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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Black & White Lisbon Hostel - Portugal

Add: Black & White Lisbon Hostel, Rua Alexandre Herculano 39, 1º Esq. Lisbon

Monday, September 01, 2008

Cascais - Portugal

A small fishing port not far from Lisbon ~ Cascais. Famous as it used to be a popular retreat destination for Royal family in the 1800s/1900s.

you can tell how early we are when there is no signs of human.

the streets in early morning.

town hall with King D. Pedro I, who elevated Cascais to the status of village in 1364

Beautiful hand painted tiles. I like the combination in this picture with the red post box.

reminds me of the mermaid statue at Copenhagen..

Many came here for its excellent weather, wind and sea conditions to surf or sail. Not forgetting to mention, Cascais was also the official host of ISAF World Championship in 2007 for dinghies and yachts racing. This event is held every 4 years and the next will be 2011 in Fremantle, Western Australia.

chilling out at the hotel by the beach…

huge ass anchor.

King Carlos l, 1863 – 1908. He became king of Portugal in 1889 and installed the first oceanographic laboratory in Cascais.

souvenir anyone?

Praia dos Pescadores

trying to capture the boy in the beautiful backdrop

over exposed…so bright, so sunny, I love.

Posing with my friend’s piece of what I called ‘useless piece of metal’ while on the train back…

Thoughts on Cascais > Ride the waves, Follow the breeze…

8-Arms - Portugal

@ Restaurante Leão D'Ouro, Portugal

est. since 1640

Starter

Best Fish Soup ever during my trip.

Main Dish

Main dish is our 8-arms friend aka Grilled Octopus. If you are up for it and don’t mind the wait, have a go for this dish. Tasted just like chewy squid/cuttlefish.

Otherwise you can choose Grilled Fish as your safest bet! Fresh and succulent.

It was quite an experience communicating with the staffs here due to the language barrier so at times like this the very powerful universal Sign language always comes handy with a bit of broken English.