Cape Cod

We decided to take a break from driving round and round and round and round Boston, and take a little trip down to Cape Cod



Views of Provincetown







On Old King's Highway in Cape Cod, there's some amazing New England architecture.





Many houses there seem to have been made from old barns.

Quincy

The view of Boston harbor from Quincy

Boston

We're out visiting Boston for a week.



A typical street in Boston.



the touristy Faneuil Hall / Marketplace area.

Feira da Ladra

This flea market in an old neighborhood of Lisbon is actually called, in english, "The Theives Market" (Feira da Ladra)

Portinho da Arrabida

Carnaval in Setúbal

Quite a large crowd for the third annual Carnaval parade of the city of Setúbal.



Rio, it's not, but it had charm and some good fun.



Hey. Being a clown is serious business...






Tia Louisa and Jean-Yves with their grandson, Vasco.



There were some truly scary sights:



And nothing beats a school of foam fish... with a dog on a leash.
(I guess sardines need pets too.)



Like the Rose Parade King, this Don concludes the show.
The handle bar moustache is real. He's had it for 40 years I'm told.

Torre de Belem

The weather may have been undecided, by Téo had no such qualms about wanting to go see the "castle on the water" as he calls the Belem Tower.







The view below is of the Monument to the Discoverers, with one of the supports of the 25th of April Bridge in the background.

Carnaval at School

Not Harry Potter (Sheesh...)
"Téo the Wizard!"



The Wizard and his anachronostic friends.