You would say it isn`t as big as Paris and as rich as Rome when it comes to culture, but when you get there, you have so many things to see, check, admire and …eat, that you find it difficult to be everywhere, believe me! But if you have only 24 spare hours in Lisbon, there are a...
The little streets in Alfama, Lisbon are like some suave fado strains in a warm summer evening …they fascinate you, they make you dream about a bohemian life and you get lost in the middle of them, feeling that you...
“The wine of Porto, when rich and healthy, warms his old bones, as nectar does…” that is what Lewis Carol said. But Portugal has got not only the old wine as a symbol of the magical and beneficent nectar. Oporto, Aguardente and Ginjinha… only if you heard some...
Venice, with its blue sky and always crystal clear sea, in olden times when Europe was swallowed by the grey, the dark and the mist of the early Middle Ages. It`s the end of the 9th century, a vessel with a courageous crew brings back the remains of Saint Mark from ...
Romantic stories, with extraordinary characters in remarkable situations are on top of my “guilty pleasures” list, which I relish without feeling a pang of remorse. Well, the spectacular story of the gorgeous courtesan, Veronica Marco, who fascinated the...
It is said that Indian food is like a classical Raga: it takes time to reach a crescendo. Or, at least, they say so. In my opinion, the Indian gastronomy emanates such a big fusion of...
