Beautiful azulejos - tiles - decorating the outer of a church in Porto
Capela Das Almas along Rua de Santa Catarina, Porto
Another look at the detailed azulejos
Azulejos found inside the Sao Bento, main railway station
Bolhao Market where the locals shop for their daily produce
Fruit stall inside Bolhao Market
Barge carrying port set against the Ponte Luis I as seen from Vila Nova De Gaia, home of the port wine lodges, The two-tiered bridge connects city with Vila Nova de Gaia.
Scene of Porto city
Tasting room of Sandeman, one of the largest port wine company
Sampling two different port variety at Sandeman
Enjoying my port at Calem, smaller & traditional port lodge
Hema happily savouring our port at Calem
Scene inside Porto Metro station
Torres dos Clerigos, once the highest building in Portugal
View of Porto city from on top of Torres dos Clerigos
Steep street of Porto, with the tram line running along it
Chilling out with more port at Solar do Vinho do Porto, where one can sample hundreds of varieties of por wine.
Sunset scene from garden at Solar do Vinho to Porto
Sunset scene along Riberia
NIght scene with Mosteiro da Serra do Pillar in the background
One of the interesting outdoor sculpture inside Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art
Landscaping as seen from Serralves Villa, inside the grounds as part of the museum
Looking back towards Serralves Villa
Castelo de Sao Jorge, Lisbon
Walking around Castelo de Sao Jorge
Front entrance to Cafe a Brasileira, oldest and most famous cafe in Lisbon
Savouring my cafe & sweet pastries
Inside look at Cafe a Brasileira
Jumping with joy at Praca do Comercio
Tiled walkway along Rua Augusta, main pedestrian way from Praca do Comercio leading to Rossio
Elevador de Santa Justa, extraordinary structure carrying people from lower Baixa to upper Bairro Alto
Looking down at the street from top platform of the elevator
Scene of Lisbon city from top platform of Elevador de Santa Justa
Looking back at Elevador de Santa Justa from the upper street section
Scene of university freshmen being ragged by their seniors. Interesting uniform
Street scene along Bairro Alto, as we headed to Olivier for dinner
Playing pool at Chinese Pavilion
Check out those quirky memorabilia found decorating the cabinets inside Chinese Pavilion
Bar counter at Chinese Pavilion
Mosteiro dos Jeronimos at Belem, starting point for Vasco da Gama as he sailed off to India. 20 minutes away from central Lisbon city
Another look at Mosterio dos Jeronimos
One of the bell tower of the monastery
Inside Mosterio dos Jeronimos
Monumento dos Descobrimentos (Monument to the Discoveries), which was erected to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the death of Henry the Navigator
Hema showing off at the monument
View of the monument front with the famous 25th of April Bridge, often compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco because of the similarities in design.
Hema pointing to Melaka - part of the decorative flooring showing the many places discovered by the Portugese
In front of Pasteis de Belem, home to the famous portugese egg tart
Enjoying the delicious egg tart and washed down with a cup of strong Portuguese coffee
Shop attendant deftly packing those scrumptious egg tarts into paper packages for takeaways.
Torre de Belem - built as a fortress to safeguard the approach to Lisbon harbour. One of the great showcase of Manueline architecture
Replica of the tower for people, designed specifically for people with visual disability will get the chance to "experience" the great building.
Hema & myself on top of Torre de Belem
Looking back at Monument to the Discoveries from the tower
Old tram still transporting people around Lisbon city
View inside the wooden tram
Small park in front of the Fado Museum in Alfama
Street scene outside our Lisbon hostel
View of the street below from our hostel
Sun roof at hostel where we enjoyed most of our breakfasts, door leading to our dorm room
View of a church from corridor leading to our room
Basking in the sun at hostel
View of Lisbon city from hostel
Front of Se Cathedral - Lisbon's cathedral
Inside of Se Cathedral
Interesting alleyway of Alfama
Street scene around Alfama
Flea Market near Pantheon
Colourful buildings found around Alfama area
Pantheon with it's majestic white dome
