Click on the photo to take you to my uploaded pics from the last few days...Look at the photoset for Lisbon 2006.
Saturday, January 28, 2006
First Saturday in Lisbon
Well, I made it through my first couple of days. The weather here is very temperate and it's been relatively sunny (keeping my fingers crossed)--it's beautiful out today and Molly and I are going to walk to the town of Cascais from her apartment (in Estoril). Both are suburbs of central Lisbon and on the ocean. Estoril, it turns out, was a nest of American and British spies during World War II, how fitting! It's also where Casino Royale is based because it has the largest casino in Europe--Thanks goodness because my slot-machine arm is getting weak!
I've been spending my days at the archive Torre do Tombo and it's been very productive so far. Turns out my biggest problem is going to be TOO much information. I'm looking at the files of the Portuguese secret police (PIDE)--their version of the CIA. Pretty interesting stuff...but BOY did they collect a lot of paper!!!
OK, that's it for now. Still no word on the visa...that's a WHOLE other issue!
I've been spending my days at the archive Torre do Tombo and it's been very productive so far. Turns out my biggest problem is going to be TOO much information. I'm looking at the files of the Portuguese secret police (PIDE)--their version of the CIA. Pretty interesting stuff...but BOY did they collect a lot of paper!!!
OK, that's it for now. Still no word on the visa...that's a WHOLE other issue!
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Made it!
Well, I made it Lisbon. Don't have time to say much right now. Briefly, it's lovely. Portugal's a weird place because it's still really lacking in many of the "modern" admenities one expects in western Europe. Internet is still really difficult and the city is nearly impossible to navagate around. You can't get a straight answer out of anyone and everything take 3, 4, 5 steps to do or figure out. Fortunately, my friend Molly has been here for a while already and has shown me the ropes. More later...
Friday, January 06, 2006
Getting ready for the trip...
Dear all--
This is just a short blog...only a few weeks left before I take off. First I'm off to Lisbon to do research and will live with my friend there. Then, it seems, I'll be going to Angola for 3 months! Let's keep our collective fingers crossed that all the paperwork goes through!
Probably wont blog again until I arrive in Portugal on the 25th. SO....TTFN!
This is just a short blog...only a few weeks left before I take off. First I'm off to Lisbon to do research and will live with my friend there. Then, it seems, I'll be going to Angola for 3 months! Let's keep our collective fingers crossed that all the paperwork goes through!
Probably wont blog again until I arrive in Portugal on the 25th. SO....TTFN!
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