http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Portugal , Lisbon and Tagus Valley , Lisbon en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:24:49 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:24:49 UTC Lisbon lisboaThe Portuguese 3 Keys to Eternal Happiness in Life 1. Soccer 2. Have a good time 3. SoccerWhen I was a kid I loved trains. My father bought me a train set when I was 9 and I played with it all the time. By the time I was 12 I foresaw myself being like the guy in Beatle Juice with his adult train set but with a hotter wife than Gina Davis. Than Harry Potter movies came along http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-349461.html November 15th 16th And now the language barrier truly begins. We got by plenty fine in Ireland even with the fasttongued drunken Irish men we kept encountering. We did ok in Paris with the few French phrases we studied and practiced over and over. And Spain was a chance to renew our Spanish skills and see if what we learned in high school actually stuck. Another quick side note Irsquo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-349036.html My weekend in Portugal was amazing. Today marks two months in Spain and I can't imagine going home yet I am almost positive that Lisboa Lisbon is the prettiest city I have ever been in. It was like a mix between the beautiful hills and bay of San Francisco the green lushness of Portland and the cultured European vibe of Paris. Yes that perfect If only they spoke Spanish instead of that http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-341351.html I'M IN PORTUGAL Yeah so I arrived here in the captial Lisbon...or as it's known here...Lisboa this morning at 8am. I wanted to purchase my ticket to Salamanca but apparently I can't at this station...it took me an hour to figure that out...so after some caf con lech I took the Metro to my hostel. It was really easy to find...and so nice I was very impressed. It was only 18euronight but t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-337008.html So after 19 hours of travel we arrived in Lisbon Portugal...With the amount time on planes and in airport terminals Elizabeth and I have started to rate each location...So far Sao Paulo is the worst airport I have ever encountered and TAM airlines provided one of the best in flight experience...anywhere that gives you carmel candies on take off gets an instant high rating in my book...Lisbon is http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-335859.html Viime torstaina siis menimme harjoittelu paikkaamme. Osasimme sinne jopa melkoisen helposti tosin saimme taas hieman ulkopuolista apua. Paikka oli uusi ja siisti yksityisklinikka joka sijaitsee melko kaukana Lissabonista. Kiirehdimme paikalle aamu yhdeksksi mutta hoitajatutorimme Luis saapui paikalle vasta kello 10. Meidn tunnin odottelu ei ollut mitn verrattuna siihen ett Luis oli odote http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-331205.html Tukkoinen olo ja taistelu viisaudenhampaan kanssa jatkuu. Huomaa ett tllkin on syksy tulossa. Puolentoista viikon aikana illan lmptila on laskenut huomattavasti ja koko pivn kaupunkireissulle pitisi pakata jo toinen vaatekerta mukaan. Aivan yllten tnn meille ilmoitettiin ett harjoittelumme alkaakin huomisaamuna kello yhdeksn. Kenellekn ei ollut aikaa nytt reitti sairaalaan http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-329827.html Olen onnistunut saamaan itseni kipeksi... Ei ole mukavaa juoksennella ulkosalla 25 asteen paahteessa kipell kurkulla liina kaulassa ja vuotavalla nenll rk poskella Kvimme nopeasti koululla kysymss uutisia harjoittelun ajankohdasta. Ylltten uusia uutisia ei ollut odottelu siis jatkuu.Ajatuksena oli palata kmpille lepmn mutta matkan varrella Orientesissa sijaitseva paikallinen Se http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-329117.html Eilinen ilta vietettiin taas Bairro alton kaduilla. Paikkaa ei voi sanoa kauniiksi Sokkeloiset ja mkiset kadut ovat ovat tyteen tuhrittuja sotkuilla jotka pilaavat graffittien nimen liisterill ja repeytyneill mainosjulisteilla. Jostain kohtaa sein saattaa lyt palan tai kaksi ntisti kuvioitua laattaa jotka muistuttavat siistimmst meinneisyydest. Pivll nm kadut valtaa moderniam http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-328512.html Tn aamuna hertin itseni jo kello yhdeksn joka on minulle todella aikaista. Tmn tuskan krsin jotta psisin katsomaan Feira da ladraa varastajattaren kirpputoria. Se jrjestetn joka tiistai ja lauantai aamu. Pienoisen kvelyseikkailun ja hikoilun jlkeen lysin perille lhinn onnen ja sattuman avulla. Alue oli pelkk kaaosta suurta kaaosta joka vain jatkui kiemurtelevaa katua pitki http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-328275.html OlTll on ihanaa S on lmmin rannat ihania ihmiset ystvllisi asunto upea vapaaaikaa mahtavia juhlia ja vahvaa espressoa Mutta lytyy Lissabonista mys kntpuoli. Ruuhkia kerjlisi huoria kulkukoiria hikoiluasuomalaisen ongelma joka ei nhtvsti paikallisia vaivaa lainkaan asuntolan suihkusta tuleva jkylm vesi ja alaovi jonka avaamiseen menee vhintn 15 minuuttia http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-327944.html Day 11 12 13 14 LisboaAfter our nice cocktails the night before we got up...again...too late. Nevertheless we got the chance plan Lisboa in the late morning. Lisboa is too elaborate to talk about actually....this is a city that deserves a 10 out of 10 Absolutely And you should visit it to see it yourselfBeautiful....Anyway we met some nice be it alternative people from poland and some http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-326124.html At the end of my stay in Portugal we stayed overnight in Lisbon and spent two days wandering the streets. I was really impressed with Lisbon I thought the architecture was amazing and the buildings were all very colorful in pastels and earth tones so I took tons of photos. I found Lisbon to be reasonably priced for a capital city. A lot of the architectecture is very grand with many structur http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-324693.html AllWell we are about 5 hours away from catching an early early morning flight to Rome and we are coming off a really full day here in Lisbon. We actually were able to sleep in for a change today even though we had a late hour for sleep the night before it still felt good to sleep near noon. For the first time on our trip we actually saw clouds today so that changed our plans which had been http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-324445.html AllWell hello from the westernmost reaches of the European continent here in Lisbon Portugal. The title certainly does not sum up our departure from Madrid and our early hours in Lisbon. Our train ride was about as good I suppose an 10 hour overnight train can be. I slept a nice chunk of it Chris slept a little less I think. Anyway had a minor issue when we were getting our 15 day Eurail pas http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-324218.html Tim version Back in Lisbon Caitlin and I head to Cintra then relax wit dvds n whatever for the night. Head off to Madrid the next morning.Slightly longer than long versionBack in Lisbon back in Oasis back home. I love this place Today I wanted to go to Cintra Sintra as it has a mythical garden area built up by a man who used to be an Opera prop designer making for one rich dude with a l http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-323136.html Tim version Back to Lisbon chilled with Caitlin for ages awesome girl. Went to Tomar for the day and night and saw the Knights Templar castle assorted other stuff.Fuller versionSo back to Lisbon from Sagres and due to my slowness getting up n stuff I miss out on going to Tomar today. Not only that but Tomar has been wiped from the train website as a destination wtf Small nuclear attack u http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-323089.html The day that time forgot... i wrote this blog but had PC problems and it musta never saved so here again...Tim version Headed to Cascais beach cool but didnt help my thirst for waves. Forriaged for food around town and talked to Nancy tonnes about surfing.Kinda long versionManaged to get my ass outta bed about 930 for a wicked breakfast of scrambled eggs toast cereal and stuff and surpr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-323086.html Tim version Wandered Lisboa for about 5 hours saw some wicked stuff. I have a serious wandering addiction as others will verify especially after a few drinks.. Decided to go to Sagres with Nancy and hung out all night with Caitlin.3 course meal versionMeant to go to Belem today with Nancy but never saw her rock up so skipped that and went out wandering Lisboa to catch the real less touris http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-322024.html Tim version beautiful flight and good approach into Lisbon. Did walking tour and bars and got to see a good bit of lisbon.Really really long versionSo on to the flight out of Heathrow... I was so glad when the thing finally took off. Not because of all the shit that happened getting out of there but really more because I was sick of the UK and its mangy weather and general social bad attitude http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-321857.html 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 fe http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-317528.html Lisbon August 1720thAfter a very early flight to Portugal we arrived blurry eyed and tired. We managed to find our way on the Metro lugging our very heavy packs on multiple trains to find our hostel. Travellers house hostel had been voted the number 1 hostel worldwide and we were very pleased with our Lisbon accommodation choice. Although we had to walk up 81 stairs to get to our room th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-317336.html We had been told with great relish by an Oportan that Lisbon had been totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1755. Would an Aucklander be so happy if Wellington dissolves into the harbour in the next few yearsEarthquakes are opportunities for architects and much of the city was rebuilt in the French style including wide boulevards which conveniently make it difficult for the revolting to revolt. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-314686.html 26th June Thursday 18.30pmArrival in Lisbon Portugal Doca de Alcntera HarbourTrip 269 nmilesLog 19797After checking in with the Harbour Master and filling in all the forms required there wasnrsquot much of the day left. Itrsquos hot and sticky with no wind at all in the harbour. Everyone is tired after sailing in shifts most of the night so all thatrsquos left of today is a good http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-310052.html Lisbon Portugal http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-309531.html Estas son algunas de las fotos que tom durante mi viaje a Lisboa....Mi impresin de la ciudad fue mucho mejor de lo que me esperaba. Haba escuchado todo tipo de comentarios en relacin a esta ciudad que si se caa a pedazos que era decadente que era fea. Por otro lado tambin estaban los comentarios positivos que la ciudad era bonita que tena mucho encanto....Y la verdad es que me gusto m http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-307862.html Hi everyoneWe made it to Portugal It was a very long flight and I didnt get as much sleep as I wanted to but that is ok I had a power nap. Lisbon is a very crowded big city. There are a lot of different districts to see some a little better then others We arrived at our hotel too early to check in so we went right out and started seeing things. We went down to the Tagus river and walked aroun http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-303299.html the last afternoon we updated we wentout with a group from the hostel which was a hilarious night but a lot of drinking was done. dodds was a ladies man half the time chatrting up 2 aussie chickies. we found a bar with 1 euro beers which the boys thought was amazing.. it was pretty good. we were there awhile. we wandered the streets home all pretty gone and got back to the hostel to eat some http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-302779.html