I must plead your forgiveness today, my dear reader. I know that I promised last night that I would continue on the story of the Picart print I wrote about yesterday. And to make it up to you, I pinky swear promise I will pick up where I left off on that story tomorrow (I promise to do so especially to my friend Gordy who has been dutifully and delightfully reading my posts everyday – hello dear Gordon!). But today, quite honestly, I took the day off to be a tourist and get a feel for Lisbon. And so, instead of continuing with the Picart story in this post, I thought I’d share some pictures – a little photo-essay if you will – of my adventures today. Thank you for indulging my day off whims :)
Though, funnily enough, while I took this day innocently believing that I would not find anything related to my research, in the customary way of the universe, I actually found a few things very related to my research, namely a copy of the narrative drama/play O Judeu (The Jew, 1966) by Bernardo Santareno (pseudonym of Lisboeta psychiatrist, António Martinho do Rosário). It was the first book I laid my eyes on while perusing tables of a street book fair I happened to pass by walking through the Chiado neighborhood. I have a feeling I will definitely be writing about this play once I read it. So despite my best efforts, ultimately this scholar did not have quite the day off she expected ;)
For this post, though, I thought I’d just share a little taste of my wanderings around beautiful Lisbon today: from the Museu da Farmácia (Pharmacy Museum) in Baixa-Chiado to the Fundaçao Calouste Gelbenkian to the north of the city in the Azul neighborhood. I hope it feels like a little mini tour for your Saturday :) Back to regularly scheduled programming tomorrow!
Bonus: while you look through these photos, I thought I’d offer a mini-soundtrack inspired by the fabulous concert I saw this evening (for free! in the open air!) in the garden of Fundaçao Calouste Gelbkenian. The song is “HEADS or TAILS” by the Lisboeta artist The F. Libra. Here’s the link.
A beautiful view and apt phrase from the Miradouro de Santa Catarina.
An open air book fair in Chiado.
A copy of O Judeu, surely the subject of future posts.
Fun, medieval-ish graffiti near the Elevador da Bica.
A cute waiter and chef duo.
A sweet bite on a break from walking the hot city… very important research ;)
A sweet vintage sign in azulejos for water, aguardiente, and liquors.
A vintage apothecary flask for vanilla at the Museu da Farmácia.
What today was (“good day”).