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People in front of a Lisbon shop on a steeply-inclined street at night.
We spent four nights (and days) in Lisbon during out summer 2023 travels. It is a fascinating city, with a very different character than Porto, the other Portuguese city we visited this time. It seem more urbanized and modern, but like Porto — perhaps even more so — it is partially defined by its very hilly terrain. For people like us, who walk a lot when we travel, this was not a trivial factor!
We stayed in an area of older, narrow streets some distance above the city’s famous elevator — though we never made use of it. More than once we followed a walking route down to the central city in an area near the railroad station, following some streets that were exceptionally steep in places. This shop is on one of those steep sections, and I photographed it as we walked back up one evening, as its light spilled out onto the sidewalk and passers-by.
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I too was in Lisboa this past summer and I enjoyed it tremendously. I met with a Portuguese photographer one day and we put in more than six walking miles up and down those hills. I was definitely a tired puppy the next day. I enjoy the feeling from your photo, it captures the open friendly nature of the people I met in Portugal.
We also met a lot of wonderful people there: the person taking care of our lodgings who went way above and beyond in giving us advice about where to go and what to do; the church employee who, after my wife asked a question about a policy on visitors, went and researched the answer and came back to her to explain in more detail; very pleasant and helpful restaurant staff;… and many more.
Last night we were reviewing some of our experiences from the trip and I asked, “If I offered you a four-day return trip to one of the places we visited, which would you go to?” My wife wanted to make it Lisbon!
Dan