being a tourist

Yesterday we went to the second mirador in Graça, it's more touristic then the one i'm staying at but it also has a wonderful panorama filled with colorful roofs and skyscrapers. Behind the mirador lies a lovely white church, the igreja de graça. Later on we went to the castelo de sao jorge, wich was rebuilt in the 20th century by Salazar after being destroyed during the earthquake of 1755. It's surrounded by small streets full of souvenir-shops and bars. So enough about yesterday, today we took the electric to Rossio, where we visited some traditional street-sheds before we carried on our journey to Belem. As soon as we arrived there we visited the mosteiro dos Jeronimos, the world-famous pasteis de belem-shop (very delicious cakes!) and the amazing, but sadly closed, torre de belem. This beautifully decorated fort was built in the middle of the Taag in the early 16th century. But cut the history crap, just look at them damn pictures.


cat preparing to attack the pigeon





igreja de graça

terras on the graça mirrador

inside view of the igreja de graça





dollhead on some kind of safety-wall covered with slivers of glass

a statue from Advarte in the castelo de sao jorge

same statue from the back

olisiponia in the castelo de sao jorge

portret-painter on the rua augusta





lady acting as if she's got no legs but hey, is that a foot?!?

front view of the mosteiro dos Jeronimos

south portal of de mosteiro dos Jeronimos

detail south portal of de mosteiro dos Jeronimos

girl praying in the mosteiro

close up of the crusified christ

silhouet of the crusified christ in front of a rose window

the cloister of the mosteiro

the gallery of the mosteiro

little boy running towards his parents in front of the saint hieronymus fountain

the same little boy with his sister(?)

old japanese elvis-fan



old stange fella in front of the wall of human rights

young kid yawning in the pasteis de belem-shop



people in front of the ponte 25 de abril

the torre de belem



young couple in front of the ponte 25 de abril

girl daydreaming near the torre de belem

praça do comercio by night