A common sight in Lisbon - car parking 'attendants'. If you try and park in downtown Lisbon one of these guys will appear and 'help' you. I've always payed them as I assume the implication is if you don't something might happen to your car.

I guess most of them are junkies and this means they get money without doing anything too bad. Some of them do actually keep an eye on the cars as well.

Rua do Ouro in Lisbon's downtown or Baixa district. The name means gold street and this is derived from the many establishments that used to make and sell pieces of filigree Portuguese gold work

One of the streets that runs across the grid of the Baixa (downtown) in Lisbon. I think this one is Rua da Nicolau.

A cannon looks out over Lisbon from the Castelo de Sao Jorge. From here you can see half the sights of Lisbon including Rossio and Praca da Figueira, the bridge, Bairro Alto etc.

The beautiful azulejo covered interior of an old Lisbon Cafe on Rua 1 de Dezmbro in the Baixa

A typical Lisbon cafe selling all the usuals. This one was in Cais do Sodre

View form the Miradouro de Sao Pero de Alcantara in the Bairro Alto, Lisbon.

The most obvious thing is the castle and you can just make out part of Sao Vicente da Fora to the left

An ornate window on Lisbon's main thoroughfare, Avenida da Liberdade

Looking down Calçada de São Vicente and towards a bricked up house on the corner

Looking down Calçada de São Vicente which runs past the impressive Igreja de São Vicente de Fora before descending into the warren of streets that run down to the river. The number 28 tram runs past here