Tag Archives: Lisbon

A Road to Nowhere (in particular)

Posted on October 16, 2025 by If It Was Today

We were sitting on a park bench late this afternoon, enjoying the cool breeze and a panoramic view of Lisbon when Jan said “we should have done something more today”. My response … “why”? What did I mean? Let’s start … Continue reading →

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Slow Tourism

Posted on October 15, 2025 by If It Was Today

We aren’t obsessed with the “slow food” movement, but I think many of our eating habits align with the slow food idea. I’ve never heard of a “slow tourism” movement, but if one starts, we will be the first to … Continue reading →

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Time Out

Posted on October 14, 2025 by If It Was Today

It was a simple plan. Start the day at the coffee shop with the best view in Lisbon, have lunch at Time Out, and finish with a sunset cruise. We had an early start (for us) and walked down (and … Continue reading →

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Wandering and Wondering

Posted on October 13, 2025 by If It Was Today

We didn’t have any particular agenda for today. We included six days in Lisbon in our itinerary because 1) we really like Lisbon, 2) we’re starting to know our way around this part of the city, and 3) it seemed … Continue reading →

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Lisbon At Last

Posted on October 12, 2025 by If It Was Today

Sitting in Toronto airport last night, watching our departure time slowly creep later, we began to worry the flight would be cancelled because they couldn’t fix the problem. Turns out this was a legitimate concern – they couldn’t fix the … Continue reading →

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And We’re Off

Posted on October 11, 2025 by If It Was Today

We’re on our way. The plan was a four hour layover in Toronto before our flight departed for Lisbon at 11:00 PM. It was ideal. Enough time for a relaxing dinner at the airport and then takeoff right around bedtime. … Continue reading →

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Almost Home

Posted on November 12, 2024 by If It Was Today

We woke up early to have breakfast at the hotel and then walked over to the airport. Today involved a lot of time sitting, eating, and drinking, so it made sense to get as much exercise as we could. Once … Continue reading →

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A Not-so-manic Monday

Posted on November 11, 2024 by If It Was Today

Our trip is almost over – we fly home tomorrow morning. We didn’t want to worry about early morning traffic getting to the airport, so we booked an airport hotel for tonight, and as a result we had a quiet … Continue reading →

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Another Lazy Sunday

Posted on November 10, 2024 by If It Was Today

We had a plan. It was a good plan, but you know what they say. Even the best of plans never survive first contact with reality. We got away from our apartment early, at least by our standards. If you’re … Continue reading →

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Wall Art – Then and Now

Posted on November 9, 2024 by If It Was Today

It was another lovely day in Lisboa. We’ve had a lot of those. Portugal has a rich history of tile making and because of that, Lisboa has a National Tile Museum. Jan has long been interested in tiles and tile … Continue reading →

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