Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture

Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture | José Saramago

The oldest bookshop in the world is located in Lisbon - or at least the place where there has been sold books from the same adress for the longest time. It all started in 1732, more than twenty years before the devastating earthquake which wiped out the lower parts of the city.
Today it is part of â€Bertrand‘, a chain of bookshops, and though it is a beautiful shop it doesn‘t look THAT old. I bought the tagged book which I look forward to.

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Henrik_Madsen

Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture | José Saramago

Guess where we have just started vacation...

ValerieAndBooks Have fun!! 5y

Henrik_Madsen @ValerieAndBooks Thanks - we will! As usual we will make the kids go through more Churches and museums than they want, but we can‘t stay on the beach all the time. đźŽ 5y

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BookishTrish

Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture | José Saramago

I‘m super restless this morning; too restless to focus on my current reads. Spent some time making roasted eggplant with eggs - a breakfast I used to make pretty regularly before we had the kids. It‘s raining cats and dogs and my husband suggested dipping into this old favourite.

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Freespirit

Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture | José Saramago

Another wonderful day of exploring in Portugal. We are in Coimbra now and today I dragged hubby to the University Library which is rich in design and books. It holds more than 60,000 books from the 16th to 18th century‘s. Unfortunately they don‘t allow photography in the most divine section. The bottom left photo I took looking from across the river up to the University on top of the hillđźŤ

DivineDiana Thank you for inspiring my dreams today! âť¤ď¸Ź 5y

Gina Wow, now that is dreamy... 5y

Crazeedi So absolutely gorgeous, would just love to see this country... 5y

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CarolynM Fabulous! I really want to visit Portugal one day. 5y

SW-T Gorgeous! 5y

Freespirit @DivineDiana it is such a lovely country. Hoping to encourage other travellersđźŤ 5y

Freespirit Thanks @Gina đźŠ 5y

Freespirit @Crazeedi @CarolynM OMG go if you can. It‘s very reasonably priced and so easy to travel and so much to see! 5y

Freespirit Thanks @SW-T đźŠ 5y

Velvetfur Coimbra is one of the main towns there I haven't yet visited but have always wanted to! Thank you for posting these pics, they're gorgeous đźŤ 5y

Freespirit Thanks @Velvetfur the University in Coimbra is amazing!! 5y

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Freespirit

Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture | José Saramago

Ancient book shelves in the scriptorium of The Convento de Christo in Tomar, Portugal took my eyeđźŤđźŤ They have been around since the 12th century!!

Tamra Beautiful space! 5y

DivineDiana Love. đź’— 5y

Gina Ohhhh myyyyy... um, um, ummmm 5y

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jenreads7 Gorgeous! 5y

Redwritinghood đźŤđźŤ 5y

Freespirit Hard to believe how clever they were then @Tamra @DivineDiana @Gina @jenniferajanes @Redwritinghood đźŤ 5y

jenreads7 @Freespirit Sometimes I think ancient people were smarter than we are! We have a lot of technology and equipment but still haven‘t figured out things like: exactly how the Egyptians built the pyramids (super heavy blocks of stone!) or how the statues on Easter Island were put in place. I love watching documentaries about things like this as they test theories. Amazing! (edited) 5y

Freespirit I feel the same....how did they lift huge stone blocks? And what they built then has lasted...foreverđźŠ @jenniferajanes 5y

jenreads7 @Freespirit Exactly! 5y

CarolynM LovelyđźŤ 5y

Freespirit Thanks @CarolynM đźŠ 5y

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Bibliogeekery

Journey to Portugal: In Pursuit of Portugal's History and Culture | José Saramago

I'm going to Portugal in early March! I'm looking for suggestions of books set in or about Portugal in preparation. Any suggestions welcome! đź‡µđź‡ąđź“š

BookishTrish Where in Portugal? I used to live there and want to retire there one day. Suggestions incoming... 5y

BookishTrish

The Golden City

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Baltasar and Blimunda

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BookishTrish

The Two Hotel Francforts: A Novel

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Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel

Bibliogeekery @BookishTrish Lagos will be the home base. I welcome travel suggestions too! 5y

BookishTrish

The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon

BookishTrish Lagos is simply stunning. 5y

BookishTrish Get to Sintra if you can 5y

BookishTrish And since you‘ll be in the Algarve try

300 Days of Sun: A Novel

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O Crime Do Padre Amaro

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The Maias: Episodes from Romantic Life

Bibliogeekery @BookishTrish thanks SO much! I appreciate the books and any tips you have! 5y

BookishTrish I lived up north in Vila Nova de Gaia and we only went to the Algarve once on holiday. It was so relaxing. 5y

BookishTrish

The History of the Siege of Lisbon

Bibliogeekery @BookishTrish were you born in Portugal? 5y

BookishTrish No. I taught English there for two years in my 20s. 5y

Bibliogeekery @BookishTrish what a cool experience that must have been! 5y

BookishTrish It was pretty great. We moved there on a whim and learned so much and saw as much of the country as we could. We‘re hoping to go back this year. Maybe in the summer. 5y

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