The Rains Came

Carcavelos Beach

Coat Of Arms Under Red Light

Abandoned palace at Mouraria, Lisbon

Shot taken on the Mouraria Light Walk, a night tour on one of the city's oldest districts 

A Ginjinha

Ginjinha is a liqueur made by infusing ginja berries (sour cherry) in alcohol and adding sugar together with other ingredients. The drink is served in a shot form with a piece of the fruit in the bottom of the cup.

A Ginjinha at downtown Lisbon was the first establishment in the city to commercialize the drink that gives its name to it and it's ranked #130 of 640 things to do in Lisbon by Lonely Planet travellers.

The Last Frontier - Lisbon During Wartime (3 of 3)

Portugal's neutrality made its capital, Lisbon, the gateway to freedom out of a predominantly Nazi-occupied Europe. Here, Jewish exiles, anti-Nazis and Gestapo Agents all rubbed elbows in the city of light that defied the wartime blackouts that were common in the rest of Europe.

Rationing in Lisbon: bread cupons and a queue to a bakery

Exhibition at the Terreiro do Paço Square West Pavilion

The Last Frontier - Lisbon During Wartime (2 of 3)

Portugal's neutrality made its capital, Lisbon, the gateway to freedom out of a predominantly Nazi-occupied Europe. Here, Jewish exiles, anti-Nazis and Gestapo Agents all rubbed elbows in the city of light that defied the wartime blackouts that were common in the rest of Europe.

Exhibition at the Terreiro do Paço Square West Pavilion

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P.S. I posted on Palácio Hotel in Estoril almost five years ago

The Last Frontier - Lisbon During Wartime (1 of 3)

Portugal's neutrality made its capital, Lisbon, the gateway to freedom out of a predominantly Nazi-occupied Europe. Here, Jewish exiles, anti-Nazis and Gestapo Agents all rubbed elbows in the city of light that defied the wartime blackouts that were common in the rest of Europe.

Everything in Europe that could flee from the Germans came to Lisbon. 

All of these people stopped here, where the waves of the sea begin.

Milos Tsrnhanski

Lisbon was, for an overwhelming majority of refugees, a place of passage in their way to the United States or South America. Their concerns while waiting in Lisbon, revolved around their exit visa, the passport, the ticket that would grant them access to the boat or the airplane. Sometimes the political police(*) would intervene in the process, not always to facilitate the process. It was a dense and suspicious bureaucracy that welcomed the refugees in Lisbon, although it didn't prevent the most part of finding a way to leave in their way to freedom.

(*) Keep in mind Portugal was under Salazar's dictatorship for 48 years

A very interesting exhibition at the Terreiro do Paço Square West Pavilion

Museu Da Cerveja

A restaurant at Terreiro do Paço Square, downtown Lisbon

(I've already posted a photo taken inside)

Street Lottery Seller

... next to the work of the great street artist BORONDO on one of the many vacant shops in Lisbon

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This post is linked to Monday Mural

Yellow Bus Stop

33ºC in Lisbon on the first day of autumn

The (Moorish) Castle of São Jorge stands on top of the hill

Eduardo Nery's African Art Collection

Exhibition at the Palace of the Counts of Calheta (previous posts)

Tile Panels

Palace of the Counts of Calheta (previous post)

Reflections

Palace of the Counts of Calheta (17th century) at Belém, Lisbon

Cheap Restaurant

Open since 1900 on a very old building at Belém, Lisbon

Reflections In A Men's Room

Museu da Cerveja (Beer Museum), a restaurant at downtown Lisbon

Decay (LXXXVI)

Vintage signs on an abandoned building at downtown Lisbon:

- Cassiano Leather and Suitcases

- Texas Dry Cleaning

Torel

Torel is an area on top of one of Lisbon's seven hills with beautiful 19th century mansions(*), a lovely small park and a view over the city

(*) One of them is for sale for €6,9m ($9,175,532), in case you are interested... :-)

Augusta Street (II)

Downtown Lisbon

8.30 PM

Tranquility at Cascais Bay

The Old Fashioned Way

Old shop window at downtown Lisbon

Boat Condo

Parque das Nações, Lisbon

Azarujinha Beach

São João do Estoril

A totally different perspective here

Waxing Crescent

Nova Oeiras

An Evening At The Terrace Bar

Bairro Alto Hotel, Portugal's Leading Boutique Hotel (World Travel Awards), and the view over the Tagus River

"Bolo do Caco"

Newly opened restaurant at Oeiras

Nazaré (5 of 5)

Church of Our Lady of Nazaré

The building dates back to the late 16th century but many transformations took place over the centuries

Nazaré (4 of 5)

Typical scenes of a fishing town