Best Western Altis Park Hotel Lisbon

... on North Brazil......in fact I think I am rapidly running out of time and will have to be dragged away and on to the plane soon!! <br><br>Thanks to airmiles/lots of travel we're flying Business, so not dreading the 12 hr (ish) flight ....can't wait to tuck in to the free champagne and relax in bed seats etc.....it really is the way to do longhaul travel.<br><br>See you in Brazil!<br>

... airlines, and it was not bad at all. My flight was on-time, the people were friendly, the plane was clean. The only chaotic part is the mob to get onto the plane because it's "pick your own seat." <br>When I arrived in Lisbon, two of my best friends, Anne and Ryan, were waiting for me amongst the drivers with a "Miss Chelsey" sign. It was so great to see them. It was around 6:30 pm when I got in, so we took a cab to the hostel. We knew that the cab ride was ...

... like the good students we are). We left Madrid early on Saturday and had all day to explore the city. After checking into our hostel, we tried having lunch at the Barrio Alto. Of course, the tram was broken so we had to hike up the largest hill of my life to get to this area of the city. Of course the view was gorgeous, so it was worth it. Nothing was open when we got there, so we ...

... grab the conductor and ask about my ticket, after a bit of Portuguese and French thrown in, he came back with a copy of my ticket scrawled with 'not valid for travel'...that was a bit confusing, but no-one threw me off the bus so I stayed put. <br><br>It was a noisy group on the bus and the film they showed (first time from the middle, then again from the beginning - Peter, right up your street that..) was appallingly awful humour (called Little Man), but appealed to ...

... s style streetcars up to the Graca neighborhood, which is right beside Baixa.  After the short ride, I stopped into a cafe for a Bica and an almond pastr, which was excellent!  I then took in a fantastic view of the city from monastery overlooking Baixa.  After a few photos and a short rain spell, I decided to explore the neighborhood.  To my amazing luck, I stumbled across a bar called Terrace, which had an incredible view of the city.  I stayed at the ...

... called the cloister which was like an arena yet it had been ornately decorated with symbols of the New World. It is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy the delicate carvings of the Manueline period in Portugal's history. Outside of the Monastery is the maritime area. Here, there are two important landmarks, the Tower of Belem and the Monument to the Discoveries. Both are easy to notice and are fun photo oppurtunties.

Ah, Lisbon...on this trip, I will always remember it as the city of hills and some of the interesting things that happened as a result of them. First and foremost, the hills are lovely for getting a nice overview of the white-washed city with blaring red roofs that lies below...so it´s definitely not all bad. We began to encounter some problems, however, when it came to transportation in relation to the hills. Let me preface this ...

... they own up and shouting , "Boy, have we got some stuff". For all it's broad span it's refreshingly compact. You can wander for hours and not because you can't find your way out of 15th century allegorical paintings or flint arrow heads. You never feel exhausted or overloaded or mechanical wandering the exhibits. There were rooms that set you spinning they were so loaded with treasures. Some you had to circle again in case you'd missed something. There ...

... II. The statue portrays Jesus Christ inviting all of mankind to come to him through love. Overall, the monument represents the love and acceptance of Christ by the Portuguese, and the four arches supporting the statue symbolize the four points of the compass to remind the people of the universal sovereignty of Christ. Although the Statue of Cristo Rei in Lisbon looks very similar to the Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (but smaller ...

... it. The rocky ground apparently keeps the temperature even day and night, because the stones absorb the heat while the sun's out, then release it when darkness falls. The region is also one of the last places where much of the harvest is done by hand. The deep gorge of the Duoro means the only way to grow grapes is in short, descending fields cut into the hillsides, so steep they can only be harvested by people... there's no room for machinery or in some ...