Lisbon the capital of Portugal.
PEOPLE.
Portugal went back to be also an exporter of it's own youth -
everybody there can give you news
of a young graduate who, after her studies, got two minijobs of 300 euros/month here and was desesperate until she got an offer in a country in Europe: a real job for 2000 euros/month.
Some of my friends went through the same: despair there in spite of being highly qualified and jobs you couldn't dream of in England, Switzerland and even Mozambique...
CITY life. An article written in El País tell us about
how Lisbon has lost 100,000 people per decade for the last 30 years.
It is now in the EU’s top ten most quickly shrinking cities.
The reasons they list include:
- poor condition of public services like schools and hospitals,
- and the fact that property in Lisbon costs 3 times more than in surrounding municipalities.
10 things we did in Lisbon
A) Where to get lost:
Besides the obvious sites, where you will end up...
1- Market de Graça
on Saturday mornings.
often thought to mean "Thieve's Market" (in Portuguese "ladra" is a woman thief)
Lisbon's flea market is called locally the Feira da Ladra,
2- Panoramic View at "Jardim do Torel". Near "Casa de Galicia"
For example, From Metro Martin Monitz, go up along Rua Sao Lazaro till Manuel Bento.
B) Where to get walk the little lanes:
Mouraria curiously remains the most multiethnic neighborhood in the city. It's nonetheless a very authentically Lisbon neighborhood, known as the birthplace of Fado. Another hidden treasure is the interior of the former Colégio dos Meninos Orfãos orphanage on Rua da Mouraria
Alfama. this quaint medieval district (once the Moorish and Jewish quarter before it became a fishing community) is the oldest neighborhood in EuropeGraça. Set in a visually stunning hill that extends to the neighborhood of Graça, this is Lisbon at its most picturesque and the very soul of the city.
Take the ferry at Cais do Sodre and get to the neighbourhood of Cacilhas. Walk some 10 minutes along the river till the lovely coffee place there. From 18 till sunset... get the last sun beams on your face while you enjoy are below the large bridge and a view of the city from the other site.
D) Where to have a bite.
O Eurico -Largo de Sao Cristovao, 3A little chaotic and crowded inside this little family casa/restautant. Very genuin and the atmosphere was really nice.
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