Lisbon | Lyn Miller-Lachmann

The Place Where I Fell in Love

I take my children to the Maritime Museum, where on the first day of my visit to Lisbon in 2009 I decided that Portugal is one of my favorite places.

My interview with Pedro Nascimento, the talented Portuguese creator of historic models and whimsical scenes.

While my husband is in Kryzgyrstan, the Fulbright folks and Rachel and her family make sure I'm well taken care of.

Our friends from Paris who live in Lisbon take us to see a graffiti-decorated parking garage in their neighborhood.

We visit the Jeronimos Monastery, another World Heritage Site, and I reflect on the history of Jews in Portugal.

This church at the edge of Alfama is built over a synagogue destroyed during the Inquisition.

A walking tour of Lisbon's historic cathedrals and the Alfama District.

The beloved trees in Principe Real's main square.

The Saturday Farmer's Market in our neighborhood, and meeting another Fulbright fellow, Rachel Burk, and her two daughters.

An abandoned building during the crisis.

My husband left the keys in the apartment six days after we arrived, a common travel mishap.

Pictures from our street in the Bairro Alto neighborhood of Lisbon.