Dispatches from Lisbon (Again)

15.07.2016

Pastelaria Snack-bar A Tuna and a Mini Mercado on Calçada de São Vicente in Lisbon, with someone leaning on a balcony above

You may remember a blog post a while back by Mike Sallabank documenting his trip to Lisbon, to remind yourself you can take a look here.

If you looked through Mike's blog post you might have come across a comment from a ‘Peter Griffin’. If you didn't get that far, or didn't fancy taking a look, 'Peter Griffin' described Mike’s blog post as “mind numbingly boring to look at. Id rather watch a radiator warm up”. However, I actually throughly enjoyed his photographs. So much so, that I decided to book myself a trip over to Portugal’s capital city.

Although Lisbon isn’t a huge city, I still found that one week just wasn’t enough and I hope to return again sometime soon. Between climbing endless and winding cobbled streets in Alfama to bathing in the summer sun on beaches in Cascais, I managed to go to a one day music festival, climb around about 1,380 ft to Castelo dos Mouros and watch about five of the Euros group games all whilst living on a strict diet of Pastel De Natas.

Unlike Mike’s photographs, mine were shot on 35mm film, and if you’re reading this ‘Peter Griffin’ – enjoy.

View over terracotta rooftops and pastel houses of Lisbon to the river, with a white dome, a church bell tower and cranes

Yellow number 28 tram with passengers at the windows and a Beirão advert, O Licor de Portugal, on a cobbled Lisbon street

Formal park of low box hedges in geometric patterns on a sloping lawn, leading down to a monument column and the city

Crowd in red and green hats and scarves watching the Euros in a Lisbon square, facing a Carlsberg stage

Dusk over Lisbon rooftops climbing a hillside, with a church bell tower and a lone umbrella pine against a fading sky

A crowd at a night-time street party in a small Lisbon square strung with red and green tinsel and festoon lights

View from a dark room through a tall open window and sheer curtains, down onto a Lisbon street with tram tracks

Salmon pink apartment block on a Lisbon corner, with wrought iron balconies, laundry drying and tram tracks in the cobbles

Avenue lined with tall palm trees between two long pale buildings under a deep blue sky

Someone in a straw hat and striped blue shirt sitting on a mosaic pavement by iron railings, with a crutch and a tin can

View from a terraced garden with palms, hedged lawns and busts on plinths, over Lisbon's terracotta rooftops to the river

Crenellated walls of Castelo dos Mouros winding along a rocky wooded ridge, with flags and visitors on the paths

At an outdoor music festival, someone in a bandana headwrap and glasses pours water into a cup beside a speaker stack

Two people on stools at the top of worn stone steps, watching a small screen by a doorway in a Lisbon side street

See more of the same on Instagram here... @superbillah

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