We started the next morning (day 3) off with a neighborhood walk and shot photos of wall colors, textures, paintings, Portuguese tiles, and drew sculptures.
For lunch we stopped for one of my favorite meals of the trip of cheese, veggies, bread, canned fish, cake, wine and coffee at Prado Mercearia (decadent, I know). After lunch we walked to The Castle of São Jorge (human occupation of this thing dates back to the 8th Century), and checked the view, peacocks, a statue I drew this past summer on a visit, and walked the battlements.
We finished the day with more city walking and a dinner at Bistro 100 Maneiras....
Up and out on day 4 (Christmas Eve), off to the train for a short ride to Cascais to the west on the coast. We were hoping for a visit to Casa De Historias Paula Rego which was closed even though the website said it’d be open... oh well, next trip. We went for a short walk, checked the ocean and grabbed food at a vegetarian spot that had a roof top called Café Galleria House of Wonders. The food was great, staff was super nice, drinks as usual were wet and delicious.
Back to Lisbon... an epic sunset and food at Bistro Edelweiss for Christmas Eve.
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Day 5, Christmas Day for Christmas people, December 25 for non Christmas folks. We started by sleeping in then took off for coffee, a city walk, took photos of more sculpture and Portuguese tile, came back to our home made food, a batch of postcards, and back out on a walk to mail them.
A day full of wandering, photo taking, drawing ending with dinner at The Cevicheria...
Day 7 and an epic breakfast at Janis...
Then off to the Monastery, one of the few buildings to survive relatively unhurt by the cities horrible earthquake, tsunami and fire in 1755 that dropped, burnt, and flooded a lot of the city and killed 50 thousand people.
Last evening walk through Lisbon... dinner at Prado and out for the night...
Day 7 up for sunrise and then off to the airport, get to Lisbon and Portugal in general. Later! —Russ Pope
