Street Art Treasure Hunt - Lisbon Lisboa
The crazy capital city of Lisbon in Portugal or Lisboa as the locals call it. It was hot (especially coming from 15c in Edinburgh), it was crazy full of tourists (of which we were two more), its built on the very steep sides of severn hills on the banks of the Tagus river. It has its very own Golden Gate Bridge (Ponte April 25th) and its very own Christ the redeemer statue and its the oldest city in Europe after Athens. Its a good looking city, bustling and busy and I had heard there was a bit of a street art around. I was not disappointed. I have come back from my travels inspired and I got to see a few pieces by artists I have followed from afar which put a big smile on my fan boy face! So where do we start? I guess it has to be the Lisboan "Bordello II" . He creates brilliant relief sculptures of animals out of trash and recycled materials and has pieces all over the world. I was first introduced to him in Porto where there is a fantastic hare on the corner of a bu