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Europe » Portugal » Lisboa April 15th 2011

Heute war der zweite Teil der Sightseeingtour dran. Diesmal ging es in den Westen der Stadt, wo unter anderem der Torre de Belém, ein Leuchtturm von 1521, das Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, ein Kloster von 1544 und das Padrão dos Descobrimentos, das Denkmal der Entdeckungen von 1960, das an die Zeit der Entdeckungen und der damaligen Persönlichkeiten erinnern soll. Dort wollte ein Paar das ich sie fotografiere. Mir ist vorher aufgefallen das sie serbisch sprachen, und als sie mich auf Englisch fragte, ob ich ein Foto machen würde, habe ich auf serbisch, selbstverständlich gesagt. Das hat sie wohl nicht gemerkt, und auch nicht das ich auf serbisch Bitte gesagt habe, als sie sich bedankte. War schon komisch. Überall in Lissabon sind nervige Strassenverkäufer, die einem Sonnenbrillen andrehen wollen, auch wenn man eine auf der Nase hat. Ein ... read more
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Europe » Portugal » Lisboa April 4th 2011

We arrived in lisbon, Portugal by bus from Porto. The bus took about 4 hours and was full of stinky sweaty people topped off by tiny seats which made even the best of friends uncomfortable sitting next to eachother. We finally arrived to the city and caught the Metro to the stop that led us to our hostel. When we arrived we realized the address of the hostel was about 10 feet from the exit to the metro but we were confused as to where the enterance was. We noticed where our hostel should be was actually a suvenier shop we looked a little closer and saw a sign that said hostel with letters that looked like they once said Kitch, the name of our hostel. We stumbled inside the gift shop and low and behold ... read more
View from our Hostel balcony
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Plant Nerd

Europe » Portugal » Lisboa March 28th 2011

Fado (Portuguese: destiny, fate) is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins.At that time only fado marinheiro (sailor fado) was known and, like the cantigas de levantar ferro, was sung only by sailors. Back then, fado was not sung in the rest of the country. Fado was generally sung by one person called a fadista, and accompanied by the portuguese guitar and the classical guitar. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor. However, in reality fado is simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain structure. The music is usually linked to the Portuguese word saudade which symbolizes the feeling ... read more
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Europe » Portugal » Lisboa March 24th 2011

We had to finally leave our dear friends the Verdade's. With a bag of fresh oranges in hand, we boarded one of the super-fast (like, 220 km an hour) trains. The journey took 1 1/2 hr. By car this same journey would take 4 to 5 hr depending on traffic. It was not long before we landed in Lisboa (Lisbon). This is a big city mixing old and new,with a love of architecture prominently displayed. The train station Orient is a marvel of eloquence, the steelwork representing palm trees and the massive concrete infrastructure signifying strength and simple mathematic power. But, we left that and headed for the suburbs. These areas (as we will detail later) are fascinating in their own sense of development, the modern held at bay while the forces of globalism work to ... read more
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Europe » Portugal » Lisboa March 22nd 2011

Wednesday 23nd February 2011 Drive from Evora to Lisbon staying the city’s municipal campsite which is well placed for visiting the city and surrounding areas of interest. In the afternoon we catch a bus to Belem, famous as the place from which many of the great Portuguese explorers set off on their voyages of discovery. In particular, it is the place from which Vasco da Gama departed for India in 1497. Here we are able to pick up a ‘Lisboa’ card which will give us access to public transport and museum entry for our visit. Belém's most famous feature is its tower, Torre de Belém, built as a fortified lighthouse late in the reign of Dom Manuel (1515–1520) to guard the entrance to the port. It stood on a little island in right side of the ... read more
Monument to the discoverers
Beach Caiscais
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Europe » Portugal » Lisboa March 15th 2011

Auf nach Lissabon. Einer der besten Opodo Gutschein-Deals, war die Möglichkeit mit TAP über das Wochenende nach Lissabon zu reisen. Auch die Chance dem tristen Winter kurz zu entkommen, machte dies zu einem sehr angenehmen Ausflug. Nachteil, war lediglich der Abflug um 06:20 Uhr in München, dies bedeutete ein Aufstehen kurz vor 4 Uhr :( Nach einem ausgiebigen Frühstück und einem Weg durch das komplette Terminal zu G46 konnte die Reise nach Lissabon mit der bereitstehenden 319 der TAP starten. img=http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_vYykZYf-JOg/TW6NmNzLhXI/AAAAAAAAD7U/0YTIvBV48ng/s720/Lissabon%20002.JPG center Kleiner Snack auf dem Flug: img=http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_vYykZYf-JOg/TW6NsmL_WlI/AAAAAAAAD7Y/JiswO_X-uzo/s720/Lissabon%20004.JPG center On time erreichten wir dann auch schon Lissabon: img=http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_vYykZYf-JOg/TW6NxCT4LyI/AAAAA... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisboa March 2nd 2011

Last weekend I went to Portugal! we left bright and early thursday morning from Cadiz and drove to Lisboa. I woke up that morning with a really bad sore throat and had a slight fever the night before, but i decided i would go on the trip anyways...i mean a free trip to portugal, kind of a once in a life time opportunity. On our way to lisboa we made a pit stop in a little city named Evora. We went to a little temple/room that was like a memorial for the people would had died from an explosion in the city. the whole building/room was built out of human bones. I thought it was a little creepy but it was kind of cool to see too. We only stopped there for a few hours then ... read more
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Europe » Portugal » Lisboa January 23rd 2011

Sorry this is going to be a long one…internet did not want to corporate at all this last week so this is week 15. Week 16 will be up shortly after. So this week started off good, hit a rough patch and then turned out to be incredible. The week started off with me heading to work bright and early Monday morning. I had a really good relaxing weekend and I was more than ready to start up again. I spent the first two hours of class with the 2nd graders, as usual. They were all so excited to be back at school and kept telling me all about the gifts the Three Kings brought them. After 2nd grade I headed to 5th grade where I “got” to do secretarial work for the teacher. Finally about ... read more
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Europe » Portugal » Lisboa December 31st 2010

Well, my friends, I have waited for better news to come to start this blog, but I need to let all of you know I am alive, and we are all well. So, what's the inauspicious beginning ...? My bags have not yet arrived. I am going into the fourth day and just broke down to buy a few shirts and things this afternoon. Sergio, who is the owner of the condo in which we are staying took all our information from us about lost bags (Drema's and Judy's bags are also lost). He phoned the bag service for us and later let us know that they are 'still looking' for my bag, and their bags would arrive today. As it turns out ONE of their bags arrived today. I am trying to not be too ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisboa November 29th 2010

Travel Blog – France #3 So I have been avoiding writing in the blog because I promised the next blog entry would be about my Spain/Portugal trip. Hmmm remind me not to do that again; I just end up not writing at all if I feel like I HAVE to write about something in particular. Well I am still going to try about the trip and I will add a few more as well. The commentary will not be as good 2 months later but MEH its my blog I can do what I want. Portugal Lisbon- even though it took us an hour to find (after asking a tired cranky me asking about 15 people who had no idea what I was on about because I can’t speak Portuguese) our hostel was the best. Friendly ... read more




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