Here are some choice photos from my last couple weeks hanging out in Portugal and Spain! The Disquiet International Literary Program is what brought me to Lisbon–and I had a blast with the other participants with all the events and bar nights–but I was also able to fit in a couple side trips too. It’s been pretty great to recharge spiritually before my first novel comes out in a few weeks. (Have I mentioned Kings of Broken Things yet? Order now!) On the spiritual restoration score, mission accomplished! But my body is a little beat up. So much fun though.

On the Tagus River with Amina Gautier.

Tapas, Lisbon.

Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcantara, just around the corner from my place in Lisbon.

Sardine tapas at Sol e Pesce, Lisbon.

View from Aljube, Lisbon.

Miradouro breakfast, Lisbon.

Beach drinks, Barcelona.

Gótico, Barcelona.

Church at Miradouro Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Lisbon.

Bookmobile parked outside our visit to the US Embassy, Lisbon.

Alfama, Lisbon.

Cais das colunas, Lisbon.

Praça do Comércio, Lisbon.

Jamón in Barcelona.

Lisbon.

Sagrada Família, Barcelona.

Green sea rocks, Cascais.

Crazy sea boulders, Cascais.

At Sole e Pesce with CCB, Lisbon.

Gótico, Barcelona.

Beach in Cascais.

Golden Gate Bridge, sort of, Lisbon.

The rocky outcrop we sunned on at Cascais.

2D sculpture, Barcelona.

Mural in Bairro Alto, Lisbon.

Beautiful views in Cascais.