Lisbon
[googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1xl6p4GwvQbOLi8N1og7TaPuH4Bc&w=640&h=480] Author: Annabel Britton The Guardian describes Lisbon as ‘a place so beautiful you can’t believe people are using it to live in’ and we certainly concur. Behind its vibrant, tiled façade, though, is a history of conquest, disaster and dictatorship, and an uncertain future for its residents. WALK DATA Distance: 8.5km Typical time: […]
Rio de Janeiro
Cidade Maravilhosa: purgatório da beleza e do caos Marvellous City: purgatory of beauty and chaos Most Urban Rambles are concerned with classic motifs of British cities like Georgian architecture, Victorian parks and post-war urban planning. Rio de Janeiro is a thousand miles from this, literally and figuratively: colonial and modern architecture is meshed with rainforest, […]
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