Alice in Wonderland

It's actually Joana Vasconcelos at Palácio da Ajuda, but you can't quite shake the feeling that you've just entered one of Lewis Carroll's novels and walked into a magical world of fantasy. You half expect to see a white rabbit in a waistcoat, looking at a pocket watch and saying 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' materializing in front of you at any second. And you don't remember falling down the rabbit hole or drinking the magic 'Drink Me' potion, but you surely must have, otherwise how would you explain this?

Petit Gâteau

Jardim do Éden

Amélia

A Todo o Vapor

Maria Pia

War Games

Marilyn

Coração Independente

A Noiva

Lilicoptère

Royal Valkyrie

WARNING: 3-hour-lines plus jet lag may potentiate the effects described above... In which case, the name of the venue 'Palace of Help' seems oddly appropriate.

Help

Sobrevoando os Açores

A levantar voo de Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel.

O pico do Pico.

The Olde Towne

En route to Portugal, I made a pit stop in New England's largest city and was lucky enough to have not one but two tour guides to show me the city in under 6 hours.

Skyscraping night

Once again, the rooftop

Hollywoodland

If you're expecting glamour, think again. Hollywood Boulevard is full of power rangers, spidermen, batmen and alike. There are also several movie stars home tours, which consist of a bus that drives tourists around showing them gates and walls. We have a word for this in portuguese. Foleiro.

Hollywood Walk of Fame

but at least I found snow white...

Weekend Escape

On the last weekend before our summer vacation in Europe, Nuno and I decided to work on our tans. Unfortunately, water temperature wise, Northern California isn't a great place to go to the beach, at least for Portuguese standards... So, we headed south. Little did we knew that the water in Southern California is also not for sissies. Uff! However, the beaches are beautiful...

Venice Beach

Santa Monica

Addictions

Biscoito, totally addicted to Fallout. Look at him playing!

And I'm addicted to Cards Against Humanity. 

Petting Stingrays

Best fortune cookie ever

not sure if it's telling me to ignore my cat, though...