Category: travels

camilla watson’s art in mouraria

loved #camilla #watson’s work in #mouraria (the #moorish quarter in #lisbon) – #fado singers who lived or performed in the neighborhood and #tribute, a brilliant #project started in 2009: ‘A Tribute’ is my first #outdoor #exhibit in Lisbon. It was opened in 2009 and has been ongoing until today. It is a #collaborative #community project involving the #elderly in an area of Mouraria called São Cristovão. At least 25 #photographs of local residents are exhibited on the walls of a tiny alley called ‘the beco das farinhas’. Residents volunteer to have their photograph taken and choose the one on display. They have their name (in large letters at their request on the photograph!) Every year I add #images to the exhibit. It has been a success in every aspect – the elderly are proud and love the attention and it brings an immediate intimacy/welcome for visitors to the area. The photographs are printed either onto #wood or directly onto the #wall using a liquid silver emulsion.

lisbon’s street art

today my favorite tour
lisbon’s #street #art is the best way to experience the #city
spent 3 hours with mafalda and walked thru #barrioalto (famous for its night life and #bohemian flair) #mouraria (the #moorish quarter, vibrant and full of #people of #color) and #graça (one of lisbon’s #coolest #neighborhoods) all the way to the end of the blue #metro line at #santa #apolonia

back in lisbon

an eventful day yesterday! started with a walk across the #douro #river to #gaia from which i got beautiful #views of #porto #portugal
didn’t look at the time and was now running late for my #train back to #lisbon

antonio my #valiant #uber #driver took me to an alternative entrance to the #campanha #station, picked up my suitcase whilst leaving his car and trunk open, and ran with me all the way to the train! i made it!
then halfway thru, the train stopped for 3 hours converting a 3 hour train ride to a 6 hour #journey

there was a #fire on the way – we saw the #smoke and burnt #fields as we later rode past it

got to my hotel, changed and rushed to #alfama to #mesa de #frades for a three course #dinner and #fado

met karen and thomas who teach at a medical school in grenada and sailed from the caribbean all the way to the azores

dinner included tuna pate, cod and potatoes cooked in butter, fried greenbeans, a pastry made with goat cheese honey and olives, then a cake made with layers of #chickpeas #vegetables and #cod, #chocolate #salami for dessert (dense chocolate cookies) and of course wonderful fado