Author Archives: Emanuele

Tascas – A journey through traditional Portuguese taverns and cafés

With its natural beauty and its culture and traditions, Portugal is for me a highly photogenic and visually inspiring country. It was great that recently I was able to spend 4 months there, and I’m already looking forward to going back soon. In a post I wrote back in December I stated that I was [...]

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Looking at an exciting 2013

Our fundraising campaign came to an end. Thanks to your donations we’ve been able to raise $3,072 against our goal of $3,000. In addition to that we’ve also received some contributions offline, plus a friend I helped financially a couple of years ago, came back to me with the same amount of money I loaned him when [...]

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A quick note about our online fundraiser

I’m making this short post for those who don’t follow our Facebook page. In September thieves broke into our home and stole our photography gear, our laptops and the hard drives where our photos from around the world were stored. The hit was pretty bad and it took us some time before we got to [...]

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Photos of Lisbon

Lisbon is one of my favourite European cities, however for a reason or another, every time I go to Portugal I never seem to get to spend enough time there. Last June was no exception, and even though we spent almost a month in Portugal, spare time was a luxury since we were still working our [...]

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Santo Antonio’s Feast and the Festas de Lisboa

With the Festas de Lisboa keeping the city pleasantly busy during all the month, and the celebrations for the Festa de Santo Antonio between the 12th and the 13th, June is probably the best time of the year to be in Lisbon. Lucky me, this year I spent almost all June in Portugal, not too far from its capital [...]

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