Notes from the Road Region
Lisbon
Alfama
 
Faded Majesty of the Lisbon Alfama
  
 

All of the shapes and colors of old Portugal seem to still exist here. And the colors of places from the other side of the world As if I would know. Perhaps, it is my imagination - created all those years ago in a crowded apartment in Los Angeles.

 
 

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Madrid and the Southern Meseta
"..and I sensed that he too, could 'pick up the dirt and smell it' at least if it was a good Spanish vineyard dirt."

Faded Majesty of Lisbon's Alfama
It is colored in a smudgy gray, festooned with pinks and canaries and aquas and limes.

Tangier and the Imaginary Maitre'd Fromager
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: On day One of Ramadan, we seek out handmade Berber cheese in Tangier.

Ernest and the Barbary Apes of Gibraltar
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Reflect on the monkeys of Gibraltar, culture and cheese.

Mission in the Sun: Andalucia, Spain
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Notes regarding our quest to find the best artisanal cheeses in Southern Spain.

Cheeses of Extremadura, Spain
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Wandering in Spain's most unvisited region.

The Beiras and the Sheep's Cheeses of the Serra Mountains
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: "...Many of the shepherd huts are made of stone and thatch. Our goal is the small settlement the boys mentioned..."

Rolling Alentejo
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: "...Weather which tops out at over a hundred and ten degrees in the summer season help to keep this third of Portugal thinly populated."

Azeitao Cheese of the Lisbon Coast
Travels with an Imaginary Fromagier: Setubal is a mazelike city, even more gnarled and twisty than Evora. It hugs the coast of the Setubal Peninsula, facing south.