new additions to liminal include park slope and windsor terrace. addenda to midtown. areas of brooklyn heights have been reclassified (correctly) as downtown brooklyn. enjoï.

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lisbon was awesome. of all the places i’ve been the past year (discounting paris, which is in a parallel dimension of travel all its own), lisbon is tied with bergen for the title of most highly recommended. it’s a gorgeous city, breathtakingly hilly (literally), ecstatically caught between a rustic state of dilapidation and the shocking grandeur of a vanished world power. it’s cheap as dirt (certainly compared with new york or paris, but almost as much so even against neighboring spain) and the people are incredibly friendly. i stayed in a hostel so good that i’m actually going to name it here: lisbon old town. (although, if you’re a girl, watch out–the proprietor is kind of a player.) anyway, my first night there, they welcomed me in to an authentic, homemade portuguese dinner (which was attended by nearly the whole hostel). they also took us out dancing (don’t ask how that went). obviously, this started around midnight and went to about five.

you can also see a photo below from my first morning in lisbon. it was a sunday and they take their partying seriously. the street grows so swollen with plastic cups, bottles, lemon wedges, eggcrates, and so on that men in overalls and high boots actually come out with hoses and just power wash the stuff downhill. it collects in semi-massive piles at the nadirs before being collected and removed. i can only assume this happens every sunday morning. anyway, i hope you enjoy the photos. i didn’t get to stitch all the panoramas yet. since i’ve been pretty busy, i’m guessing that may not happen any time soon. so i’m uploading now before i forget absolutely everything about the place. stay tuned for belfast and dublin.