It's has been for a while since I wrote my blog.
I'm deeply sorry for that but I can not keep the balance between my social and professional life. But I can not help it. There is too much work to do, but not enough manpower to finish all those things.
At the end, years and days are passing by and I'm spending my life in a small, boring office room.
Unhappily we do not make time for things which make life worth to live.
But thanks God, I can travel, idea of travelling is keeping me alive.
Now It's time to talk about yummy things like "pasteis de belém".
There is small patisserie in Belém famous with is "pasteis de belém". Pasteis de belem is a yummy, crispy tart. The formula of the desert is secret. Formula is not written, only two privileged people at the earth know the secret recipe (I guess two, could be three).
When you go to patisserie, a long queue will welcome you. If you don't like to wait I suggest you to go there early in morning.
But please note that if you like chocolate desserts there is a slightest possibility to dislike the tart.
It's funny, I now realized that I was so busy with eating pasteis de belem haven't taken any pictures of them (:
After eating my pasteis de belems, we headed to Mosteiro dos Jeronimos - Jeronimos Monastery. Jeronimos Monastery is in UNESCO World Heritage List
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| Monastery and us |
Due to its fame, there was a huge queue in front of monastery. Instead of waiting we went to Berardo Museum, Museum of modern and contemporary art.
I love art but I have no clue about modern art. There was no guide who can just explain the meaning of pictures that we were looking at.
So I read the signs, looked at the pictures. They were nice but I can not tell you more (:
But Museum has a huge collection If you like modern art and can understand it I strongly recommend you to visit museum.
You can nice pieces of Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali.
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| A bit of Warhol |
After spending like 1.5 hours in Berardo Museum, the queue in front of monastery was not bad at all. After entering the garden of monastery we have noticed If you want to visit only the monastery you don't have to queue.
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| Inside of Monastery |
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| Inside of Monastery |
But I recommend you to visit the Garden.
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| Garden |
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| Birdview of garden |
After having a nice tour around Belem we walk to Ajuda. Actually we climbed the Ajuda, didn't want to take a cab, couldn't catch the bus so decided to walk. But Ajuda is at the peakest place of Belem.
I loved Ajuda, it's a nice town with nice tile pavement apartments and of course there is also a palace- Ajuda National Palace
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| My "I did it" face after climbing a steep |
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| Nice tiles |
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| 25 de abril Bridge |
We have spent so much time in Belem and Ajuda, Torre de Belem was closed. Tower of Belem was built to protect Lisbon port at 16. century.
The tower is example of late Portuguese Gothic art and also in UNESCO World Heritage List.
After Torre de Belem we visited Padroa Dos Descobrimentos which means Monument to the Discoveries.
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| Padroa Dos Descobrimentos- Western Side |
Monument was dedicated to people who had major geographic expedition in Portuguese History.
Main statue represent Henry the Navigator. He got the navigator nick name after his death. He played a major role in development of European Maritime.
You can see Vasco da Gama at Eastern side of monument.
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| Padroa Dos Descobrimentos- Eastern Side |
