Berardo Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Lisbon

Yesterday was such a long day I didn't get a chance to blog about it unfortunately, so I'm going to try to fit two big days in one entry!

Yesterday we went on a very long walking tour of Lisbon, including Barrio Alto (the high neighborhoods), Chiado (a big commercial area, both now and historically), and Alfama (the lower downtown). Our …

Arrived in Lisbon once again after numerous buses, trains and trams and found our apartment in the Belem (rented an apartment for 3 nights as a treat for my birthday). Cost 200 euro for three nights which is quite expensive for Portugal but certainly worth it. Was really nice to have our own space, with a kitchen to cook in (!!!) and comfy beds and …

After a 16 hour bus ride from Barcelona to Paris, with a very weird/commotion-filled pit stop at the French Border, where 4 people got taken off the bus, Alyssa and I are absolutely exhausted. Luckily, we somehow got upgraded to a 2 person room, so for the first time in 19 days, we don't have to share our bunk beds in a room with multiple strangers …

... - it wasn't.  We took an extra hour and a half detour on the bus trying to get to the Berardo Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, which I'd read had free entry and works by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock, which I actually would have loved to ...