Lisbon

Alfama doorway

Alfama restaurant

Praca de Figueira

Vasco da Gama Bridge

Parque de Nacaos

Oriente train station

Museu Nacional do Azulejo (tile museum)

View from the hotel- Lisbon

Lisbon tram

Laura and Louisa

View from the restaurant