i could retire in lisboa

for the benefit of my cousins, serene and sherri, i just have to say that i´ve completed my food pilgrimage in lisboa by having those sinfully delicious portugese eggs tarts. and not at any other place, but this cafe at belem (a town slightly off the city centre) which has been making portugese pastry since the 1800.

i´ve got the photos to prove it.

anyway, lisbon is the place to retire after i finished working in barcelona. plans for my life after law school are really vague and misty, but i do know i´d like to spend some time in barcelona and just retire and eat egg tarts and climb narrow cobbled alleyways in lisboa. this is an amazing amazing city, thats less rushed, less hustle and bustle than barcelona but still entirely livable. from the portugese version of the hongkong cha'chan'tangs to the antiquated trams and funiculars to the old grannies hanging their clothes out to dry from their apartments crammed choc'a'bloc with each other to their meat and seafood to the friendliest people ever in europe to the spectacular views after climbing for hours on 45 deg angle ankle busting slopes, (did i mention food?), to the more economical lifestyle....

this place? its pretty much my paradise.