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Published: August 29th 2008
Lisbon
A view of St. Georges Castle from the windy, cobblestone roads below.We arrived in Lisbon early afternoon only to be welcomed by sunshine and friendly faces. People here laugh, smile and are very friendly (even when we knew how to order metro tickets, were asked by security personel whether or not we required assitance). Finding the hostel posed a bit of an issue as there were no signs or address numbers on the building. So after walking up and down the street a few times a local took pity on us and helped us out.
The hostel was gorgeous; totally renovated with ceramic tiling, hardwood floors, large windows, huge bathrooms - a home away from home. The host was gracious and you could tell she was proud of her home. We ended up sharing the room with four other fellow backpackers- 2 german girls and 2 mexican boys. The German girls were nice and friendly, but one of the boys kept Ewa up all night by his snoring. Simply dreadful. Luckily Jillian was exhausted and was out cold all night, didn´t hear a thing. It was a good thing that Ewa couldn´t find anything to throw at him!
The next day we did some touring of Lisbon and visited St.
Busy Street of Lisbon
Very colourful and lively. Georges Castle on top of this very large hill (had beautiful views of the city with little musical men peddling for change). The city itself has millions of little coblestone sidewalks (which I´d llike to mention are not flat whatsoever, so every once in awhile you´ll catch your foot and almost trip), and small winding roads. The Gulbenkian Museum was next on our list and as luck would have it- some woman walked up and gave us a free ticket to use as she had bought it and it was good for the entire day, saving us 7 euros. We saw paintings done by Rembrandt, Monet, and Renoir.
After a dinner of salted, dried codfish we headed to an area called Belem. On the tram, there was a fella who was screaming at the top of his lungs in German words only Jill could understand. They were basically swear words and insulting the local Portugese people and then before he got off he gave a huge salut to hitler (you know the one you see in movies where he raises his right arm three times to a 60 degree angle) unbelievable!
We got off the tram a bit
shaken only to see huge smoke clouds (turned out it was only a small forest fire). We toured the area and took some smazing pictures of the Belem Tower and the Ponte 25 de Abril (the sister bridge to the Golden Gate - designed by the same architect). When we were finished and ready to head home we stopped this one young lady walking to her car if she could point us to the nearest bus station and she replied that she had no idea as she never uses the bus, however would drive us wherever we needed. Do we have a horseshoe or what? With her recommendation of places to eat and for hitting the nightlife, we set off to a disco called Lux where apparantly Cameron Diaz hangs out when she´s in town. Three levels that included outside patio, lounge and dance floor. It was fabulous, so fabulous that we danced the night away- literally...
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Nina
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Lisbon's Hospital
Hey roommates! You were still sleeping when we started our journey to Lagos, so how did you like the club? Had a nice conversation with Cameron Diaz? If yoou get ill the hext months I'm very sorry, could be my fault. Back in Germany they told me I've got mononucleosis (that's what bablefish calls it), not so nice. I'm on sick leave for 2 more weeks now, getting bored at home. Whatever, I wish you the best for your trip, no more snoring mexicans and great experiences wherever you go to. Enjoy yourself, Nina