We’re back. It’s a good thing, ‘cause we like it here. I know most of our friends in BC and Alberta are going to be waving Mr. Puppet Finger at the computer screen when they read this but…sorry. With a month of snow in Vancouver and the rest of Canada colder than parts of the Antarctic, it’s nice to feel the warmth again.
It was a little cooler though when we got here (if you call 16 – 18 with some showers cooler) but that was ok since we needed 2 days to get over the jet lag. We’re staying in the same place as last time which is 30 to 40 minutes away from the central tourist parts of town so we get our usual daily long walks in. But Lisbon, if you haven’t been here, is very hilly, so we get a bonus cardio workout as well.
We’re here for about 3 weeks and since we did some of the tourist things last time, we’ll probably just hang out and try to look like a local (hard to do when you’re wearing shorts and the ‘locals’ have heavy coats on). There’s a lot to do here, like taking in some great Fado, and we haven’t been to the other side of the river yet either. We did manage to get back to the ‘thieving women’ market yesterday as it was Saturday and close by and we walked over to the botanical gardens today. The posted admission was €1.50 but they looked at us and said it was free for us. Wasn’t sure if it was because we looked ‘old’ or it’s free on Sunday. Bonus either way.
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