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A Morning At Porto’s Bolhão Market
Photos of Mercado do Bolhão, Porto’s municipal market in the heart of the city, have been conspicuously absent from this blog for no good reason. But yesterday I compensated for it by going there...
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Escadas dos Guindais: Take The Stairs In Porto
I’ve written about Porto’s Escadas Do Codeçal, the stairs directly beside the Luís I Bridge, and now here’s another set of stairs you can take between Batalha and Ribeira. The steps of Escadas dos...
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The Card Sharks of Marquês Metro Station
I posted last October about the card sharks who play in the park above Marquês Metro Station, but that wasn’t enough for my street photography-loving self, apparently, who decided it was time to post...
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Pirâmides da Maia: A Preview
This morning I photographed the Pirâmides da Maia, not to be confused with the Mayan pyramids… more on this sculpture later, along with the rest of the photos. Monumento à Comunidade Maiata, by...
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XXV Festival da Primavera, Moreira da Maia (Preview)
Our Seattle visitors arrived today and their first cultural experience in the north of Portugal was immediately after: Festival da Primavera (Festival of Spring) in Moreira da Maia. I have plenty of...
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Why Are The People Of Porto Called Tripeiros?
If you’re familiar with Portugal you may have heard the nicknames given to the people in the main cities: the people of Lisboa are called Alfacinhas (little lettuces) and the people of Porto are...
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Beach Day
Praia de Matosinhos My friend from Poland arrived last night and the first order of the day was to reach the ocean since she hadn’t seen it in years. We spent most of the day along the beaches,...
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Porto Street Art: A Touch Of Whimsy On Rua Miguel Bombarda With Jessica Mezey
Porto street art is so colourful and lively that Jessica and I had to feature it in a series. Naturally, this series had to include Rua Miguel Bombarda in the neighbourhood of Cedofeita. In fact,...
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Hello, Alentejo!
Have you been to Festas do Povo de Campo Maior? No? Neither have we, so that’s where we’re headed this weekend: Portalegre District in the Alentejo Region. The flower festival is modelled after Festa...
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Surprises At The Market
Today's Surprise #1: the vendor who I buy vegetarian alheira from at Mercado de Matosinhos has a mini kitchen behind his stand where he cooks lunch. Today he showed me how to cook ray!...
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A (Mostly) Night Tour Of Porto
Last month, a fellow Canadian (and Vancouverite!) currently living in the metropolis of London contacted me through this website, inquiring about evening things to do in Porto as a solo traveller....
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Civic Pride In Portugal (and More Carnaval de Ovar 2015)
In lieu of Carnaval 2016 photos… I present more Carnaval de Ovar 2015 pictures. Sadly, we didn’t go to a Carnival parade today due to poor weather, and opted to stay at home with the pooch instead....
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Igreja Antiga de São Bartolomeu do Mar, Esposende
This little church with the big name in the municipality of Esposende (north of Porto), along the Caminho de Santiago, has quite a history. We came across it by chance, chugging along the N13 on our...
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Porto’s Casa Oriental In 2016
Porto residents, have you been to Casa Oriental lately? It looks a little different than it did just four months ago. Let’s review the changes, shall we? The sign is new. It doesn’t look much...
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Sunday In Minho
We spent all of Sunday in the northern region called Minho (its common name), near the border to Spain closest to us. This region is rich with incredible scenery, as this first picture taken in...
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Streets of Lisbon
This little collection of photographs would probably never land in a tourist brochure for Lisbon, but I chose them because this is what I saw and this is what you’ll see, too. Between the miradouros,...
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VI Feira Medieval de Moreira da Maia
In Portugal, I find that the small festivals in little towns and parishes can be every bit as entertaining (and sometimes even more) than the big, well-known festivals. Not to discourage anyone from...
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A Beach Day In Porto
Praia de Matosinhos My friend from Poland arrived last night and the first order of the day was to reach the ocean since she hadn’t seen it in years. We spent most of the day along the beaches,...
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Porto Street Art: A Touch Of Whimsy On Rua Miguel Bombarda With Jessica Mezey
Porto street art is so colourful and lively that Jessica and I had to feature it in a series. Naturally, this series had to include Rua Miguel Bombarda in the neighbourhood of Cedofeita. In fact,...
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Have you been to Festas do Povo de Campo Maior? No? Neither have we, so that’s where we’re headed this weekend: Portalegre District in the Alentejo Region. The flower festival is modelled after Festa...
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