Lisbon (Nov.2009)

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Or Lisboa, as they spell it.

I chose to celebrate my 23 birthday in Lisbon because Jo was there for studies and I thought “why not?”. The target was “travel light” so I did! My backpack had my D200 + just 2 lenses (11-16/2.8 and the 50mm/1.4 AF-S),  6 t-shirts, 6 pairs of socks and enough underwear to last me a week. And o course the heavy stuff was on me: a jacket, a pair of pants, a pair of shoes and a long sleeved top. Money and passport in my wallet and I was ready to go.

Yes, no Leica! I had to shoot digital, `cause it`s just like … if you don`t use it , you lose it.

When I left home for the airport it was freaking cold and raining cats and dogs, and by the time I got there I was soaking wet. I had to go through check in, and the guy there saw me like that, and he said “dude, keep your shoes on, don`t bother, I trust you”.

And after 2h in the airport, 4h on the plane, I hopped of @ Lisbon and it was like 30*C…

The next few days flew by very quickly.

Snapped 1300 pictures (most of them are panoramas so don`t freak out. When I got back home I had to keep up with school so I ended up emptying my memory card about 4 days ago and it was then when I had the time to take a look at my photos. So in a way, I bet I would have seen my pictures faster if I would have shot film.

Ok, out of these I have selected around 60+ pictures worth a second look, and out of those I squeezed out 22, but I like “round numbers” and instead of 20 I figured 25 pictures should do the trick.

P.S. Because I don`t want to write long entrys anymore, the one with the panoramas will follow after this one. And maybe I`ll write one with “out-takes” after that.