Your-Lisbon-Guide

Who's protecting us or are we lesser than tiger & maybe not so cute?

Environmental Minister Bans Cell Towers in Tiger Habitats; Issues Other Guidelines to Protect Wildlife from Radiation Exposure - Activist Post In some parts of the world, government agencies are taking steps to better protect people as well as wildlife from radiation exposure.

Monday's lesson on breathing in CO2

How carbon dioxide improves your health CO2 is typically thought of as nothing more than a harmful waste product of respiration, but it’s actually a driver of mitochondrial energy production, and it improves the delivery of oxygen i…

Wow left on my Lisbon venda in the shade but not water for 2 month.

Art is Necessary David Seeger Kevin Atherton Penelope Matheson

I really recommend writing as a developed skill. Writing forces you to organize your thoughts, of course, but I think it also allows you to experience the world in a deeper way than those who simply witness it.

Maybe it's not just writing; maybe all artistic fields have this effect. When you see the world and write about it, create music about it, compose dance about it, paint it or sculpt it, photograph it, it forces you to be more conscious, more aware of the nature of it -- the texture, the sounds and colors, the depth of it.

I see things happening around me, sometimes even simple, silly things, and I want to tell people what I see, what I feel, what I understand, when I see them. That desire, and the writing that sometimes follows it, causes the scene to blossom in my head, to expand and open, in a way I very seldom hear other people express.

For instance, I was driving through a valley in western New York a few days ago, and I suddenly realized the valley was a sort of message -- the message of a three dimensional, long-time-axis process -- that hinted at the river flowing through the center of it. Built into the shape of the valley was this processional billboard that shouted RIVER! -- But also spoke of erosion, millions of years of flowing water and the slow sculpting that accompanied it. I couldn't even see the river, but the terrain around me told me it was there.

That thought expanded out to thoughts of the other messages built into the world around us. All of nature speaks in a visible language, conveying information about itself. Nothing is hidden, but at the same time, you can't understand any of it unless you focus on learning and seeing and hearing. Generations of observers before you, each taking down patient facts, slowly pin down the words in Nature's vocabulary, and eventually -- if you take the trouble to LEARN some of that language (as so many of us don't) -- you can hear and understand the voices of geology, biology, physics and chemistry, so much more.

I think of myself as a sort of tourist on Earth, here for a short time and not very deeply involved. But this stuff makes me feel both connected in a very cool way, and yearningly dismayed at all I will never learn about the place.

But meanwhile ... I can look and listen. And write.

Saturday Lunch in the South Lands.

The Cutty Sarks Lisbon connecton, who would have known, fab read.

Hot day, cool ice-cream must have flowers on top. Pull into & order one while you enjoy the view.

Nice little guide for your Lisbon stay - suggested hotel is where Madonna hung her hat while she lived in the city a few years back. Just across the street is the Ancient Art Museum treasure trove - enjoy.

How to Spend 7 Perfect Days in Lisbon Here's an expert guide to making the most of your visit.

Mellow Yellow Monday, everyone.

Yum yum, with a few good eat friends of Lisbon.

A gastronomic odyssey around Lisbon with Nuno Mendes The chef on why his latest London venture is a love letter to the Portuguese capital

Christmas greetings Portugal style - enjoy the details, soak up the good vibes, and have a very beautiful Festive holiday with your family and friends.

Portugal's largest Nativity Scene. Enjoy this beautiful Nativity Scene located in Vila Real de Santo Antonio in the Algarve, Portugal. It is environmentally friendly and contains 20 tons of s...

Keep an eye out for Autumn

Time to write up your summer journal as the Autumn days approach.

Lisbon in the news again.

Lisbon battling it out for best in the world For the first time, Lisbon has been nominated in the category for Best Heritage City in the world.

Yes Lisbon has those walks.

Europe’s best walking cities: Six wonders of the wandering world From atmospheric Berlin to Joyce’s Trieste, via Marseille’s markets and a wellbeing walk in Copenhagen, city strolls reward the curious rambler

Why the Global Film Sector Is Making the Pilgrimage to Portugal Geography can sometimes seem like destiny. Portugal, that smaller Iberian nation bordering Spain, could seem fated to forever live in the shadow of its mighty cinema neighbor. With less than a quar…

Your future is bright, Lisbon.

The future is Lisbon Lisbon has been voted as one of the 21 places of the future worldwide, standing out thanks to the quality of universities, infrastructures and security.

Let's take the train Lisbon to London.

Eurostar quer ligar Londres a Portugal com comboios de alta velocidade | Revista Cargo O operador ferroviário Eurostar tem planos ambiciosos para novos serviços ferroviários entre Londres e Lisboa, a quase 300km/h.

The past coming full circle. A Monday long read about a European country's relationship with the slave trade.

How Portugal silenced ‘centuries of violence and trauma’ There has been little acknowledgment of Portugal’s role in the transatlantic slave trade – until now.