City Centre, Banksy Exhibition, Campo Pequeno Bullring, Lisbon I’d seen it out of the window of the plane a few times. You can‘t miss it. In fact, I often wonder how the planes manage to miss it. They practically take the roof off it as they come into land at Lisbon international airport. For ages now, Her Ladyship has been desperate to find out what this impressive circular red brick building close to the city centre actually is. Genius detective…
Day trip from Lisbon to Seixal, Setúbal The promise of a visit to the stunning beaches of the Costa da Caparica was enough to persuade Her Ladyship to join Himself once again on the terrifying 10-minute ferry ride across the Tagus from Lisbon to Cacilhas. A bus from there took us to the other side of the peninsula and to the glorious golden sands which appear to stretch as far as the eye can see. The town of Caparica itself…
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon Ever since I spotted his statue from the top of a tour bus, he has been ‘the man with the bird’ to me. It is this statue that endeared him to me in the first place. Any guy with a fondness for birds is a friend of mine. Anyway, it took me a while to get my beak around his real name. Well, Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian is a bit of a beakful. But I can tell…
Bridges across the Tagus, Lisbon Ever since our first trip to Oriente to visit the Lisbon Oceanarium, the Oldies have been returning to the Parque das Nações every chance they can get. I’m not sure what the main attraction is for them. I suspect it might be the warm pasteis de nata (Portuguese custard tarts) in the Vasco da Gama Shopping Centre cafés. I am the first to admit that the trip to Oriente is worth it for those alone….
Ferry to Almada, Cristo Rei Statue, Lisbon When I heard that we were going back to Lisbon, I started preparing myself for all the old familiar haunts, the familiar beaches, the familiar views. The first thing we did, however, was take in a completely unfamiliar view of the city… Her Ladyship, a.k.a. the Heroine of the High Seas , had long been resisting a trip out to the Setubal Peninsula by boat. We had, of course, been there before by car but…