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Prologue: Tribute to the SWC South Africa 2010!D-Day: A beginning Eastfield to Istandbul: Grumpyness at 30000ft Turkish shuttle Istanbul by day Istanbul by night Long walk to freedom Lisbon walking tour Discovering Lisbon Exploring Sintra Fado’s night out The rain in Spain falls mainly on my brain A day in medieval Toledo Madrid on a Sunday Flamenco por una buena causa To Barcelona Barcelona! Barcelona!Gaudi in the morning Olympic in the afternoon Chilling in Barcelona La Rambla To Nice A Nice night Relax, take it Eze Monaco in an afternoon Chilling in Nice To Venice Our first day in Venice The attempt at Venice night photos The second day in Venice The last night in Venice The Farewell Frenzy in Firenze Exploring Florence Conquering the Dome Conquering the Torra Lucca, I am your father Picnic in Pisa A day in Pisa When in Rome…Ancient scorching Rome Welcome to Naples (and its crazy traffic)A day in Capri Ancient scorching Pompeii To Santa Fortunata Chilling in Sorrento Back to Rome Aida and the catacombs The Vatican in a flash The End

jnroux

Western Europe 2010

Fado’s night out

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Jun 24 2010, 10:41 PM

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jnroux
Somerset West, South Africa

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Lisbon, Portugal

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We decided to do the traditional thing in Lisbon our final night… Fado! First, we walked to Miradouro Sao Pedro de Alcantara… I guess this means “Place with great view,” because from there we had a very nice view of Lisbon. We then walked to the Bairro Alto region and went into a Fado restaurant. We ordered Monseraz, a local white wine, and while looking through the menu Jose Manuelle (and two very good guitarists) performed some Fado. Fado is basically a person singing very passionately in Portuguese led by (in our case) an acoustic guitar a Portuguese guitar. According to Wikipedia: “Fado (Portuguese: destiny, fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in Portugal. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor.” Riana ordered a traditional Portuguese dish cod-fish and I order one of there house specialities: Coffee-Steak! This was basically a minute steak drifting in a cream and coffee sauce… very delicious! After Jose, we also had Fado performances by Maria Portugal (I assume this is her stage name) and Catherina. After a very enjoyable Fado experience we walked back through the busy streets of Lisbon and walked into a very vibey Yes! hostel. Here we had Ginga (like Ninja) shots… very tasty shots with cherries as base. Sleep came quickly after this…

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