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Thank you for your post. I'm Portuguese, I live in Aveiro. Nowadays we can find Jacarandas in quite a few cities in the country, but yes, Lisbon is where their splendour is most noticeable

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Thank you for your ode to Jacarandas and their interesting background! I remember them from my childhood in Kenya where the avenues were lined with them. its lovely to come upon them many decades later here in Lisbon.

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Beautifully written. These are trees I am not familiar with but your description tells me I would love them and the photo shows me the same. Perhaps one day I will be there to enjoy them!

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My favorite signal of summer, and I never saw them prior to moving here. Appreciate your background on this and the top places to be immersed in them.

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Very nice post, Carol. We have been enjoying the beauty of the jacaranda trees as we walk around Lisbon lately. We wish they would bloom longer, but I guess then we wouldn't appreciate them a much. Have a great day and hello to Paul!

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