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Published: October 21st 2008
Tram 28
This was the old fashion TrollieI'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 café 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 18€/night but there was free breakfast, internet (wifi and computers), very clean, bedding included...but I couldn't check in yet, so I just locked up my luggage there and set out to find out what all I should do. I first got on the old fashion trollie there have there...it reminded me of that trollie in that kids show that I used to love (um...something about neighborhood?) anyway, it's supposed to be a good tour of the old part of the city. It was cute, but apparently I got on at the wrong time because they made me get off at one point, and I didn't want to use another 1.10€, so I decided to walk back. On the way, I found the market...and I love markets! So I strolled around there
The Market
all so pretty! a bit, and bought myself a new mug! (Oh yeah, and it was raining this whole time). Also on my way back, I found some picturesque places and the famous cathedral (nothing compared to the others I've seen). I finally found my way back to the central area, where I bought a 24hour ticket that lets me get on all the buses and trams and metros that I want. Then I headed to "Oriente" where there's supposed to be one of the best aquariums. I got there, and some how ended up in the middle of a mall...but I finally found my way out and then I saw where they had the world expo thing there. Apparently it was the Expo (in 1999) that made Lisbon popular...the oceanaio was a bit expensive, so I decided to pass on that, I just walked around and looked at the different scenes in that area. I took the tram back and then rushed to this one area to try to ride these horse-drawn carriages (I had picked up the brochure in the tourism office), but I was running out of time. I finally found the place, and luckily he was still there. The
Cathedral
or "Sé" in Portugese guy gave me a tour of that area and told me of the highlights, and where I should go...there's a huge monestary and I saw the place where the president of Portugal lives...I love those guards, but I couldn't get a good pic of them. oh and the horse was so pretty...oh and since I was alone (which the guy couldn't believe) he let me sit up front with him...better view. After that, I headed back to the central area and found a little place to eat dinner. I had a salad with spinach quise and the wine typical of Portugal, GREEN WINE. It was OK, but definitely different. I went back to the hostel and settled into my bed...and you remember how I didn't sleep at all last night, so I got online for a little bit and actually got to have a long conversation with Ray! So that was nice. Then I watched a few episodes on ANTM (if you don't know what that is, good, because I'm embarrassed that I love that show so much!).
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