Sunday, June 24, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
VIVA LA PORTO!
Porto is like that beautiful woman that you spy from afar who upon closer inspection is actually a bit of an ugger. I’m terminally nearsighted.
It’s old and dilapidated. The riverside is a honeycomb of crumbling facades, pockmarked with dirty broken windows overlooking narrow cobbled streets but this is actually what makes it so cool. It’s like Cuba without the vintage American cars and cheap prostitutes or so I’ve heard.
Many years ago, some bright spark came up with the novel idea of decorating the exterior of your home with bathroom tiles and naked mannequins and to my great delight many buildings in Porto are still decorated in this fashion.
It’s old and dilapidated. The riverside is a honeycomb of crumbling facades, pockmarked with dirty broken windows overlooking narrow cobbled streets but this is actually what makes it so cool. It’s like Cuba without the vintage American cars and cheap prostitutes or so I’ve heard.
Many years ago, some bright spark came up with the novel idea of decorating the exterior of your home with bathroom tiles and naked mannequins and to my great delight many buildings in Porto are still decorated in this fashion.