[December, 2011] In Evora, Portugal, we stayed in a hotel called Pousada, which used to be a convent. It became a luxurious hotel in 1965, apparently. The lower building on the right in the photo…

[December, 2011] This is a restaurant I went in Evora in Portugal.In this country, the starters are brought to you without your asking them, which I experienced in Porto in the north of Portugal, too.They…

[December, 2011] In Girald square in Evora, the main city in Alentejo in Portugal, they were having a bonfire. There was a big tree lying next to it to put some wood into it. We asked the…

[December, 2011] The destination of our trip was Alentejo region in Portugal. Evora is the main city here. I had heard that this city has got a long history since Roman era, so I had imagined…

[December, 2011] This is not a corridor to changing rooms for a swimming pool, but a corridor of a hotel we stayed in Lisbon. We chose this because it is located right in the centre…

[December, 2011] There was a big earthquake in Lisbon, too. It was in 1755. Here at the Placa do Comercio square, apparently there used to be a palace. According to the audio guide, to quickly reconstruct…

[ Dec.2011 ] This is an old lift called Santa Justa in the middle of Lisbon. When you are walking on the pedestrianised street, you will see this suddenly. Apparently it was build towards the…

[December 2011] Alfama area in Lisbon is the oldest part of the city. When you enter here, you feel as if you were walking in a three dimensional maze. Sometimes you would come across small…

[December, 2011] In Portugal, you can see a lot of buildings with tiled wall. According to the audio guide in the hop-on-hop-off sight seeing bus we took towards the end of the travelling, these tiles started…