Lisbon Revisited: Inspiring Mosaic of the Portuguese Capital

By Ana da Silva

An inspiring quote by Henry Miller states «One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things».
In this sense, this booklet is an invitation to the reader to ‘see’ Lisbon through my very eyes. I have the privilege to be simultaneously an insider and an outsider. Let me explain: I am an insider because I was born and grew up in Lisbon. But I am an outsider too, since I left very young to live abroad for approximately two decades. Being so, when I came back, I had to re-visit and re-discover my own home town, as if I were a stranger.
My wish to see beyond the obvious led me to do lvaried research, and I was lucky enough to discover many fascinating details and stories I am now sharing with you. The book contains 12 chapters, dealing each one with a specific theme related to the Portuguese capital. Each chapter is like a tile, and all together they build a mosaic of the city, showing it from many different perspectives and angles, offering thus an interesting, still subjective view.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ana da Silva
• Release date: Aug 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370319756

Ana da Silva

Ana da Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal. She studied foreign languages and literatures (Bachelor Degree). and would soon leave her home towm for Northern Europe, to work abroad.After aprox. two decades she returned home again and started publishing as independent author, photographer, designer, and lately also as musician (autodidact). She favors a simple, spiritual and harmonious lifestyle and this reflects in all her creative work: inspiration comes straight from the heart. Being creative is for Ana an intuitive process and a genuine necessity.Most devoted both to motivational, inspirational photo books and travel essays.Main sources of inspiration are Lisbon and Portugal, urban, maritime and green landscapes, pets and animals in general, local history and traditions, multiculturality, spirituality.

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Lisbon Revisited

Inspiring mosaic of the Portuguese capital

Ana da Silva

Copyright 2014, 2016 by Ana da Silva

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INSPIRING PLACES - BOOK SERIES BY

ANA DA SILVA

LISBON REVISITED

Inspiring mosaic of the Portuguese capital

(INSPIRING PLACES - vol. 2)

INSPIRING ROOTS

Portuguese Stories

INSPIRING PLACES - vol. 1 (soon available on Smashwords too)

OLD CHARM LISBON

Retro and Vintage Establishments

INSPIRING PLACES - vol. 2 (soon available on Smashwords too)

ABOVE ALL OTHERS, THIS BOOK IS FOR MY CHILDREN. MARIO AND CHRISTIAN AND FOR ALL THOSE THOUGH BORN ELSEWHERE, ALSO VERY FOND OF THE PORTUGUESE CAPITAL.

This book contains 12 chapters, dealing each one with a specific theme related to the Portuguese capital. Each chapter is like a tile, and all together they build a mosaic of the city, showing it from many different perspectives and angles, offering thus an interesting, however subjective view.This is an invitation to the reader to see Lisbon through my very eyes. I have the privilege to be simultaneously an insider and an outsider. Let me explain: I am an insider because I was born and grew up in Lisbon. But I am an outsider too, since I lived abroad for approximately two decades and, when I came back, I had to re-visit and re-discover my own home town, as if I were a stranger. My wish to see beyond the obvious led me to do some research, and I was lucky enough to