- Beginning of the journey in Lisbon: Raphaël meets Elsa Loupiac (guide and translator) and they begin to walk through the town, they see the nice azulejos (the art in the streets) and arrive at the old neighborhood of Alfama: Elsa speaks about the dance in Lisbonne and they begin to dance the "forro" , a dance of Northeast Brasil in the place and later in a dance room.On the next day they visit a shop where people buy the dried cod called in Portuguese "bacalhau" (there are 1000 ways to prepare this fish).Later they cross the tramway 28 in the Alfama neighborhood and enjoy food on the terrace of a restaurant speaking about the pleasant life in this neighborhood (the the kindness and the friendliness).After that Raphaël is in Sintra visiting the Palace of the Pena with his guide (the different architectural styles of the palace): then they go to the romantic gardens ( a magic place).Later Raphaël meets Cesar in the Arrabida nature park: from the hills they look at the beaches, they visit an old castle (which belongs to one of the biggest vine producers of Portugal, they speak about the muscatel wine and taste this wine: after that they make a tour on a sailboat, swim in the sea and arrive at Sesimbra: a fishing town: they eat sea food in the Marisqueira Modesto Petisco.Then Raphaël travels to Grándola where he meets Don Luis , they walk through the cork oak plantation looking to the harvest of the barks.Finally Raphaël is in Seixal, a fishing town in front of Lisbon; a civil servant of Seixal presents him his family, his daughter will play music in the procession dedicated to Saint Peter, the saint patron of the fishermen: in the streets there are brass bands and people carrying the statue of Saint-Peter. Besides we see zooms about Lisbon (the taxi driver, the photographer and the urban artist speak about their town), about the Cape Verdean people living in Lisbon, about the neighborhood of the Mouraria (the fado singer, the local newspaper, the community kitchen and the mediator), about the "azulejos" ( the museum, the SOS Azulejos project and the Ratton gallery), about the surfing at Ericeira and about the nature reserve of the estuary of the Sado river (the dolphins and the oysters farm).—zutterjp48
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