Mercado da Ladra

Thieves Market in the Alfama, Lisbon.

Cabo da Roca Tourist

Cabo da Roca in Portugal is the furthest point west in continental Europe and attracts busloads of camera-toting tourists.

Signage

Political Signage in the Rossio district, Lisbon, Portugal

The Palace

Palacio de Pena, Sintra, Portugal.

Ciganos

Roma children with their accordians and small dogs are a fixture in highly touristed areas and Lisbon's metros.

Meia Maratona de Lisboa

Lisbon, Portugal

Sunning in Spain

Madrid, Spain

Say A Little Prayer

A woman prays in front of a statue of the Virgin of Fatima. Despite being somewhat dreary after its destruction in the 1755 earthquake and a fire in 1959, the Igreja de São Domingos in Lisbon's Rossio neighborhood still draws people.

Ponte Vasco da Gama

Cyclists practiced their stunts near the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the longest bridge Europe when built in 1998, which runs over the Tagus River.

Fado Music

Fado bars generally target tourists in Lisbon's Alfama, but there are still some where folks from the neighborhood go.

Giving It Up

Setubol, Portugal. Before forty days of "fazer sacraficios," or making sacrifices, for Lent,, Portugal celebrates Fat Tuesday, a national holiday, during Carnival incorporating much from their former colony Brazil.


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