Tuesday, October 31, 2006

13-16 October 2006. Lisbon.


Our first opponents in international football - a team of Benfica fans, the users of forum http://www.canalbenfica.com/



1. 13 Oct 2007 . Rua dos Mouros in the Bairro Alto. View from our flat



2. View over the roofs to Rio Tejo


3. Rua do Alecrim




4. Homage to James Richardson from Lilly and Sash




5. Just say no from Phil


6. 14 Oct 2007. Drinking in the streets of the Bairro Alto


7. Talking tactics in the streets of the Bairro Alto


8. Fash wandering around with a duck in the streets of the Bairro Alto


9. ChChFCOBTC still standing in the streets of the Bairro Alto


10. Outside our building in the Rua dos Mouros


11. Rua Augusta leading to Praca do Comercio in Baixa


12. Igreja da S. Maria Madalena


13. Se - the Cathedral


14. Rua de Limoeiro with Mosteiro de Sao Vicente de Fora


15. View from the Castelo de Sao Jorge towards the Praca do Comercio


16. View towards Baixa, Bairro Alto, Ponte 25 de Abril and the Statue of Christ


17. Towards Rossio and Bairro Alto


18. Mosteiro de Sao Vicente de Fora


19. Praca do Comercio, equestrian Jose 1 and the Triumphal Arch


20. Alfonso de Alburqueque who captured Lisbon from the Moors in 1147, Belem


21. Mosteiro dos Jeronimos


22. The tomb of Vasco da Gama, a Grand Nom, in Mosteiro dos Jeronimos


23. The magnificent cloisters at the Mosteiro does Jeronimos


24. Yes, these cloisters are boss


25. A detail


26. The cloisters and the chuch


27. And a bit more of the same


28. And more


29. And more of my Top-5 cloisters


30. And I'll pose


31. Inside the church -just look at those pillars!!!


32. A detail of the second floor of the cloisters


33. A spot of heraldry


34. Mosteiro dos Jeronimos from Praca do Imperio


35. Mosteiro dos Jeronimos with Estadio de Restello (Belenenses) in the background


36. And a better view


37. Padrao dos descobrimentos (Ponte 25 de Abril in the background)


38. And the other way around


39. Just Prince Henry the Navigator


40. View up Rio Tejo


41. Torre de Belem - with Rio Tejo opening up to the sea


42. Torre de Belem from a more classical angle


43. I am literaly about to fall over...


44. Fash in a pink shirt


45. 16 beverages, please


46. Outside the fish restaurant that had no fish to serve...


47. ...because all the fish was in the window, it seems


48. Helen says - that's just great


49. 15 Oct 2007. On the metro on the way to the match


50.ChChFCOBTC march unopposed through Lisbon


51. A few yards later, still unopposed


52. The changing rooms


53. Bailo celebrates the changing rooms


54. And a bit more of the changing rooms


55. ChChFCOBTC before the match with #Benfica at Campo 2 Futebol Municipal do Alto do Lumiar


56. ChCh defence snaring the ball


57. 2nd half, things are going well


58. The Battle of Lumiar through the back of the net


59. Phil Day on the ball


60. Tony about to turn someone


61. Beware of Zizou!


62. Captain Fash airborne


63. Get up for it!


64. Pikey marshalling it

65. Fash against the world

66. #Benfica 1 ChChFCOBTC 2, after the match

67. Sash presenting a trophy for the hosts to the excellent opposition keeper and captain VelhoEstilo

68. On the way back through Lumiar

69. A spot of wasteland

70. Down the road from the place of victory

71. Lumiar metro - a place where history was made

72. Up the escalators in Metro Baixa-Chiado

73. Dom Pedro IV in Rossio

74. Praca da Figueira looking up to the Castelo

75. ChChFCOBTC relishing that dinner in Baixa


76. Sasha's eyes with the flag to commemorate the historic match

77. ChChFCOBTC with the flag

78. The goalscorers Lewis and Small with the flag, getting merked, I believe

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