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- 24 April 2008
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- marisapott
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- This was a comment I have found at the article published in TRAVEL TALK on line newsletter (JUST GOOGLE FOR IT OR MARISAPOTT): I was written in By Ron Schmitz in 2005. It is worth reading is comments about Lisbon too. "All the above and then some were part of our adventure. By midday of our arrival, our taxi dropped us in City Centre where our hosts were waiting. For the first 2 weeks, we rented a cozy flat (about 250 sq ft cozy) from Marisa Pott, a lovely, dark skinned Portuguese woman who is finishing her PhD in Environmental Studies. A Bohemian flat, with a "squeeze in" kitchen and "exhale carefully" bathroom, the living/dining area "spacious" by comparison, with untreated beams and posts, pine floors, light yellow walls, two wooden shuttered windows on the new world just outside. Ah yes, outside! We sat with our morning espressos and gazed out on a mosaic of rooftops, their curved tiles like golden brown baguette crusts, zigging and zagging across the hillside leading up to the 12th C. Castelo St. George high above us. The scene might be a cat burglar's paradise, except he/she must step carefully to avoid impalement on TV antennae or head injury via satellite dish. Ah well, romanticism is seldom pure. Marisa's third floor walk up home is brightened by the sunlight streaming in the tall windows, as well as by the artwork of Carla Pott, Marisa's sister. Carla seems to have a thing about anthropomorphic dogs . . . several brilliant acrylic splashed "portraits" of whimsically attired canines adorned the walls- Carla reportedly has a gallery showing in New York- her work was very cheering. As was the availability (with Marisa's permission, naturally) of M's eclectic CD collection . . . waking up to her music, whether one of her Bach or Handel Oratorios, or Nina Simone (which I played a dozen times), John Coltrane, Dionne W, or one of the "local" musician got the days off to a lyrical start. After a shower in an unenclosed 2 foot square corner (somewhat typical in Europe), we'd hang the towels out the window- adding to the colorful displays hanging outside most of our neighbor's homes- and gaze down on the cobbled steps leading down to the central Plaza Rossio two blocks away. Or we could peer up the steps to the winding lanes and more steps that lead to the Castle atop the hill."... guest name: Ron Schmitz
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- 30 April 2008
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- Anonymous
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- would give a "4" on all counts EXCEPT one thing. .. We found the apartment a very nice accommodation for a good price, thank you!
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- 05 June 2008
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- Julie & Sebastien
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- OBRIGADO, We spend a marvelous time in Lisbon, thank you for the flat so well located... We let you melon and butter in the fridge... Thank a lot. Julie and Sebastien