"A boat, above all other inanimate things, is personified in man’s mind. Man, building this greatest and most personal of all tools, has in turn received a boat-shaped mind, and the boat, a man-shaped soul." - John Steinbeck
Photos by A. Racca
Hippo
"A boat, above all other inanimate things, is personified in man’s mind. Man, building this greatest and most personal of all tools, has in turn received a boat-shaped mind, and the boat, a man-shaped soul." - John Steinbeck
Photos by A. Racca
So many memories, where to begin ...
Belém
Padrão dos Descobrimentos
Infante Dom Henrique, Prince Henry the Navigator, always Hip's hero, holding a caravela
contemplating the shores of the River Tejo with the marinheiros explorers on both sides behind him. Hip's most favorite monument of all.
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos
Most beloved monastery.
It blew our minds. Everyone's eyes wide open and jaws dropped
when we walked into the 2-story cloisters. All that interesting intricate detailed allegorical carvings, the sunlight
hitting the columns and the arches, more than a feast to our eyes.
Each arch, column, statue, has so much meaning. The armillary sphere, the sea monsters, the seal of the Order of the Cross. All about
the descobrimentos. Love it!
Sintra
Quinta da Regaleira
O Poço Iniciático, the inverted Tower of the Templars.
The Manuelino architecture and the Templars myth. The grottos, the towers, the garden, and the
mystical haunting palace with images of every Portuguese royalty and the history of their reigns. ever since the Hip's discovered this place online, finally
being there. awestruck!
Palácio de Queluz
Quaint, intimate, quiet and adorable, always Hip's favorite.
Porto - Ponte Dom Luís I, always this double-deck arch steel bridge over the Rio Douro in back memory. The gilt of the Igreja de São Francisco rivals the ones in St Petersburg, the azulejos of the Capela Santa Catarina and inside the São Bento train station, esquisite (on the south wall, a very young Prince Henry the Navigator), the stunning Escada of the Livraria Lello. This bookstore was marvellous (except for the super crowd just because it's HP famous). It has every book in every language under the sun.
Lisboa - rossio, restauradores, avenida da liberdade, the narrow winding ups and down streets of alfama, at the Largo do Carmo, in front of the Museu da Guarda Nacional Republicana, suddenly we started singing grândola vila morena, terra da fraternidade ... saudades.
Now all the photos:
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