I needed a new pair of walking shoes for going to Spain and Portugal. Ended up buying this pair which are unbelievably comfortable. They are the only walking shoes/boots I’ve ever worn where I haven’t needed liner socks and haven’t had any blisters.
I am now absolutely sold on Meindl and cannot recommend them enough. They are more expensive but definitely worth it
Visited the amazing Paula Rego museum in Cascais. The building itself has won awards and provides a very suitable space for her work .
She uses traditional Portuguese folk and fairy tales as the basis for much of her work and through them explores love and seduction, power and subjugation, fear and terror. Some of these paintings are truly frightening, the way the stepmother is humiliating Snow White, the fear present in the body of Pinocchio.
The Red Riding Hood series gives quite a different perspective on the tale.
If you go to Lisbon do get the train out to Cascais and visit the ‘Casa dad Histórias Paula Rego ‘ it’s well worth it.