Archive for the 'Belém' Category

Sightseeing Lisbon: in a toy-like GoCar even middle-aged men feel like a boy again!

A new, different and unique way to explore Lisbon: these tourist cars look like toys and if you’re driving one they make you laugh, sometimes out loud! People who see you driving start smiling or say ”Whow!”

My friend Rob Plews (r) and I (I’m Julie Kruijs), December 2008. Very surprising is this car can talk, but not [...]

Lisbon people: Viviane Durieu’s (Belgian) favorite places

Viviane Durieu is creator of ‘A Travessa’, one of Lisbons best restaurants, set in a 17th-century convent, with a picturesque courty yard.

“When I arrived in Lisbon in December 1969, two days before Christmas, I thought the climate and the light were fantastic. Especially because I had arrived from Belgium where it’s cloudy for nine [...]