Today I wandered the streets of Lisbon in a perpetual state of wet, the skies wept all day long and my state of dampness just got worse throughout the day – even though i was wearing a rain jacket.
And that wasn’t the only thing that dampened my mood this morning. While on my way up to the Castelo de San Jorge I stopped on some hidden flights of steps to take a picture. A few moments earlier I had just passed three gypseyesque looking women, had greeted them, but while I had my head lifted up with my camera on my eyes I felt a presence and turned to find them reaching for my camera bag on my hip, one had her hand already on the zip. I got such a fright and it was more than obvious that they wanted to pick-pocket me so all I said was “thief”, loudly and clearly while looking them in the eye, and the three turned away, hurrying back down the steps.
Sadly that made me quiet upset as this has never, in all my travels, happened to me before, and I was only grateful to have caught them before the act, not after!
But my day got better and while I did have to endure a certain level of wet all day long I did see a lot on my wet wanderings around the Castelo / Alfama area of Lisbon. And here are my visual offerings of the day, so sorry there are so many!
outside Igreja da Sao Domingos
a church on my way up to Castelo de Sao Jorge
first view of the day
some button blinds
pretty blue pots
Castelo de Sao Jorge
tour guide in Castelo de Sao Jorge
a view from Castelo de Sao Jorge
some old chains in Castelo de Sao Jorge
a detail in Castelo de Sao Jorge
odd looking plants in Castelo de Sao Jorge
door in Castelo de Sao Jorge
steps in Castelo de Sao Jorge
Castelo de Sao Jorge
a view from Castelo de Sao Jorge
sun spots – a view from Castelo de Sao Jorge
a view from Castelo de Sao Jorge
a view from Castelo de Sao Jorge
a naked women in the grounds of Castelo de Sao Jorge
lemons in Castelo de Sao Jorge
a view from Castelo de Sao Jorge
a peacock on the grounds of Castelo de Sao Jorge
… and his friends
doorway in Castelo de Sao Jorge
unlocked
inside a church
a sleeping saint
wall flowers
outside the Cathedral Se
outside the Cathedral Se
inside the Cathedral Se
inside the Cathedral Se
inside the Cathedral Se
staying in bed and reading seems to be a very old tradition – inside the Cathedral Se
a gremlin look-a-like – inside the cloister of Cathedral Se
a window in the cloister of the Cathedral Se
a window in the cloister of the Cathedral Se
inside the cloister of the Cathedral Se
inside the treasury of the Cathedral Se
inside the treasury of the Cathedral Se
some hand made tiles
view from Largo das Porta dos Sol
view from Largo das Porta dos Sol
view from Largo das Porta dos Sol
view from Largo das Porta dos Sol
view from Largo das Porta dos Sol
view from Largo das Porta dos Sol
inside Igreja de Sao Vincente
inside the cloister Igreja de Sao Vincente
another door in Igreja de Sao Vincente
a hallway in the cloister Igreja de Sao Vincente
A woman sculpture crying at a tomb in the cloisters of Igreja de Sao Vincente
doors in Igreja de Sao Vincente
a tiled room in Igreja de Sao Vincente
on the roof of Igreja de Sao Vincente (very windy and I had the place all to myself – thank you rain)
on the roof Igreja de Sao Vincente
a ghostly ship – Igreja de Sao Vincente
wetness everywhere, the pavements were just big puddles