So… Lisbon sucks massive ass in the rain.
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So… Lisbon sucks massive ass in the rain. Normally I love to walk a city, but it’s cold, constantly raining and too windy for umbrellas. So we’re just doing one museum after another and I must say, #Lisbon has some spectacular museums 1/
@Remittancegirl yeah this is the worst time to visit my country... Storm after storm...
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So… Lisbon sucks massive ass in the rain. Normally I love to walk a city, but it’s cold, constantly raining and too windy for umbrellas. So we’re just doing one museum after another and I must say, #Lisbon has some spectacular museums 1/
@Remittancegirl Just returned from Malaga after 3 weeks. I cannot believe how much it rained.
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First we had breakfast and then went to a really odd museum that used to be a private house of an eccentric modernist Mr Madeiros e Almeida - he was a mad collector https://www.museumedeirosealmeida.pt/
2/Then we went to the Archeology Museum which is housed in the shell of a church destroyed in the earthquake https://museuarqueologicodocarmo.pt/
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So… Lisbon sucks massive ass in the rain. Normally I love to walk a city, but it’s cold, constantly raining and too windy for umbrellas. So we’re just doing one museum after another and I must say, #Lisbon has some spectacular museums 1/
@Remittancegirl Not as much as Madrid, let me tell you.
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Then we went to the Archeology Museum which is housed in the shell of a church destroyed in the earthquake https://museuarqueologicodocarmo.pt/
3/Finally we went to one of the best collections of Asian and Southeast Asian art I’ve ever seen. Really unassuming place and criminally under promoted but their collection is massive and extremely well curated https://casaasia-cfc.scml.pt/
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@Remittancegirl Not as much as Madrid, let me tell you.
@Illuminatus I grew up in Madrid and know its museums fairly well, and Lisbon’s compete very creditably
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@Remittancegirl Just returned from Malaga after 3 weeks. I cannot believe how much it rained.
@RIJim It’s been so cold and wet! I’ve never had a winter like this before.
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Finally we went to one of the best collections of Asian and Southeast Asian art I’ve ever seen. Really unassuming place and criminally under promoted but their collection is massive and extremely well curated https://casaasia-cfc.scml.pt/
This last one - The Francisco Capelo Collection - we were the only visitors we saw. It’s so sad. Exquisite collections of Japanese and Chinese pottery, lacquerware, painting, textiles. And some really rare things like armour from Mindanao, masks from Bali. Amazing Buddhas from all over.
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@Remittancegirl yeah this is the worst time to visit my country... Storm after storm...
@PMFL I must come back in the summer, because people are lovely and it is a beautiful place. I will not hold the weather against it!
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So… Lisbon sucks massive ass in the rain. Normally I love to walk a city, but it’s cold, constantly raining and too windy for umbrellas. So we’re just doing one museum after another and I must say, #Lisbon has some spectacular museums 1/
@Remittancegirl I cancelled a trip to Lille in November cos of a forecast of constant rain. Supposed to be going in March now but schlepping about in the drizzle isn’t much fun.
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This last one - The Francisco Capelo Collection - we were the only visitors we saw. It’s so sad. Exquisite collections of Japanese and Chinese pottery, lacquerware, painting, textiles. And some really rare things like armour from Mindanao, masks from Bali. Amazing Buddhas from all over.
Also, I have to mention the tiny, frumpy hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese restaurant we went to last night. It’s run by a family who’ve been serving Vietnamese food in Japan, Angola, Mozambique and finally Lisbon.
The phớ bộ was so good that I wept. It made me so homesick for Vietnam. the broth was just that good https://maps.app.goo.gl/S7pEWxbnJaGWbcou9?g_st=ic
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@Remittancegirl I cancelled a trip to Lille in November cos of a forecast of constant rain. Supposed to be going in March now but schlepping about in the drizzle isn’t much fun.
@arratoon It isn’t. But I do love museums, so its not too bad
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@Remittancegirl I cancelled a trip to Lille in November cos of a forecast of constant rain. Supposed to be going in March now but schlepping about in the drizzle isn’t much fun.
@arratoon if it were only drizzle it would be fine. But you can’t open an umbrella without it turning inside out!
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So… Lisbon sucks massive ass in the rain. Normally I love to walk a city, but it’s cold, constantly raining and too windy for umbrellas. So we’re just doing one museum after another and I must say, #Lisbon has some spectacular museums 1/
@Remittancegirl These are my favorite kinds of vacation days. So many hidden gems to be found when the weather turns hateful.
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