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Sunday, 20 February 2011

Lisbon: warm sunshine and the Vasco da Gama Bridge

Looking northwards upstream along the Tejo. The block on the left hand side is being renovated and turned into an hotel

Despite a few menacing black clouds there was warm sunshine when we went for a walk along the Tejo this morning. The Vasco bridge is always eye-catching, especially when lit up by sunshine.









Photo by CRM
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9 comments:

  1. Jean20 February 2011 at 19:18

    Great photos, especially the one of the runners.

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  2. Jim's Loire20 February 2011 at 20:08

    Thanks Jean. It was the luminous jackets that caught my eye. All taken with a slim Canon SX210 IS with an amazing zoom.

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  3. Luc Charlier21 February 2011 at 08:24

    A single request, Jim. If you love bridges, take a walk to Ponte 25 Abril and then go straight to Torre de Belém. From there, the snapshot will be dramatic. But, more interesting still, please go and buy a couple of pasteís de nata for me from the “Antiga Pastelaria”, I simply love them. Don’t forget the very finely powdered sugar and the “canela” (cinnamon) either.
    By way of thanks, we’ll accompany you to the Viaduc de Millau – a splendid piece of engineering and a beauty in its own right, but an insult to the landscape, I’m afraid – and to all the formidable addresses we know in the area, next time you travel southward.
    Ahhh, Douce France ! (the Charles Trenet version, not Bruni’s cover).

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  4. Jim's Loire21 February 2011 at 08:35

    Excellent suggestions Luc but all have already been done.

    A pasteís de nata without cinnamon is like a night without owls.

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  5. Luc Charlier21 February 2011 at 10:36

    I did not say « Buy pasteís ON me, but FOR me !”.
    As for the Strigidae, it is the barn-owl which I prefer. I agree on that with my friend Bonnie Parker.

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  6. Jim's Loire21 February 2011 at 10:46

    Luc. Although I'm happy to purchase some pasteis for you, the problem is that by the time I'm likely see you they will have turned rotten.

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  7. Luc Charlier22 February 2011 at 09:07

    “ No pasteís anymore he wants them to turn rotten
    I see Jimmy walk by dressed in his funny shirts
    I have to turn my head because my stomach hurts ...”

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  8. Jim's Loire22 February 2011 at 09:14

    Luc. I suggest a small glass of Coteaux du Layon taken three times a day.

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  9. Luc Charlier22 February 2011 at 18:52

    Thank you, Dr Jimmy (and Mr Jim : Who ?), we will follow the prescription: with the meals or in between?
    But tonight I go for roast pork (no leitão, I’m afraid) with caramelized cubes of pineapple and plain rice. May add a little bit of anis-estralado as well. The bottle will be Sylvaner Grand Cru Zotzenberg (Cuvée Prestige, i.e. with a little bit of residual sugar) 2008, Domaine Gilg.

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