I was scrolling through articles looking for something to read when I spotted this article. It immediately caught my attention because of my planned but not achieved Camino from Porto to Santiago (another year then!). But, I had wanted to visit Lisbon too, so had t read this. what a delight. It’s made me more than ever desirous of a visit to Lisbon before I start my Camino…I’ve wanted to visit Portugal for ever such a long time.
I remember walking about one of Lisbon’s cobbled streets with my dad, many years ago. We came up to a gentleman selling Borda D’Água, an old almanac created in the 1920s. I wondered what sort of use could somebody living in Lisbon have for a farming calendar and other agricultural tidbits. Apparently, alfacinhas (the nickname given to Lisbon residents, literally meaning lettuces) are indeed interested in agriculture because, to this day, the old almanac is still sold on Lisbon’s streets, virtually unchanged.
Maybe we need the almanac to plant lettuces on all those urban vegetable gardens that are popping up all around the city. The truth though is that there’s a lot I don’t know about Lisbon, the city where I was born and currently live on. Nevertheless, given that this blog is filled with stuff we blabber on about after visiting a place for just a few days, I…
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Thank you for reading! Hope you can make it soon to Lisbon, drop us a line if you need tips. Funny enough, I’m also thinking about redoing the ‘Camino’: I cycled it in 2006 and I would like to hike it this time!
awwww your’e welcome. It was a great read, thank you 🙂 Yes, the Camino….so many route to choose from but the Portuguese Coastal route really appeals to me. I was meant to do it in September but have decided to walk the English route in April 2017. My father cycled the route in his 80’s and one of my younger sisters has also cycled one of the routes. I definitely prefer to walk, a slower pace which I enjoy…even though I love to cycle, the thought of carrying a backpack and cycling is a bit daunting LOL. Thanks for the offer of tips for when I visit Lisbon 🙂
Indeed, carrying a backpack while cycling was a bit of a hassle, even a 5kg one (and it was even more of a hassle having very little to wear)! I think you’ll enjoy our next post, it will be about hiking the Fishermen’s Trail (a beautiful route that follows the Portuguese southwestern coastline) 🙂
I loved your post about the Fishermen’s Trail. It made me seriously want to just pack and go…like right now LOL. Your images were fantastic and what an extraordinarily beautiful part of the world. I think Portugal is totally under-rated!! I’e saved the link and will plan to follow that route some time in the future. I’m still planning/hoping to walk the English Way of the Camino next year
I’m sitting at my desk right now and wondering about the same thing: what if I just got up, fetched the backpack and went somewhere? 🙂 Thanks again for reading!