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Anatomically Correct Horse Statue

Ancient Tile Panel

The Portuguese are renowned for their tile work. This is a sixteenth century panel depicting a maritime theme.

Unripe Olives

This is what an olive tree looks like. Below, you can see unripe black olives clinging to a branch.

And here are some olives I picked. Eating unripe olives is ill-advised.

Butter Bird

It's not often that you come across a bird made entirely out of butter. This was on the buffet table at the hotel restaurant. The funny thing is that I was looking for butter for my roll, and this was the only butter I could find. Strangely, there was no knife nearby, and I didn't want to be the first person to assault the bird, so I had to make do without.

Portuguese Blue's Clues

Lisbian Tiled Conical Fountains

Scooter and Tiles

Chicken Mythic

McDonald's was launching a huge ad campaign in Portugal for their new Chicken Mythic sandwich. I wonder if it will ever get to the US.

Gil

This is Gil. He's the mascot for the Parque das Nações located along the Lisbon coast and built to host EXPO '98. Note the pair of skyscrapersbuilt to mirror the shape of Gil's head and the conical red tiled fountain in the background.

Portugal for Kids

This was taken at Portugal dos Pequenitos, which is a sort of outdoor museum/amusement park of miniaturized works of Portuguese architecture on which children can amuse themselves.