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August 26, 2022
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Cimetério dos Prazeres. Cemetery of Pleasures. An intriguing name, no? And an intriguing sequence in this blog to be writing about a cemetery called Pleasures immediately after writing about the birth of fado in Lisbon’s taverns and brothels. Sadly, the …
August 25, 2022
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Let me get this out of the way from the start. Just as no native Portuguese would rhyme Chiado with ‘shadow’, neither would they rhyme fado with the first note of the musical scale. Rather, they would pronounce it more …
August 24, 2022
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My time with Ana was winding down as we walked past the Convento do Carmo and onto the bridge that led to the Elevador de Santa Justa. Unlike the Elevador da Glória – which is a funicular – Santa Justa …