We pulled out all the stops and hit the town till the early hours. Goncalo and his wife Sofia recommended a beautiful restaurant right on the Tagus River. We met at 8 and had a blast. Of course we got there early as the managers meeting was still going on so we walked around the waterfront a bit. A huge copper kettle, boats on the water, and some fine graffiti. The breeze off of the water was stiff and so when we got inside we had them wheel over a huge flame thrower heating device. Gancalo and Sofia arrived next followed by Omar and Carlos. Soon the wine was flowing and of course we needed to celebrate with a bottle of Veuve Clicquot, just like the fizzy Friday's of old! Small dishes started arriving and we waved off the giant steak. Everyone preferred to get more of the little plates. We ate, drank, talked and laughed ! Great times
The sunset downriver
Cooking in copper
As mysterious as it was huge
This is a content rich wall!
Simpson like
The whole building
One of the other traditional sailing ships
Commemorating the Carnation Revolution of 1974 that overthrew the authoritarian regime
Bring on the Champagne
A toast to friends both old friends and new friends
Great dishes
A flaming heater for the chill off the river
Tasty Bao buns
All hands on deck
I needed to be faster with the picture
Dessert is come and gone
The wine is running out
The two amigos!
Our table of six
Having a blast
Kindred spirits
On a hot day in Portugal
A cool rose wine
Will cleanse the pallet
A tour of the table, Carlos
Sofia
Omar
Leslie
Goncalo
And Mr. Mustache
Fun with the panorama
Rorschach wine-blot test
From too sexy
To too sweaty!
Light my fire!
