Lisbon

The exporting of wolfram became conditional on payment in gold, and so another layer of intrigue entered Lisbon.

The Hotel Aviz became the permanent home of the financial refugee, Calouste Gulbenkian, known as Mr. Five Percent for the share of oil wealth that accrued to him from deals across the Middle East.

The Avenida de Liberdade, which ran out of the top of the Rossio climbing gently straight up towards the city park, was the Champs-Élysées of Lisbon.

Palace of São Bento, assessing the international situation on a daily basis.1