Arriving in Lisbon

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We (Siri and Håvard) went to Lisbon for four days, in order to get away from Norwegian winter (-15 degrees centigrade), to practice some Portuguese, and to explore on of the finest cities in Europe. After a pleasant flight with some top quality beer in Munich on the way, we landed at Aeroporto de Lisboa at midnight local time. The taxi voucher that the guide book advised us to buy turned out to be twice as expensive as a normal taxi ride from the airport to the hotel, and 20 times as expensive as taking a regular bus. Lesson no.1 learnt.

After a neckbreaking taxi ride to Hotel Lisbon (Rua Barata Salgueiro), we checked in and went out for a lively night in downtown Lisbon. However, it was cold and empty and everything was closed! Until today we cannot explain why we only saw a maximum of thirty persons that night, and why we had to eat a tiny little hamburger at a shabby outdoor restaurant. Perhaps Baixa was not the place to be on a Friday night?

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Photos

Emtpy street
Håvard wonders where all the Portuguese people are on a Friday night.

Comments

[Anita]

You're right
The Lisbon Downtown is very busy during the day, but completely dead at night. The place to be at night is Alcântara, Parque das Nações or Bairro Alto. Next time you'll know ;)