CP and I smooched a little early, following the semi-resonant toll of the second of Alfama's two, always slightly-off cathedral bells. Reckon we shared our final '08 kiss around 23:57... Only a few couples had gathered on the overlook, but twenty or thirty seconds before midnight a crowd emerged from the shadows and began a staggered series of countdowns. No one seemed to know when to begin cheering, but a consensus soon emerged...
January 1, 2009, 00:00.50:
Starlings flee the palms...
January 1, 2009, 00:03.20:
Pots and pans are the only civilized move...
January 1, 2009, 00:07.30:
We make the turn back toward the Alley of Pre-Moistened Despair and the electrico tracks beyond...
January 1, 2009, 00:08.50:
The home stretch. (And we do mean stretch.)
January 1, 2009, 00:10.5:
Nothing quite like the sound of incoming mortar fire mingling with squeals of manic delight...
Happy 2009!
TS/CF, Lisboa
Thursday, January 01, 2009
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