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When Ruth and I were leaving the Alfama found a small "overlook" and when we went to the railing and looked down there was another expansive deck area with what seemed an unusual collection of seating possibilities - a bunch of white tables and chairs (photo) next to a line up of four black sofas (photo). We didn't go down to see what the sofas were made of but it must have something substantial as they were clearly well exposed to the elements.
The next photo is taken from the castle looking down on one of the two main plazas, Plaça da Figueira; our hotel is just out of the photo in the lower right hand corner and the walkway right middle leads to the second of the two plazas, which you cannot see, named after Dom Pedro IV but referred to as Rossio. This Plaça was in the past apparently the site of animal markets, fairs and bullfights (the latter no longer take place on Portugal). This photo also gives some idea about how high the Castle/Fort is.
The fourth photo was taken on train on the way to Lisboa from Albufeira.
The last photo is an interesting building which houses production and sales of decorative ceramic tile (azulejos). If you look closely you can see that the entire front of the building is decorated with art completely done with ceramic tiles. This photo is the introduction to the next blog which will be about azulejos which are as prevalent and interesting as chimney pots!
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