Where Are Ron and Ellen?

Lisbon, Portugal


School children on playground

Young school children in the playground outside our Lisbon apartment


View of Lisbon and Castelo de Sao Jorge

Overlooking Lisbon and the river from a high point in Alfama, with Castelo de Sao Jorge on the next high point, surrounded by trees


Castelo de Sao Jorge

Castelo de Sao Jorge


Castelo de Sao Jorge, cathedral in the distance

In Castelo do Sao Jorge with the cathedral seen in the distance


Trams on a Lisbon street

Trams on a street in the Alfama area of Lisbon


Folk life festival participants

Participants in the folk life festival


Dragon fountain

Dragon fountain in Largo Martim Moniz


Terreiro do Paco

Terreiro do Paco, a huge plaza facing the river


Ron in Terreiro do Paco

Ron in the arcade on one side of Terreiro do Paca (the good ice cream shop is further along in this arcade!)


Walking street

Pedestrian street, looking through the arch towards Terreiro do Paco. Note the patterned tile paving. Such paving is all over Portugal, with different patterns everywhere


Street in Alfama

Street in Alfama - no cars on this one, since it has multiple flights of stairs!


Photos on street in Alfama

There were weather-proof photos mounted all along this particular narrow street in Alfama. We assumed they are of residents or former residents.


Ron on exercise bike in park

Ron gets in a little biking at an exercise station in a Lisbon park