When you visit historical monuments, like Sao Jorge Castle in Lisbon in this case, you often get this feeling that, inside those places, time has remained still. This cat napping by the entrance to the castle is a metaphor of that: he is sleeping the afternoon away like the crazy … more »
While in many countries you will see people having coffee on the go on paper cups, that is a rare sight in Portugal. Pausing to drink your coffee is a ritual taken quite seriously (and quite often) by Portuguese. We drink coffee to start the day and, at mid afternoon, … more »
Here I am, at the Ria Formosa Natural Park, in the Algarve region, Southern Portugal. Algarve is well known across Europe as a place of sandy beaches, sun and party, but there’s also another side of it, and this Natural Park is on that ‘other side’ Since it’s a bit … more »
We spotted this guy on the streets of Lisbon and he had the strangest signs. He basically wanted money for whisky, wine, beer, or some other stuff with the tag line “At least we’re honest!”. Not only that, he also has a website, the mis-spelt lazybeggers.com. When I took a … more »
Something really interesting happened over the last week at The Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree forum. Zara posted up her article about what happened in the Salvador Carnival and obviously this caused a serious thread-brawl. The thread has so far reached some interesting conclusions including the behavior of high caste Indians, … more »
I believe this post will be helpful to those who are looking for 3G internet access in Portugal and Spain. Lets start right away! Portugal We were in Portugal in November 2011 – at the time, Vodafone had the best 3G package that we could find in terms of … more »
It’s not easy for me to write about my country from a touristic point of view. As I have lived in Portugal for most of my life, I am obviously biased and would tell you there are a million reasons why you should visit (and more than half of those … more »