Short trip to Cailhas

On Friday, I went to Cacilhas, the land across the water from Lisbon. The area affords a great view of the entire of city of Lisbon, and is just a quick ferry ride away. I expected to take some pics of the city and the beautiful25 de Abril Bridge, maybe also see the Cristo Rei statue that looks down over the city, and grab a drink. When I arrived, I turned right. Imagine my glee, when on the way to taking pics of the bridge and to a restaurant I had read about, I came across a wasteland of abandoned warehouses, graffiti and tile. It was a perfect place for pics that then gave way to two little restaurants set up on cement outcroppings overlooking the water and the bridge.

View of Portugal 

View of Portugal some more!

heading down warehouse row:)

That bridge. Like San Francisco bridges--because made by same person!

One of my favorite pics--can you SEE the old tile there? So cool.

Who knows what the graffiti says, but there is tile there. So cool.

Arrived at the destination little restaurant

The Tiles of Lisbon: Introduction

I share here, tiles.

When tiles are on the mind, you see the way that Lisbon reveals other tiles--its polished, square cobblestones, its new graffiti along back stair ways, its endless vistas of red-roofs, crowding on top of each other. 

The stories of Lisbon become tiles too--standing for a coffee in cafes, snatches of words on the street, music and shouts echoing through the narrow avenues of Bairro-Alto, the city's throbbing nightlife district. 

Tiles bespeak a symmetry and a close up view and also the panorama of a whole building.

Here, the Tiles of Lisbon.

Photographs of Tiles--day 1 in Lisbon

These are shot from my first day in Portugal.