In Lisbon alto isn’t quite

Looking over Lisboa. Two of the distinguishing traits of Lisboa (henceforward) Lisbon are its hills and its neighborhoods. In fact, while the sobriquet the City of Seven Hills is certainly better known when applied to its Italian counterpart, it’s also …

Head out on the highway

Portugal, as I’ve written, isn’t a very big country. I’d checked the GPS Monday night and the drive from Tavira in the far southeast to Lisbon on the central western coast needed less than three hours. This left me plenty …

The road to Tavira – Anchor What?

The final post in my Olympic Cities series is satirically titled, If it’s on the internet it must be true because while the internet can be a font of truly enlightening information, it is simultaneously a cesspit filled with falsehoods …