Metropolitan Lisboa 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>

... his love for her, and now it is a tradition of sorts that when a man tells a woman he loves her that she asks for a palace, so the boy gets creative and makes one out of sand or draws her one. Our tour guide is a graphic designer, so he always draws his girlfriends a palace, I think it's cute. Pena was really cool, and made especially cool by the fog, which made it feel really eerie, and all of us came out with much curlier and wetter hair than we went in with ...

... 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 ...

... cool view of the city and the ocean. <br><br>When we got whistled at (by a real whistle) at closing time, we wandered down a winding road back to the main part of town. We ended up stumbling across the Lisbon Cathedral (the oldest building in Lisbon) and took a few pictures of the outside since visiting hours were over. We got to Rossio Square (a main area in the town) and went into the train station to check on times and the cost for our day trip to Sintra. We then ...

On May 6th I left Madrid and headed towards the second country of my trip: Portugal. I took the Spanish budget airliner Vuelling from Madrid to Lisbon. Suprsingly, their service was far better than Air Canada´s or West Jet´s in Canada. After my original dismay to find that the terminal for Vuelling is located ten minutes away by bus from the Madrid airport, everything went smoothly and I arrived in Lisbon ten minutes ahead of schedule. As I took the ...

... bar where we had been told that they would play traditional Portuguese music called Faro. We bought a jug of sangria to share and waited for the music to begin. When they started they turned down all the lights and then there was a guitarist and an old man singing. It was really relaxing music, sort of like Spanish guitar but softer, and a couple of different people sang the old guy and then a lady. We couldn't understand a word but it was nice. And the bar was completely fully ...

After a long six hour drive, we arrived in Lisbon around 2pm, local time (one hour behind Sevilla time). On the way into the city, we had great views of the massive Statue of Cristo Rei (Christ the King), which overlooks the Tagus River and is across from the main part of Lisbon. The statue is huge and imposing. It's a replica of Rio de Janiero's statue, but smaller. We then drove over the 25 de Abril Bridge, one of the suspension bridges that connects the two sides of ...

... It is truly different than any other town we've been in! It looks a bit run down but also has a great charm to it! Plus everything here is super cheap which was another great suprise. Anyway, they have free internet here, so I thought I would take some time and upload some photos, just to make sure you dont forget about us :) Love always, Kristin and Mike

... idea of what we ate. got a plate of sausages as an appetizer, two were edible, two were not and i haven´t a clue as to what the differences were. for an entree i had partridge, in what looked like a Taco Bell creation covered in cinnamon and sugar. it was edible enough, though the wine helped get it down. (trying new foods, proud of me dad?). skipped dessert and headed out to a bar with a guy doing great American covers in Brazilian (exactly like the movie Life Aquatic). drank ...

In late September 2002, Linda and Andy joined Malcolm and Paula, from Burlington, and Ted and Marlene, from Perth, Australia, on a 14 day trip to Portugal and Spain. What we were expecting to see and do there was never quite clear, at least to me, but whatever is was, we probably didn't see or do it. We arrived in Lisbon on Saturday morning, very punchy from having been ...