Tag: portugal
A culture of sorrow
Orhan Pamuk describes a collective sorrow that permeates his native city but this cultural meme seems to have taken root everywhere.
Lisbon
Like the explorers in their carracks and caravels, Lisbon’s status as hub of the whole world has long since set sail, but there’s still much to discover here.
Sintra
Romantic architecture and the stuff of pure whimsy: welcome to Sintra and its castles in the sky!
Bike and kayak in Lisbon and Arrábida
Lisbon is great to visit by bike – provided you start at the top of a hill. And when you’re done with the city, the beautiful coastline awaits!
Baltasar and Blimunda
Saramago’s breakthrough novel in English, full of contrasts and landscapes but lacking his later spark.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
SIaS! at the Southwark Rooms
Before this night, I hadn’t been dancing for a long time. Strange thing was, I knew practically everyone there.
- Originally published: 21 Sep 2005 in Concerts
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
A timeless art collection that survived the times.
- Originally published: 28 Mar 2009 in Museums & Galleries
Spanish scrambled egg breakfast
A quick recipe for Desayuno de la Burguesía: scrambled eggs with saffron, paprika and lots of other goodies!
- Originally published: 28 Aug 2011 in Personalia
Peasants and pies
Though his art is famous across the globe, Pieter Bruegel the Elder himself remains a mystery.
- Originally published: 30 Aug 2009 in Walking
Vassieux-en-Vercors
As 1944 arrived in the Vercors, along with the cold winds and frosty temperatures, there was also tension in the air.
- Originally published: 9 Jul 2010 in Europe
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.