I just toured Lisbon, Portugal, during an eleven hour layover. As I stood in line to exit the airport, I chatted with fellow passengers, one of whom I discovered is also a fellow classmate for the summer in Fez. She, too, wanted to take advantage of the layover in Lisbon. We joined non-Portuguese speaking forces –my willingness and her preparedness made a pretty good combination. She knew which bus ticket to buy, which allowed us 24 hours’ worth of city bus riding; however, the additional bus tour cost money, and I of course preferred to walk. She decided to join. I had been advised to go uphill once arrived in center-ville, so we did, searching for something about Sao Jorge… Up and up we went, sometimes going down to continue in a direction we believed to
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