As I wrote in my previous post, I went to Lisbon, Portugal earlier this month to attend a conference, and of course, I managed to spend some time looking around :) That was the second time I went to Europe, and I don't know about you but I feel very lucky to be able to go there twice.
I managed to capture one interesting sight of the society there in this picture. A group of people were hanging around eating pizzas in a cafe while watching a soccer match, and check out their expressions when one team scored a goal !
Honestly, I doubt you can see a scene like that in Japan, and even in my home country: Indonesia unless you go to a high class bar where people gather to watch soccer. Well, I guess that's Portugal for you.
Another thing that attracted my attention was that, it seems that people do not mind eating while standing. I saw many restaurants where there were no seats, and people just stood in front of the counter eating (sandwiches maybe ?) while talking to the waiters/waitresses. I didn't dare to try the experience though, partly because I can't speak Portuguese and I found most of the Portuguese can't speak English, but maybe I should have ...
These are some of the photos that I took there.
This is the first castle that I visited, and by castle, I meant a castle which was used to defend a territory, not like a chateau which was used as a place of living. Boy, talking about how many stairs I climbed up and down to reach that castle up there.
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Nice pictures and what a location! really envy you for visiting Europe twice.
btw, the picture in the cafeteria can be seen in India too, the only difference being that of sport. In India, it would be a game of cricket :)
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