http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Portugal , Lisbon & Tagus Valley , Lisbon en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:37:34 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:37:34 +0000 Dias 127 a 149 Depois de quatro meses viajando era hora de descansar um pouco. Ficaria em Lisboa por quase trs semanas tempo suficiente para me preparar para a prxima etapa da viagem e matar a saudade de minha famlia que me encontraria na capital portuguesa para as festas de fim de ano. Antes disso porm uma ltima parada. Cheguei a Coimbra no dia em que os motoristas de nibus iniciavam http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-464964.html I had one day to explore Lisbon so I bought a ticket for the day tour of the city. I recommend this tour especially if you are short on time. It was very informative and you could hop on and off at anytime. I then wandered up to the castle on my own. It wasn't far from my hostel. The views were amazing Lisbon is a beautiful city. It comes alive at night. There are musicians artists chestnut http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-443393.html I took a bus from Mostar to Dubrovnik Croatia. I flew from Dubrovnik to Barcelona and from Barcelona to Lisbon. It was a very long day. Once I was in Lisbon I wandered aimlessly around the city. I had bought a bus ticket to Porto for the following day. I had planned on going to Porto Lagos and spending a couple days in Lisbon before I headed off to Morocco. Here are some random photos of my http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-443391.html SundayGrabbed and over night train from Madrid to Lisbon on Saturday night. I am still Hemorrhaging money and the train ride did not help. My accommodations were already booked in Lisbon so I needed to grab the train but the only spots they had on the train were 1st class sleepers. It was nice that I had my a whole room to myself and a bed for the 10 hour train ride over night. But 212 later http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-426997.html Our cooks have no long mane waiter in Sushi resturant Lisbon April 10 2009Bario Alto was nice. Even though it was quite steep and I donrsquot think dad enjoyed the hill so much it was a beautiful sight at the top. The view was amazing and there were people playing guitar and drinking lots of drinking and two dogs frolicking at the top of the hill. Sigh bliss.On the way back to our hotel w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-424653.html We arrive at a restaurant after about half an hour of strolling through these beautiful streets and I order some fish whilst Krunch gets some steak and dad also gets fish. The place is run by some Philipinos who have been living in Portugal for quite some time now. The food is delicious and I really enjoy my meal. Outside Krunch realises her true lifersquos ambition is to take countless photogr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-424652.html I was like what the come on I told him surely he could find us something my family had traveled all the way from Australia gone through about 40 hours flying time to get here and you tell me there is no space He kinda stuttered around for a little while then feebly made an attempt at making some calls. After calling and not getting through to anyone he said he would take us around looking fo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-424651.html At this point maybe as if he read my mind dad texts calls me to find out where in the world am I as we only have 35 minutes before we fly out. After some frantic conversation I decided the best place to wait and find dad would be by customs desk c where I had come in surely thatrsquos where he would be. And there he was. It was so exciting. And lo and behold there was young Krunch standing http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-424646.html Day 471 26709Salema a tiny fishing village just past Lagos on the southern Portugese coast and thankfully remains untouched by commerical tourism.After bacon and eggs for breaky we walked to the Salema beach hired a bed and umbrella for the day and relaxed after a hectic week on the go.We called it a day and retreating to camp for a wine before taking up our hosts recommendation for a delic http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-423001.html Ok I thought maybe I just cant read the map of downtown Lisbon properly. When we got to Rato it wasnrsquot so much my lack of reading skills as it was poor lack of directions as I soon found out when we went to a nearby corner store and found out we were totally outside the city centre. Dad was all for taking a taxi at this point. I said not to worry I'm sure this is the final point of our strug http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-415770.html Kaere vennerNu er de fleste af jer ogsaa snart ferieramte tillykke Jacob og Joy har vi sagt farvel til efter en hyggelig uge paa havet paa evig jagt efter steder at BAAAADE. I Malaga havde vi verdens hurtigste og temmeligt tilfaeldige crewskift paa en naesten ulovlig kaj. Lars Trine og Amanda har rejst med os nogle lidt lange dage paa et lidt haeftigt hav og fik fast grund under foedderne http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-414175.html Hello everyone Im writing this entry as were checking out of our hostel in lisbon. we arrived here yesterday night on the overnight train from madrid and hit the ground running. we checked into our hostel and explored the area for the whole day. the best sight was from the top of the castle where you could see some pretty awesome views of the whole city. we had some pretty traditional portu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-412789.html So we made it Finally we are currently backpacking Europe and we start of in Lisbon Portugal. Our travel down here went smooth and we found the Home Hostel pretty easily in the center of the old part of lisbon. We took a little walk around in the neighborhood and tried some local wine. Nice to be sitting outside at a street cafe sipping wine and this time it was actually pleasent being outsi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-406969.html Its howdy doody timeNot really just another one of those rambles for myself about what i did so my brain doesnt forget down the track wel in fact it already has so this could be a very undertailed blog just donthave the time. To be honest i am finding doing these a bit of a chore at the momment and feel like i am doing them for everyone else rather than myself. Oh i must do my blog its been a w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-406960.html AhhhH what a relaxing day Bev and i slept in got up and went for breakfast in our pajamas It had to have been the best breakfast on this trip Croissnt with creme inside fried eggs ham and apple juicecooked to perfection..We then went into town to the Calumbo mall to shop 4 floors i bought some clothes for work and some new shows nothing speical. Now we are back here again and in our http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-402736.html Yesterday we left our apartment in Spain and went on the look out for the post office. Well we found it but it cost me 130 to send my stuff home.. Thats alright thought im now 10lb lighter. We then went to the train station to catch our over night train to Portugal. We got lost on our switch over in Madrid but found it in a matter of time. Our overnight train was a hotel on wheels. In our room http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-402733.html Day 21Around 0730 am we went by the Bugio Lighthouse on it's own small island. A few minutes later we could see the Blem Tower. The Belm Tower was built in the early sixteenth century. Next we saw the Monument to the Discoveries. A little bit further on we could see the 25th April Bridge similar to the Golden Gate Bridgewhich is the 3rd largest suspension bridge in the world.Near the 25th Ap http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-402244.html Oh dear. So much hilarious stuff to record so little time. Yesterday I arrived in Lisbon after taking a night bus from Seville. It was a routine drillthe bus was late packed with people and Laurn and I were forced to listen to the sounds of an amorous couple in the row behind us. Par for the course. Around 2 am the bus stops in a town called Davida or something like that so that one l http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-401194.html Arrived to Madrid and the nice weather walked around the city with a self guided tour mentioned in the Spain travel book we had borrowed from the ONeils a big thank you for that its been really helpfulvisited the Prado museum and the Royal Palace.. which was randomly closed for maintenance so we sunbathed in the gardens and afterwards did some shoppingkatie found a cute little sundress decide http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-400054.html Only a few more days left on the 'real'part of this trip. The rest of St. Thomas and Austin ae not traveling in the same way. Ready to come home this time. Started to be a bit tired from traveling at the end of Spain. Castles and churches and museums start to blend into each other. At least need a change of scenary from Europe.I hopped over from Spain on a long bus ride to Oporto. After th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-400025.html