Looking down on the Praça Luis de Camões through a fine mist of rain from my window
taking in the familiar patterned cobblestones and blue tiles of Lisbon.
There are bargains to be had at the street bookstalls outside the Livraria Bertrand
... and what better place to hang out when it's raining than the bookshops of the Chiado?
Outside the Basilica dos Martíres, and looking down the Rua Garrett, an ancient lady in black begs for money.
Around the corner, the elegantly faded façade of the São Carlos opera house. Click here to see some of the Lisbon opera choir performing spontaneously just above the spot where I took the photo above.
A hundred cobbled steps will keep you in shape as you head down the steep hills of Lisbon
but first a visit to my favourite store for Portuguese nostalgia
I'm heading down to the Baixa and the port of Lisbon, hold on for more ...
