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Post Category → Portugal

Five Photos from the Livraria Bertrand, the Oldest Continually Operating Bookstore on the Planet

posted in Bookstores, Portugal on October 29, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

It’s in Lisbon’s Chiado neighborhood and has been running since 1732.

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Three Photos and a Video from the Vila Franca de Xira Train Station

posted in In Transit, Portugal on October 5, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

A train station as destination.

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Moving in. Watch your head. And look out for the birds.

This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

This site primarily serves as a garden for my memories and experiences, which I hope visitors will find useful or of interest. If you find something helpful here, or have a thought or insight to add, please leave a comment or drop me a line to let me know. I’ll be delighted to make your acquaintance.

Based in Nice, France, after two decades in Slovenia.

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