Night Train To Lisbon

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not a 'deep' book, but not pure 'fluff', either. one of those stories that tugs at your heart-strings. Bus: It offers a wide network of more than 140 lines that link to some places that the subway does not reach. There are also night buses that connect the main areas of the city. The schedules and frequencies vary depending on the line. Metro: The metro has four lines differentiated by colours: yellow, green, blue and red. These cover most of the areas of tourist interest in between 06:30 to 01:00. The Lisbon metro is modern and one of the fastest and most economical ways to get around the city.

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But oh yes, I was forgetting, I need to justify myself. I am not, of course, comparing the very mild form of censorship that Goodreads has recently been practising with the horrors of the Salazar regime. That would be an absurd insult to all the brave people who resisted this appalling dictator, whose unashamedly Fascist government managed to cling to power until 1974, four years after Salazar's death. I would like to know more about how they succeeded in doing that. Presumably there were enough people on the inside supporting them, and they were sufficiently brutal about eliminating anyone on the outside who spoke up against them, that the large mass of citizens who just wanted to live quiet lives figured it was better to accept the status quo.

Night Train to Lisbon

I actually give this book 2.5 stars, rounded up to 3. It was a pleasurable read just not a great one. NOBREZA SILENCIOSA. SILENT NOBILITY. It is a mistake to believe that the crucial moments of a life when its habitual direction changes forever must be loud and shrill dramatics, washed away by fierce internal surges. This is a kitschy fairy tale started by boozing journalists, flashbulb-seeking filmmakers and authors whose minds look like tabloids. In truth, the dramatics of a life-determining experience are often unbelievably soft. It has so little akin to the bang, the flash, of the volcanic eruption that, at the moment it is made, the experience is often not even noticed. When it deploys its revolutionary effect and plunges a life into a brand-new light giving it a brand-new melody, it does that silently and in this wonderful silence resides its special nobility.” The author of the mystery-book was a doctor; after treating one of the worst figures in the Salazar-regime he does penance by trying to help out the resistance. Lisbon has two main train stations: Santa Apolonia and Oriente. The first was inaugurated in 1865, with a single platform, and is located in the centre of the city, with easy access to the main places of interest. A very different architectural style is the second one, located to the east and designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It was inaugurated in 1998 so that it could be used during the Expo. Both stations are accessible for people with reduced mobility and offer services such as waiting rooms, luggage storage, bars and restaurants, shopping area and car rental. Travelling overnight from London to Scotland and vice versa, the Caledonian Sleeper offers a smooth journey to Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Highlands and beyond. Trains depart six nights a week.

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Tram: Perhaps the most typical means of transport in Lisbon, it has five lines and is a great way to explore the city. Especially known is the number 28, which runs through the historic centre. with unplanned travel to Lisbon, gradually discovered the author's life as a doctor and participant in the resistance movement against Portuguese fascist government at the time of Salazar's regime He becomes curious about Prado and, once in Lisbon, decides to speak to those who knew him, to find out more about his life. Almost without exception, Prado’s friends and family are open to discussing their relationship with Prado. Unlikely? Yes, it’s all very unlikely and yet.... Disappointment is considered bad. A thoughtless prejudice. How, if not through disappointment, should we discover what we have expected and hoped for? And where, if not in this discovery, should self-knowledge lie? So how could one gain clarity about oneself without disappointment?There were people who read and there were the others. Whether you were the a reader or a non-reader was soon apparent. There was no greater distinction between people.”