in Badajoz, Spain, old castles are being turned into public parks. . .
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We visited a grocery store in Badajoz with a prosciutto-slicing station. I still can’t decide if seeing the slicer in action helped me see where my food comes from. The store had giant hyper-clean aisles and smelled of cleaning solvents. Nobody spoke and social distancing was in full effect. The Spaniards were dressed in their usual black, somber leather. And here’s this woman in the center of the store with her metal cuffs, working like a surgeon on a pig’s leg. I felt like I was in a video for some 90’s industrial band.
When we arrived in Europe, we spent a few days wandering the streets of Lisbon, recovering from jet lag. Not sure what this ad is for. Nature?
Lisbon has these cute yellow trams that are emblematic of the city (sort of like San Francisco’s cable cars). They appear on souvenir t-shirts and coffee mugs, and tourists love to ride them. We were lucky enough to visit one of the tram’s flats in the Baxia district where it invited us in for coffee, sardines, and sweet custards.
“Pelicans”
street art by the famed Portuguese artist, Bordalo II
No longer able to protect the castle, Lisbon surrounded it with red plastic barricades…
Lisbon has this fun museum where they simulate earthquakes. It’s called QUAKE and they time-travel you back to 1755 when an earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent fires destroyed the city and killed tens of thousands. QUAKE is part museum, part escape room, and part dark ride. The fake earthquakes are muito bom!
The QUAKE gift shop sold designer bug-out bags. What?
My sunsets on the Algarve coast suffered from lens flares, contrast issues, and poor shooting locations. But I don’t care. I DON’T CARE!
Sunsets are stupid.
nature trail made out of pavers at Rio Formosa Natural Park. . .