fado

day 2 in lisbon arrived and it was another blue sky morning...breakfast and we were off...friday must be laundry day...as i looked through the 200+ pictures taken today, many were like these...there is something about taking photos of other peoples once dirty laundry...

 our agenda today included a trip to the tile museum, st. jorge's castle and an evening of fine food and fado (a traditional portuguese music--very melancholy)...i think it is obvious that we enjoyed the tile museum...

 the museum is housed in a old convent...i found myself humming "how do you solve a problem like maria" as we walked around the courtyard...yep i'm a little goofy...

 tile is a major part of portuguese decor...

 this woman was later joined by others...the crates are full of hundreds of tiles waiting to be cleaned and restored...

 no convent would be without a chapel...and this one is a doozey...

 i found the combination of the painted art and guilded decor and the blue and white tile strange...

 the ceiling over the front of the chapel...

this is the choir "loft"

 back to the other areas...a small cloister...

 the spigots, once dispensing "holy water" caught the eye of this photographer...

 a little fun...

 one of those one armed couple shots....

 this was one of ginny's favorites...it is all about the monkey....

 we returned to the center of town and started the "climb" to st. jorge's castle...this cathedral was on the way...the old style street cars are part of the lisbon scene...

 we arrived at the castle...mostly ruins, reminding us of the castle on the hill in nice, france...we walked the grounds...very nice, i mean nice...

 ginny is taken by an olive tree...or taken with :)

 the view from st. jorge's...

 one of the castle's inhabitants...

 back to the bottom of the hill to catch our bus and return to the hotel before our evening out...so many of the buildings are abandoned...

 at 8"30 we arrived at faia...a traditional fado house in the alto barrio...the meal was lovely...the ambiance was perfect for this ladies night out...during the 3.5 hour experience we heard 4 fado singers...3 women and one man...these 2 were our favs...

 enjoyed the music very much...will be downloading some fado for the lindbloom-larsen collection upon our return...

kir&gin