Last weekend we experienced the biggest festival/party in Portugal, called the Festival of Santo Antonio. In a word, it was crazy! Just about every street in the downtown Lisbon area was filled with tables of people eating and drinking. At times it was tough to even walk down a street because it was so full.
We started off at our friends' place, seeing as they live right in the middle of a neighborhood which goes all out for the festival. From there our group made our way to the Bairro Alto, which was even more hopping than it usually is. We would turn down a random narrow alleyway, and waiting at the other end would be a huge block party complete with a band and dancing.
One of the symbols of this festival is a pot of baby basil. They were selling these pots all over the place.
It took us a while to realize that the green wigs everyone was wearing were honoring the pots of basil. It was an exciting moment when a couple Portuguese guys threw brand new wigs to all of us so we could join in the fun.
Grilling sardines on the street
Shrine to Saint Anthony
We turned a corner and ran into these guys
So, what time was it that the parade finally ended? 3:30 in the morning!
This girl was THE very last person in the parade. She was on her cell phone the whole time...
We started off at our friends' place, seeing as they live right in the middle of a neighborhood which goes all out for the festival. From there our group made our way to the Bairro Alto, which was even more hopping than it usually is. We would turn down a random narrow alleyway, and waiting at the other end would be a huge block party complete with a band and dancing.
One of the symbols of this festival is a pot of baby basil. They were selling these pots all over the place.
It took us a while to realize that the green wigs everyone was wearing were honoring the pots of basil. It was an exciting moment when a couple Portuguese guys threw brand new wigs to all of us so we could join in the fun.
Grilling sardines on the street
Shrine to Saint Anthony
We turned a corner and ran into these guys
So, what time was it that the parade finally ended? 3:30 in the morning!
This girl was THE very last person in the parade. She was on her cell phone the whole time...
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