Azulejos

Can you imagine a whole museum devoted to ceramic tiles? Can you imagine that it would actually be interesting? Our expectations were not high but, gosh, it was free on Sunday and we do love a bargain so off we went.

I am kinda thinking you might not get the full impact from these photos so, interspersed with the awesome ceramics is the occasional flower, fish pond, or turtle photo which I also took there in the gardens.
Check it!



Three D ceramic tile work.



Ceramic wall mural



Ceramic lady who looks strangely like Barb.




Some were old. Some were modern.






You still there? Fish!!!




Real turtles! Apparently they were trained to do tricks! This alone made it worth the admission price.


Back to the tiles



I really missed my brother, Larry. He would love all the cool art in this place.


Hang on! Here comes a flower shot!






This super long mural shows what Lisbon looked like before the earthquake in 1755 that devastated a good part of the city. That lady you see turned out to be a history buff from Paris visiting Lisbon. We had a very interesting conversation about the history and buildings in the mural. At one point we called the security guy over to clarify something for us and he got involved in the convo. It came out that his mom sings fado in a club in a certain part of town. He gave us the address and his mom's name so we are looking forward to checking it out! Serendipity!


I took a number of shots on the panoramic setting of my camera so when I figure that out you might get to see this photo again only better!

Time for another flower shot.



Big flower



If you were thinking you were going to get out of this museum without seeing a fab chapel you would be mistaken. Taken from the front looking toward the back.



Hibiscus and bougainvillea are beautiful here.





Then a cold front blew in so we went home and took a nap while it rained.

Location:Lisbon