im good im gone

all i have to say is thank god for the swedish, and swiss (laura) for introducing me to this wonderful artist and fantaasstic song. (the video was disabled, but please go check out the real thing, you might even fall in love!)

sob o mar

i always enjoy my tri-annual, more or less, trip to lisbons oceanarium. its was built in ´98 for the the world expo but is still just as excited now as it was back then. i think it might be one of the largest in the world, but its been over 10 years since it was built so maybe not anymore. anyways the whole area is fantastic, and really for great architecture, sculptures, parks, restaurants, museums, cultural centers, theatres and other pavilions. there is also a beautiful shopping centre with glass water ceilings which you will see a picture of as well. many picture lisbon to be old moorish, baroque or manuelian charm, but it hosts some seriously cutting edge stuff as well.

anyways heres just a few photos from the afternoon...

atlast + overdue = a fairy tale land

well, the time has finally come.

so much for that previously reassuring internet connection...i must have quite an angry neighbor about.

thank goodness for this course and my free internet acess at my school, universidade de lisboa.

anyways, enough talk. here are a few photos from my always welcomed visit to Sintra. It really is one of the most majestic, beautiful places one could visit. its like walking straight into a fairy tale. there are palaces and castles everywhere, well kept cobble stone streets, horse drawn carriages, and vast, slightly eerie but beautiful, fresh, lush forests. i think it has to be one of my favourite places in the entire world.

(i did not have much time in the actual city, so most of the pictures you see will be from palacio de pena. a wonderful and eclectic palace cituated on the very top of a mountain. if i was to be a princess and had to choose any palace, i would most definitely choose this one!..)

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though slightly illegal, i just wanted to put this up here to show the amazing work of the king. he enjoyed painting and things like this tapestry of sorts were sprawled across his entire workshop.