Lisboa

The last fullbday in Portugal found Devonne and I checking out as much of Lisbon as we could.

It did not take us long to get away from the touristy streets and to find buildings and people depicting a story. The buildings in Lisbon,  from what I saw, were a bit more run down, but more beautiful and moving than the areas I have seen in my whole trip. I felt like there was more of a story here than any other place I had been to. The buildings reminded me of sn elderly person- cute and quaint but gone and lived through a lot. It would be interesting to know about Lisbon and about Portugal for that matter.

Devonne and I decided to take a peak at St. Jorge's Castle but decided not to go into it as we wanted to head to Belem. The security guard at tbe castle told us nobody walked to Belem from where we were but we decided there was nothing to lose and so much to gain to do the 7.5 km/ 1.5 hr jaunt through Lisbon. It was a nice day and got to feel more of the Portugese culture through this walk.

We finally reached Belem and snapped photos of this and other places. Knowing a bit of history before seeing these places would have been a good thing for me to do, but alas I did not, and will have to Wikipedia stuff when I'm back home. We caught the train back as we were pretty tired from all the walking we had done. Going to a cafe and having coffee and a nata pastry while reading our books was relaxing and the perfect way to end our afternoon in Lisbon. Of course we dined on delicious Portugese food, octopus rice, before heading back to the hostel to pack our bags so we could head out the next day.

I just scratched the surface of Portugal but hopefully I can experience more of it one day.