Lisboa, Portugal
The blind woman singing fado while she kept time with a musical triangle on a rhythm begging. The five African woman brightly colored with laughing voices on the narrow street of the port tasting bar. The tall building covered with cobalt colored tiles and blue awnings. The monument near the cathedral in the shape of a star honoring the Jews burned during the Inquisition in 1506. The Klezmer band in the street nearby made up of five young men, one of whom played a mad clarinet. The giant screen where the Portuguese were watching FIFA soccer matches on the palatial square near the Rio Tejo where long ago King Charles and the prince were murdered. The castle on the hill above the Baixa with its towers like a fairy tale. The notes of a soft guitar drifting on evening light. This city with its long history inviting us in.