Monday, September 21, 2009
seen from the train
On my way back to Lisbon from Marvao I passed through many small towns, each with beautiful tile work at the train stations which displayed some charactertistic of the town. The conductor looked out at each stop to see if there were any passengers, until we got almost to Entrecampos, a stop close to Lisbon I had the train almost to myself. Probably not a good indicator for the future of train travel in Portugal. The last tile is an image that is often seen of Queen Isabel, who according to legend was very generous to the poor which did not sit well with her husband the king. As Isabel took bread to the poor, her husband confronted her; she said she was merely carrying flowers and when she opened her cape, roses came tumbling out.
Percebes(goose barnacles) and yes I ate them
and they were good!
Hold the shell with two fingers of one hand and with the other pinch the neck as close to the shell as possible. Pull away the skin, leaving the meat and shell attached. Bite off the meat and discard the rest.
Trolley down to the sea
I took the trolley from Sintra down to the sea, about an hour of riding down to the sea. This trolley has been running for over a hundred years. Now, of course, it is more of a tourist thing, but nice that it is still running.
photographer in the fish market
I find mercdos fascinating and the kinds of fish and other sea food was amazing.
Azuelojs ...(Tiles)
The practice of using tiles for decoration began with the Moors, although, of course, their religion forbade depection of human forms. There are beautiful examples of this art everywhere you go in the country.
From the mercado
from the Government office in Lisbon
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