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IT WAS 2.36am in Lisbon old town. Too early to sleep. Too late to go to bed.
“What time do you close?” I asked a genial barman, vivid blue tiles, known as azulejos, formed the backdrop behind him. “When you stop drinking” came the reply, with a smile.
Although it was late October, the majority of revellers were in short sleeves, gathered convivially around outside tables balanced on cobblestones.
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