Lisbon is the westernmost large city located in Europe, as well as its westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. It lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the Tagus River.
 I got this card from fellow postcrosser Margarida, she send this in the morning of July 29, 2010 and while writing she is watching the Barcelona's Athletics European Competition.She lives in Almada, an Arab originally city (most of their words starting with "AL" are Arab origin) right in front of Lisbon. Urban alike Rome lays on top of seven hills. In the card, the top right is the Saint George's Castle, below is the "se" (the main cathedral; gothic architecture and looks like Notre Dame). Every town has a "se"---the main church. While on the left is the typical Lisbon yellow trams and the majestic arch that is the entrance to August Street.

Lisbon is recognized as an alpha city because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education, and tourism. It is one of the major economic centres on the continent, with a growing financial centre and the largest/second largest container port in the "Europe's Atlantic coast", Lisbon Portela Airport serves about 13 million passengers per year, motorway network and hub of high-speed rail (Alfa Pendular) linking main cities in Portugal, and in 2013 will have a rail's high-speed connection to Spain. Lisbon is the 25th most livable city in the World according to lifestyle magazine Monocle. The city is the seventh-most-visited city in Southern Europe, after Istanbul, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens, and Milan, with 1,740,000 tourists in 2009. The Lisbon region is the wealthiest region in Portugal, GDP PPP per capita is 26,100 euros (it is higher results of 4.7% from the average European Union's GDP PPP per capita). It is the tenth richest metropolitan area by GDP on the continent amounting to 98 billion euros and thus €34,850 per capita. This is 40% higher than the average European Union's GDP per capita. The city occupies 32nd place of highest gross earnings in the world. Most of the headquarters of multinationals in the country are located in the Lisbon area and it is the ninth city in the world in terms of quantity of international conferences. It is also the political centre of the country, as seat of Government and residence of the Head of State. The seat of the district of Lisbon and the centre of the Lisbon region.

Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world. Julius Caesar made it a municipium called Felicitas Julia, adding to the name Olissipo. Ruled by a series of Germanic tribes from the fifth century, it was captured by the Moors in the eighth century. In 1147, the Crusaders under Afonso Henriques reconquered the city for the Christians and since then it has been a major political, economic, and cultural centre of Portugal. Unlike most capital cities, Lisbon's status as the capital of Portugal has never been granted or confirmed officially – by statute or in written form. Its position as the capital has formed through constitutional convention, making its position as de facto capital a part of the Constitution of Portugal.

Lisbon hosts two agencies of the European Union: the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) is also headquartered in Lisbon.

Lisbon has two sites listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site: Belém Tower and Jerónimos Monastery. Furthermore, in 1994, Lisbon was the European Capital of Culture and in 1998 organized an Expo '98 (1998 Lisbon World Exposition).

Lisbon enjoys a mediterranean climate. Among all the metropolises in Europe, it has the warmest winters (together with Barcelona), with average temperatures 15 °C (59 °F) during the day and 8 °C (46 °F) at night in the period from December to February. The typical summer's season lasts about six months, from May to October, although also in November, March and April temperatures sometimes reach around 20 °C (68.0 °F).

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And this postcard perfect comes with a beautiful stamp...and thanks much Margarida for sending me this lovely card, very much appreciated!


To everyone who have visited me, will return the favor later, just got busy these past days with my little princess...she's been sick until now but getting better. Please keep her in your prayer for her fast recovery, she will be two on the 15th...thanks and see you soon!

Happy Postcrossing, everyone!

I missed posting postcards on those days but I am doing more important thing as a mom, I am taking care of my little girl, well, I always take care of my kids. But this time, its different, Yes, she's sick since Thursday, fever only stopped last night...she got some rashes all over her body. I pity to see her like that, she's not eating for few days until last Sunday for some fruits but today she is getting better, she ate the baked macaroni that I made for her and ate dinner plus still eating fruits and veggies! She's getting better each minute, thanks God!

Anyway, last Saturday we went to local clinic here, its name is Phnom Penh Healthcare Center (also known as Somary Raffles) and had Isabelle checked, the Japanese doctor was so nice and the staff are friendly, I think some of them are nurse but they are not wearing a medical scrub uniforms which I hope they do, so they will look more professional.

While for Isabelle's another visit to the doctor last Monday at a Hope Worldwide Embassy Medical Center, I was impressed with their staff and nurses, they are wearing their nurse uniform that's really look nice and neat, these Cambodian nurses look so competent! The must have bought those uniforms at http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/, I guess! The place was bigger enough and I can say its new and clean facility, they have a playroom and they really have great toys, and most of all they support good cause wherein all profits are donated to Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope which provides free treatment to the poor! The pediatrician is great, he is American doctor with 20years experience in both primary and intensive care...he did checked everything, ears, eyes, throat, joints, skin...tummy, chest then he explained to me what Isabelle's case is and speak very soft, he is Dr. Sutton Whitaker. Isabelle was so behave, didn't even cried while he is doing all this things but she is covering her eyes, I guess she is shy to the new doctor! hehehe! Well, I think I can recommend him right away, I have a good feeling that he knew what he is doing and he is great. Will come back soon for my little girl's immunization! I'm happy to found this new clinic. Oh, they also have laboratory services, ultrasound, X-ray, ECG, and pharmacy within the building, so its easy too!

Isabelle might have dengue fever but was lacking symptoms except for the rashes and fever, ruling-out measles because she doesn't look like one, watery eyes, look very sick and having cough, could be German measles but still not. If he got fever yesterday, she will go for a dengue test but luckily yesterday aftrnoon, fever stopped so doesn't need to do so after consulting Dr. Sutton again or it could be a first strike of dengue which if the body is strong can handle it but he said I don't need to worry because no dengue cases since last month and not season! The rashes is a virus she got from someone and its German measles also known as a 3-day measles — is an infection that primarily affects the skin and lymph nodes, and is mild disease in children.

For now, Isabelle still have rashes but getting less, she's not taking any medicine about it...and it doesn't look like itchy for she is not scratching it. All these days I cannot sleep well, I was sleeping at 4am because I am really giving her medicines and watching her temperature, because if its dengue it needs closed observation. Then woke up at 6am or until she wakes up...I am so worried those days (I'm still because she still have rashes) but thanks God for making my little girl better! She will be turning 2 on 15th...

And I will be posting postcard next, thanks for all of you who have visited me here, I will visit you back tonight or tomorrow.