Mad science at ITQB - road narrows
the liquid nitrogen tanks (I guess they were out of exclamation points!!)
Fado vadio in Alfama
Lisbon has many Fado houses, places where you can listen to Fado de Lisboa while having dinner or simply a glass of wine. In most of them you can listen to Fado Vadio which is a more amateur fun style of Fado. In this form of Fado, whoever feels like singing can sing and many times the fadistas will sing in turn improvising verses along the way. The end result is pretty awesome...
"cheira bem, cheira a Lisboa..."
the Portuguese guitar, the classic guitar and the shawl
Subterranean art
Too rainy to walk on the surface? Try Lisbon's metro and its "underground gallery" scattered through the stations.
Dia aberto ITQB 2011
Today we had an open day at ITQB with lots of talks, tours and fun activities.
may I tell you more about the proteosome?
(the tag says "Researcher")
building a volcano
the greenhouse tour
where real corks come from
and a chocolate nobel prize winner!!
Quinta da Regaleira
While we wait for the professional photos taken with a real camera, here are some of the pictures I took with my cell phone (sim sim iAngela, eu sei que "a máquina fotográfica do telemóvel da mónica não presta" :P)
the palace
the estate
are we lost yet??
the tree of knowledge, grows only here (no wonder we portuguese are so smart!!)
view of the moorish castle
and down the well we go
on the bottom of the well
and where does the mysterious tunnel leads to?
one of the many dark caves were we did get lost... fortunately my crappy cell phone has a "flashlight"
crossing the lake... careful not to fall!
"being hit by the magic of Regaleira"
Female cobbler for dinner
Also known as 'sapateira' around here, a big delicious crab that Andreia had never prepared and I had never tasted before.
Good served with beer... and a hammer!
(usually a kitchen hammer, but never mind)
mmmmm... yummy!!
Supermoon
biggest and brightest full moon in the last 18 years
p.s. - um especial obrigado ao sakana e à sua objectiva por terem tirado esta foto ao perigeu da lua - estamos à espera que nos mandes a foto original que esta que eu fui buscar ao facebook realmente tá com uma qualidade de cócó :)
Three b's and a disagreeing s
What to do with a long lunch break on a sunny day?
beach, burgers, beer...
...and soup ?!?
I'm not going to name names... but the one trying to be healthy should be ashamed. And of course, the one who ordered the chocolate cake in the end should be extra proud :)
The Female Thief's Market
Lisbon's flea market has a very funny name, it's called "Feira da Ladra" which in english means female thief's market. There you can find lots of clothes, antiques, books, CDs, DVDs, sunglasses, jewellery, perfumes, hats, shoes, hand-made artisan goods, stamps, coins, furniture... and, yes, all kind of stollen material (hey, the name has to come from somewhere!).
This saturday, before going to the big protest, we decided to stop at Feira da Ladra to see if we could find a megaphone. We took the famous Tram 28 and arrived near Arco de São Vicente where the market starts.
There was a myriad of small stalls and stretched-out blankets were the traders sell all sorts of second-hand and new (stollen?? I would say so...) products.
shopping for trumperies ...
... and although we couldn't find a megaphone, we found an our lady statue
and some fake boobs for sale
Santa Engracia Church (Lisbon's National Pantheon) seen from the market
and some undecision about whether to buy a hat or retro glasses...
Finally, we went down the hill towards downtown Lisbon for the protest. But this time, instead of taking the tram, we walked trough the narrow streets of Bairro de Alfama and/or Bairro da Graça... at least I think it was Alfama and Graça, the truth is we got slightly lost :p
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