Category: Lisbon
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Lisbon Weeks 4 & 5
Things have slowed down a bit — a good thing — as we’ve hit many of the sights and sites. So we’re doing a good bit of random walking through the neighborhoods, admiring the tile…
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Lisbon & Cascais Week 3
Another week full of fun and explorations. Monday we took the train out to the tony beach community that is Cascais. We wandered around the town, taking in the town beach, the marina, and the…
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Lisbon & Porto Week 2
We kicked off the week taking a guided tour of the B-MAD Art Deco museum. It was exceptional for a small museum off the main tourist path. Rooms from the Craftsman Era through Art Nouveau…
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Around Lisbon Week 1
We spent time exploring our neighborhood and re-exploring Lisbon. We walked a lot, but also took some Ubers, and the occasional tram and metro. We had hoped to visit the viewpoint at the top of…
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The Lisbon Apartment
Our Lisbon home base — an apartment in Alcântara, ten minutes from the MAAT and twenty from Torre de Belém, with a landlord family who couldn't be more welcoming.
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Lisbon, Settling In
Drive up to Lisbon, meet the very nice landlord family, return the rental, walk to the supermarket, MAAT in the evening, then a slow second day with a stroll downstream to the Discoveries Monument.