flea market, national pantheon, lisbon. the biggest and busiest market of this type, i've ever seen; but despite that, you were able to find unagitated places, sections of calm. btw: take your pick!
no fish
..., just for once. otherwise seafood was our first choice for lunch as well as dinner. the reason is perfectly obvious: the transport route can't be shorter than here in portugal, directly at the seaside, which is a fact, that should affect the quality of the food directly.
streets of lisbon
narrowness, functionality, dissoluteness, togetherness.
lisbon, for life.
touching tram
it's absolutely great to notice, that one, who apparently drives the tram a fairly petty route 300 meters up and down the hill since years now, is still so dedicated to his equipment and overall job. this must be the thing called devotion!
eying steve
(not yet) worthy of being numbered among history.
high contrast b/w, sooc.
contrasting relocation
the biggest advantage of joining your girl with shopping is the fact that you can finally read all the stuff you have kicked down the road all the time. alternatively you can observe and track other husbands while doing exactly this, right?
refuse?
not everyone lives the life from which i'd showed snippets yesterday. hard contrasts, once again. stiff subject...
lisbon life
as promised i'm coming back to my perception of yesterday's, detailed image. it's common that colour is a central design medium in southern europe. one and even f.e. the portuguese themselves might accept that their cities can be characterised by organised mess. additionally, as i already mentioned a few postings back, the many and apparently never disappearing building sites take the same line and produce lots of textures, spread all over the city, marking the historic cityscape. moreover very special circumstances - like narrow and steep alleys - can make for hard contrasts that amplify all the effects and highlight the different peculiarities, i've listed so far.
last but not least only people provide vitality and link all the characteristic elements to an authentic system. for that reason i dedicate today's posting solely to lisbon's wonderful people.
preserver of lisbon's colour
the last four days of our holidays were spent in lisbon. unfortunately i'm in a rush today, so i'll come back to story and background of this imho again very characteristic image and its relation to the city tomorrow.
leaving the countryside
figueira da foz, pt.
