This is actually a picture that I snapped last summer (at this exact moment last year we were in Portugal - sigh). This is the front of the Hotel Borges Chiado, where we've taken to staying on our trips to Lisbon. The hotel itself is pretty solid, although the main reason is, as they say, location location location. It's right in the heart of the Baixa Chiado, which means that it's right down the hill from the Briarro Alto. Consequently, it cane be touristy, but there's also a real happy buzz there, complete with nice places to grab a meal and two great bookstores.
To the right is the Café Benard, where I would usually sit and write in the morning, milking lattes and snacks before Janet would come down and join me for lunch. Further up the hill on the left is the Café Brasileira, one of Poessoa's favorite haunts (of which I've already raved about much too often on this blog).
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