Casa De Sao Mamede
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Our Iberian Adventure
Things happened fast (or slow, depending on how you looked at it) over the summer, and we suddenly found ourselves changing jobs in a very short timeframe (a more detailed explanation of why, how, where, who, and when can be found here and here). On August 3rd, we received confirmation that we'd be finishing up work on August 8th, which meant that we had time to head off on holiday from August 9th through the 21st. While that was great news, it meant that we ...
A new (and amazing) country!!
... said Gracias to them. 'Stupid tourist' they would think, and it would be fine. Except I didn't. The Portuguese word for thankyou is 'Abrigado' which I could never quite remember to say. Instead I defaulted to the nearest Spanish word I could remember, 'Albondiga' - which means meatball.... Cue many weird looks from waiters and hilarious laughter from Jamie...
We spent one day sightseeing around Belem, the beautiful old monastery and church, sampling the ...
A day of rest
... both missing our homes quite a bit! We went and grabbed a coffee (I had chocolate milk) and grabbed our groceries. We would have purchased about $30 worth of groceries, but it came to 8 euro, which is around $10! We went home and cooked dinner, watched some of our favorite TV shows and as we had a super early start the next night we tried to go to bed early, but as per usual we stayed up quite ...
LISBON - DAY #1
... asked one person who was on the terrace ifnthe food was any good - he said it was pretty good... After we sat down, we figured out the guy was actually one of the owners :-) - oh well, no harm done, the food WAS delicious - seafood pasta and chicken breast. After dinner we walked around this neigborhood with hundreds of nice little restaurants, had a few drinks here and there, and then went back to the hotel, by metro. And yet another interesting day had come to an ...
Ok, now we'll make you jealous :)
... It's DEFINITELY easier to find things in Portugal than it is in Ireland-- who'd have thought? We even found the closest equivalent to a "WalMart"-- Continente, the major supermarket/stuff chain around here. (You know I hate comparing it to Wally World since that place is terrible, but it's really nice to have a place where you are fairly certain to be able to find what you need.)
Back to the hostel, which had a bar en suite, for some beers and preparation to check out ...
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