On our final day in Lisbon we went to see the magnificent statue. The city of Lisbon can be viewed from that vantage point as well as the spectacular 25 De Abril Bridge, which looks like the Golden Bridge in San Francisco.
Cristo Rei (c) juson.org 2012
Photographing the Cristo Rei (c) juson.org 2012
25 de Abril Bridge (c) juson.org 2012
Registration for the conference was in the evening yesterday and so we decided to take a peek at what Lisbon has to offer. We weren’t disappointed. Some of the sights were simply fabulous! We went back to the Praca do Commercio, took the train to the Mosterio dos Jeronimo, walked to the Torre de Belem and then headed to the Lisbon Oceanarium by bus.
Here are some photos taken on our way and at the monastery.
Praca dos Commercio (c) juson.org 2012
Mosteiro Jeronimos (c) juson.org 2012
Inside of the Monastery (c) juson.org 2012
Another front view of the Monastery (c) juson.org 2012
Padrao dos Descrobimentos (Monument to the Discoveries) (c) juson.org 2012
Nazarene (c) juson.org 2012
The Altar (c) juson.org 2012
Tomb of a Royaltay (c) juson.org 2012
Today is the start of the conference. I’ll be very busy the whole day until the end of this week. I hope I can take some more photos and show them on here.
My ass and thighs still ache due to the 15hour flight from Singapore.
The temp this morning was 13C but it felt much colder. My windbreaker wasn’t enough as my knees were knocking each other out while I was exiting Lisboa airport and queuing for taxi. Good thing none of my knees passed out!
Checked in to my hotel and then went downtown with my colleagues to see the usual touristy spots. In the next 5 days I will be in a conference the whole time so I’m taking advantage of this break today and early tomorrow.
Here are a few snaps of this place.
Praca do Commercio (c) juson.org 2012
Ministry of Justice (c) juson.org 2012
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These videos are my first attempt to use the video feature of my Nikon D90. I used Adobe Premier to stitch the clips and Handbrake to compress/resize the videos.
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