Discovering Lisbon

Ola,

This hostel puts on a great breakfast, cereal, roll w/ham & cheese, then some sort of white melon plus juice & tea/coffee! Tasty. Wandering around Lisbon was interesting & fun.  I went to the Sé Catedral first & got the first stamp in my credential. Now I can sleep in an albergue (pilgrim hostel) tomorrow night. I wandered along the Rio Tejo for a bit - it's wider than the Thames & the Brisbane rivers & I was surprised to see the Golden Gate Bridge there. I'm told it is smaller than the original.

I ventured down narrow streets, into a few churches, found something called 'Second Home' which is some initiative to encourage entrepreneurs & small businesses by matching people/businesses in what seems to be a sponsored space. You can google that. It started in London a few years ago & opens here in December.

So much history here. The Portuguese developed their own style of tiling the facades of their houses so I had to take a pic of that. Oh, today's pics are on fb. There is definitely a difference between Portuguese custard tarts in Brisbane & the real thing here in Portugal. The difference made me laugh - here they use flakey pastry which seems almost impossible to find in Brisbane. I've missed it since I migrated. They taste great! Also a speciality is fresh sardines, not from a can, seen on most menus.

Finally I decided to sit for a while & hopped on a Red Bus, then a Green Bus for a couple of hours. Great way to see a place. There are some lovely parks. My first stop along the Way tomorrow is in the Parque Das Nações which is pretty big, I gather.

Anyway, it's late & I need my feet to sleep well. They've got a lot of work to do, lol.

Adeus